Over the years I have written numerous journal entries about Rego Park. In many of the entries I described many of my experiences growing up in the 1950s and 60s. In other I described my walking tours of the community in later years. As soon as I found about Ronald Marzlock's new book I ordered it. When the Amazon delivery came, I immediately opened the book. I took a cursory look at it, but i must read in more detail. It contains mostly photographs, but there is a fair amount of text.
There are photographs of:
- Alexanders
- Howard Johnson's
- Boulevard Night Club
- Ben's Best Deli
- Fairyland
- Lefrak City
- Parsont's
- Movie Theaters
- Trylon
- Drake
- Elmwood
- Many others too numerous to mention
I was especially pleased to see:
- Bob Mendel's Candy Store of Eliot Avenue - Leon, his competitor on Queens Blvd was not mentioned.
- Remo Hall at 61-40 Saunders Street. I grew up in this building from 1951-72
He couldn't include everything, but I would have liked to see a photo of Mr. Simmon's toy store on 63rd Drive.
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