Re: [CR]The NYC Bike Shop Scene in early 70s

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Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 09:37:05 -0500
From: "Julian Shapiro" <julians@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]The NYC Bike Shop Scene in early 70s
To: Mike Schmidt <mdschmidt@patmedia.net>
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> After Conrad's passing, his wife ran the shop for a while and then sold it
> to one of Conrad's employees. The shop remains in its original location
> on
> Tudor Place which is near the United Nations Building

a note on "original location" - Conrad's was on East 46th (47th?) between 2nd & 3rd Aves in the late seventies/early eighties. It might have been elsewhere before that.