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Posted by Astoria Bob now in NC
on Sunday, April 27th 2008: In Reply to: Cookie Castle posted by MaryEllen on Friday, April 25th 2008: I remember it well, but can't recall what it was before it was the Cookie Castle. It was just south of what was once PS 6 and is now a municipal parking lot for Steinway shoppers. At some point in the late 70's it became a Manufacturers Hanover branch replacing the one that was two or three stores north of the PS 6 lot. MH merged with Chemical Bank, then with Chase Bank, then with JP Morgan. Chase still exists and a Chase branch was on the corner of Broadway and Steinway the last time I was there 4 years ago. That branch was very close to where I grew up and was a Chemical location in those days. It may have even an early 1950's Corn Exchange Bank prior to that. The spot directly across the street(west) was at one time a beer garden. My parents spoke about it often.
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