Martha and Henry also lived in me for 30 years and then sold me to Joseph Marcotulli, an Italian immigrant who arrived in the US in 1909. He, his wife Mary, and their kids Angie and Joey as well as Mary’s young sister Rosegrace moved in in 1934 and lived with me for almost 60 years. Joe built a storefront in my basement that faced Park Avenue and his wife ran a corner store in it. Everyone in the neighborhood called the market Mary Marcotulli's. They sold penny candy so I was ALWAYS full of kids! Every time someone came though the door a little bell would ring and Mary would come downstairs to greet her customers. The Marcotullis sold me in 1991 and I’ve had a handful of people living in me since then including a wonderful woman named Helen Nelson and her daughters Sandy and Joy. 

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