"We try to stock as much as we can in the small space we have so that we can be the go-to place for a little of everything," says Al Solman, whose Kings Pharmacy has been at the center of Tribeca life since 1998. / 5 comments
"I'm a surplus guy!" says Lable Horowitz, explaining how Church Street Surplus came to be stuffed to the gills. Over the years, he has bought odds and ends of everything from police sirens to hospital traction bars, but the store now mainly focuses on military clothing and other vintage apparel. / 6 comments
"People are always a bit surprised when they find out I’m not a sailor," says Smitty, the longtime sales manager of New York Nautical. "I’ll get on a cruise ship, but a small boat? You can keep that." / 8 comments
"The surprise is that even as Tribeca has grown so much, it has still remained a community of families," says Lance Lappin, who founded the Lance Lappin Salon with his wife, Ivy, back in 1985. They've lived here since around that time, too. / 6 comments
Joe Carini's obsessiveness is what makes his carpets so precious: "The color and material and care it’s made with—the conditions it’s made under—that’s its history, and that’s what you’re buying." / 2 comments
"It all grew out of an untrained passion," says Paul Donzella, whose store on White Street is a temple of post-war design. "I’ve been doing this for over 20 years and I never don’t look forward to coming to work." / 1 comment
You wouldn't be wrong to assume that Sharon Hershkowitz has fun at the Balloon Saloon, the store she and her late husband opened at W. Broadway and Duane back in 1980. "Sometimes when I’m at the Armory or a ballroom installing balloons, I stop and think, 'I’m getting paid for this!'" / 4 comments
"Ten or fifteen years ago, there were 13 pen stores in New York City," says Terry Wiederlight, who runs Fountain Pen Hospital with his brother, Steve. "Now we’re the only one." / 7 comments
"When people come here, I feel like they're walking into our home," says Jocelyn Serfaty of Abhaya, the go-to destination for Asian antiques (and now beyond!) that she and her husband, Howard Ellins, opened in 2003. / 2 comments
"At some point, I realized I’m a better host than I am a potter," says Amanda Mathews, who founded Chambers Pottery on the second floor of 153 Chambers nearly two decades ago. "Just look at the people here—they’re happy." / 7 comments
"On Saturday and Sunday, families come and have breakfast and the kids are in their pajamas," says Square Diner co-owner Teddy Karounos. "We've seen them go from diapers to college. That's really wonderful. We feel like a member of the community." / 3 comments
"I still pride myself on doing things the old-fashioned way," says Joe Rizzo of Langdon Florist. "I tell people to come in and see what we have. It’s better than any website. And I like to be known for being fair—like we say in Italian, abbondanza!" / 13 comments
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