East New York, Brooklyn in the '80s
Well, after reading some of the other posts, this place seems kind of quaint. You had to have a chain on both sides of your car hood, not just the middle, or the battery side of the hood would be pulled up like a sardine can, and battery removed. A guy once tried to sell a used battery to my boss, who rejected it and then found that his car wouldn't start. He chased the guy into the projects, but the guy got away, with the heavy Cadillac battery! It's amazing what a guy can do when he's all coked up.
The Chicken Delight had double bullet proof glass, like a liquor store. The chicken on the sign should have had a bullet proof vest for truth in advertising.
People pushed shopping carts full of rags (and car batteries) up and down the street just like taxis (which were never there).
I didn't go shopping there, I just went to work there, worked there, and then got the hell out of there.
(Blob, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 5:27, 1 reply)

I met this guy...
Travelling in Thailand, who used to teach in a Harlem school. He said he was outside for a cigarette once, and a passing tramp asked, 'You work here?', he nodded and the tramp replied 'Buddy, you have a shit job'.
( SigmaX0 Dear Die Hard. You rock!, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 9:59, closed)