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Astoria Characters: The Answer Man

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Yoga, Amorelli Realty, Astoria, William Wallace, Halvatzis Realty, Queens College, George Halvatzis, New York News, Ditmars Boulevard, Braveheart, Shar-Pei, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

Welcome to the wacky world of George Halvatzis, Astoria's resident and residential therapist, aka The Answer Man. "In every real estate transaction, I'm doing therapy."

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Astoria Characters: The Veteran Bookseller

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: The Devil Wears Prada, Kamikaze, Dag Hamarskjold, Subway, Eleanor Roosevelt, New Yrok News, USS Missouri, Calendar Girls, Bookstore, Toyko Bay, We the Living, Jonathan Kellerman, Nagasaki, Astoria, Ayn Rand, Harry Fiegelson, Faye Kellerman, Ditmars Boulevard, Atomic Bomb, World War II, Yokosuka, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

There's no bookstore in the Ditmars section of Astoria. We don't need one. Harry puts the words out on the street -- his bookstand has been in the same spot for nearly a quarter century.

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Astoria Characters: The No-Go Gal

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Posh Spice, Astoria, P.S. 122, Queensborough Community College, Greek, Josephine Todaro, Ditmars Boulevard, St. John's Prep, Sicily, Oz, New York News, P.S. 141, Ridgewood, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

Astoria, Queens: for 40 years, this has been Josephine Todaro's stomping ground. "Everyone I know who has left Astoria always comes back," she says.

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