[With apologies to Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.]
[6-8 Delancey Street, Manhattan, c. 1939–1941. From the NYC Municipal Archives Collections. Click for a much larger view.]
It’s very fancy on old Delancey Street, you know. The fixtures charm us so, as tables sit below, in the snow.
I won’t let a discrepancy in numbering between the store fronts and the tax records spoil my fun. These storefronts are in fact 191 and 193 Bowery. But let’s imagine them on Delancey Street, nos. 6 and 8.
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On old Delancey Street
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like the "stationery outfits"
ReplyDeleteOld ads in Google Books suggest that this was a term for an array of paper and envelopes and perhaps other supplies. Not special clothes for writing!
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