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Welcome to Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our houses of worship--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.
With Valentine's Day around the corner, a reader remembered her first bottle of perfume----indeed, it was a rite of passage when her mother presented her with a bottle of BLUE WALTZ perfume for her twelfth birthday--which coincidentally fell on the 14th of February. (Surely you remember BLUE WALTZ--You know, in the heart-shaped bottle with a blue cap.)
Whatever you think of that cloyingly sweet scent, the bottle was a stroke of marketing genius...Click on the photos and links for more.....
BLUE WALTZ was popular for decades (click on the ad below from 1946) and was one of those stand-by "five and dime store" items that graced many a vanity table. In fact, Elliott's, United Cigar, and Robbins sold it. The sweet and spicy fragrance, is being remade today and can be found at the VERMONT COUNTRY STORE and on Amazon.
The scent appears to be very much the same as the original, or at least as most of us remember it.
And finally check out this great 1964 ad for MY SIN perfume...Lanvin My Sin (Mon Peche) was created back in 1924 by a mysterious Russian lady called “Madame Zed”, who worked on several more Lanvin fragrances.
My Sin was not inexpensive--and another great piece of marketing---all the ads featured a black cat---a local friend said that it seemed to be a scent reserved only for "married women"--given by husbands for serious events---like anniversaries and Christmas---although the less expensive dusting powder was a standard accompaniment to a heart shaped box of Whitman's chocolates on Valentine's Day, the latter carried only by James Drugs in the Upper Village.
"This feminine, provocative and dangerously seductive fragrant composition began with aldehydes, bergamot, lemon, clary sage and neroli." You can still find it today HERE.
And if you're a fan of vintage perfume in general, do we have the place for you: YESTERDAY'S PERFUME, click here
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Welcome to Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our houses of worship--in short, Everything Croton.
As many of you know, the Town of Cortlandt has expressed an interest in building "transit oriented development housing" at their train station. And ON JANAURY 12TH, there was a massive fire at the asphalt/concrete plant adjacent to it. (You can read and see more about it at EverythingCroton: LOHUD---ABOUT THAT MASSIVE MONTROSE FIRE)
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As many of you know, actor Peter Strauss lived in Croton and got his start in the Croton Shakespeare Festival.
We were reminded of all when a friend recently watched the ground breaking mini series, RICH MAN, POOR MAN. (1976)---for the first time! (CLICK ON THE CABLE SHOWTIME NEWSPAPER AD IMAGE.)
Peter Strauss---and Nick Nolte--were truly at their best in it---with solid performances all around---and unlike many productions from the 60's and 70's, it has held up remarkably well. You can read more about it here.
AND IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: William Smith, who played the malevolent Falconetti in the series, died in 2021; you can read more about that here.
RICH MAN, POOR MAN, THE COMPLETE COLLECTION, is available on AMAZON HERE.
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We get this question quite a bit---A reader asks: Is it true that Sly and the Family Stone were visitors to Croton in the 1970's?
Your editor's response: I don't know about the 70's; they were here, however, in 1968; read more here. Updated: the YouTube bit that was purportedly filmed in parts of Croton is no longer available.
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BY SPECIAL REQUEST---a reader is looking for info on the "Empire State Diner" in Croton.
Your editor's response: Read and see more about the Empire Diner here and here.
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A READER ASKS: Why did 140 Grand close?
We can only refer you to their FB page: 10/8/2024 Hello Everyone, As it pains for me to say this we will closing the doors to 140 Grand permanently this Sunday October 13th. Come join us for our last week here in croton. We thank you for all the support and love we received over the last five years. We definitely made great use of this location. Thank you again croton. (1) Facebook
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Welcome to Everything Croton, (while the New One is down) a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our houses of worship--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.
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