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Seventh Street was our main avenue. Like Fifth Avenue in New York, that's what Seventh Street was to us. Came Saturday afternoon, we sent our kids to the movies. They went to the Grand; it cost a nickel. While they were there we'd stop in Itzick's. At that time it was a candy store. We thought we were so important, we even played numbers for a penny. Our famous lunch was, the hot dog and a glass of soda, and we'd congregate and we yentaed a little bit, talked about this and about that. I worked in Evantash. I was selling hosiery and lingerie, and I loved working on Seventh Street. It was all Jewish people, all neighbors, friendly. Friday night the women, we would walk down to Seventh and Porter. We would walk into the taproom and we'd order a hot roast-beef sandwich, and we were so brazen we ordered a glass of beer. We thought we were the cat's pajamas. It was beautiful. Seventh Street was our club. Everybody met [on] Seventh Street, and Friday was the best of all. I mean it was such a big deal because we never done these things before. Don't forget we done what our parents taught us to do. Our parents would have been shocked. You think my mother would walk in a taproom, a saloon? My God! I wouldn't walk on Seventh Street [today]. Maybe they wouldn't harm me, but I'd be afraid to walk on Seventh Street.
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