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SOME CHOWDAH, BOBBY by Peter Nolan Smith

March 26, 2014 – 2:42 pm

Last holiday season Richie Boy had hired me to help with sales and schlepping merchandise between dealers and jewelers. Hlove and I worked together to make sales, but business on 47th Street was murder. There was no foot traffic and my old customers hated the street and all the hawkers shilling to buy gold. “Back […]

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THE REUNION OF BAD BOYS by Peter Nolan Smith

January 6, 2013 – 10:38 am

Two years ago I passed a long Thursday at the diamond exchange. Manny was worried about money and Richie Boy showed up late and shikkah or drunk. His father checked his watch. It was a little before noon. They argued the rest of the day about business and family. I stayed out of it and […]

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