1983: West 105th Street and Broadway, NW Corner
By Caitlin Hawke
This is just the best kind of "throwback" picture. Something entirely reminiscent of its era. In the two photos below, Mayor Ed Koch is shown encountering Bloomingdalers on a July 13 walking tour in 1983. In the top photo, note "hair design" where Henry's restaurant is now. The woman to Koch's right is Fay Leeper, who headed the Broadway Merchants Development Corporation, and advocated for safety. Fay is still around from what I can tell. She had a kid's store back then but has became a restauranteur, in business with her daughter Ivette.
To her right is Gregory Tredanari, son of Cheri and Len, who owned "Gregory's" -- a gourmet food shop at 2725 Broadway. In the bottom photo, we get a glimpse across Broadway to the east, with an old city bus and the Silver Moon building, same as it ever was. This might be my favorite Throwback Thursday post yet. And is it just me, or is it incredibly quaint to see a big city mayor walking the avenue mixing it up with residents and listening to concerns of the mom-and-pop shop owners?
To her right is Gregory Tredanari, son of Cheri and Len, who owned "Gregory's" -- a gourmet food shop at 2725 Broadway. In the bottom photo, we get a glimpse across Broadway to the east, with an old city bus and the Silver Moon building, same as it ever was. This might be my favorite Throwback Thursday post yet. And is it just me, or is it incredibly quaint to see a big city mayor walking the avenue mixing it up with residents and listening to concerns of the mom-and-pop shop owners?
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