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Each apartment building had a shared basement, with trash
and laundry facilities, with a stair well to the outside. Pop
changed the door to the outside, making it more secure and
insulated.

This is our back stoop, Pop with a cigarette, Lucky Strike,
Mom and me. He and later myself were the only two that ever
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smoked. He died smoking, I quit before my 40 birthday.
We’re dressed in usual clothes. Me with corduroys and Tee,
Pop always a tie and slacks, while Mom always wore either a
dress, skirt and blouse.
Beside the neighbors door is a brick wall. It’s where the
staircase leads to the basement for the entire triplex. It was
used as an alternate exit, and to pick-up trash.

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