FROM THE MAILBOX

A reader recalled an interview with one of Croton's most notable residents: George Biddle--but couldn't find it---here you go--from 1963: BIDDLE ORAL HISTORY.....

Biddle was an American painter, muralist and lithographer, best known for his social realism and combat art. A childhood friend of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, he played a major role in establishing the Federal Art Project (1935–43), which employed artists under the Works Progress Administration. HEAR THE INTERVIEW AT

https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-george-biddle-12696

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A reader was trying to remember a holiday shopping event from when Baked by Susan was in the Upper Village (about ten years ago????) and a strange little shop with really nice handmade things on Grand St. Got anything?

Response: Perhaps you mean this HOLIDAY SHOPPING EVENT from 2013; see the photos at EverythingCroton: SOME PHOTOS FROM THE UPPER VILLAGE HOLIDAY SHOP HOP

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A reader was trying to remember a mail order health food shop she saw here.

Response: Has to be this--from 1960: Go to EverythingCroton: BACK ONLINE AFTER A BLOGGING GLITCH---CROTON'S HOUSE OF HEALTH 1960

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A reader was trying to remember the name of a "Korean" place that recently closed in the Upper Village; she said she got the best dumplings and Keto goods there.

Response: You could only mean Junction; closed a few years ago; more at EverythingCroton: ANOTHER FABULOUS TAKE-OUT ORDER FROM JUNCTION JT'S