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Video: One Store’s Remarkable 80-Year Run on the Upper West Side

May 20, 2019 | 9:03 PM
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RCI spent 80 years on the Upper West Side. Like so many other stores, it is now gone. What did we lose? We are Staying is the story of RCI, the family that owned it, and our neighborhood. You can buy a copy of the book at IndieBound or Amazon.

We Are Staying – Book Trailer from Wheelhouse Communications on Vimeo.

(Video by Christopher Ming Ryan of Wheelhouse Communications and Disappearing NYC.)

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