Today's "Anthony J. Mamo Law

Office," 47 Beekman Ave., was

yesterday's "Beekman Shoe Re-

pair." The shoemaker there, one

Antonio Errico, had left Italy at

age 16, making a new home in

the Tarrytowns in 1913. Once

here, he established a regular

habit: every morning, when he

was ready to open his shop, he

would walk the distance--to

North Tarrytown--from his Tar-

rytown home on Benedict Ave,

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A newspaper interview once gave

him the opportunity to note that

he had never offered "while-you-

wait" service: "Good repairs take

time!" he had said. Mr. Errico didn't

retire from the shoe-repair trade

until the 1980s, at the age of 86.

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According to a relative, he had

shared the storefront with a bar-

ber--Cesar Russo. As the initials

seen in the bottom photo illustrate,

#47 (here, the middle building)

had ties to the "Independent Or-

der of Odd Fellows," a men's lodge.

Today, #47 is sandwiched between

the "Tompkins Mahopac Bank"

(#49, left) & the NT Post Office

(#45).

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According to a contemporary New

York Times article, in the days of

of Errico's, #49 was occupied by

the "First National Bank." In those

days, local clubs reportedly rented

space inside both #47 & #49: the

"Portuguese Club"--on the ground

floor level of one building--as well

as in a basement; & then up-

stairs--over the barbershop--was

the "Cuban Club."

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"Everybody Cuban goes to the

club," said one interviewee in

the same Times article; namely,

Olga Gonzalez Kaufmann, a

Tarrytown shopkeeper--born in

Cuba--and a 1970 SHHS grad.

Commenting further, she of-

fered: "There are game ta-

bles & parties all the time.

It keeps us together."