Highland Park Hardware employess Bessy Pleitez and Karen. The hardware store, like many businesses in Highland Park, has passed through several hands. When the original owners (who carried gifts, miniatures and doll furniture) retired, they sold to a Vietnamese immigrant. A much more utilitarian atmosphere now prevails to serve the local handymen and construction people who frequent the store. Their poster was by a Vietnamese poet who translated his own poem.

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