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Balloonhedz Sand in my Shoes Offline I love Coney Island Posts: 484 Noo Yawk City Gender:	Subway Terminal Candy Shop May 31^st, 2005, 8:02pm sorry to rehash whats probably an old thread...but someone asked me about what became of the candy shop that used to be in the BMT Terminal. Id SWEAR in my earlier days here someone (Indiefilm was that you??) posted the current whereabouts. If someone knows can you post it again please?
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Re: Subway Terminal Candy Shop
Reply #1 - May 31^st, 2005, 8:11pm

Balloonhedz wrote on May 31^st, 2005, 8:02pm:

sorry to rehash whats probably an old thread...but someone asked me about what became of the candy shop that used to be in the BMT Terminal. Id SWEAR in my earlier days here someone (Indiefilm was that you??) posted the current whereabouts.

If someone knows can you post it again please? Undecided

John Dorman's Philips Candy is in a storefront at 8 Barrett Ave (off Forest Ave) on Staten Island.

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Balloonhedz Sand in my Shoes Offline I love Coney Island Posts: 484 Noo Yawk City Gender:	Re: Subway Terminal Candy Shop Reply #2 - May 31^st, 2005, 11:25pm youve probably just made a nice lady very happy...thank you Rob
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adriahna Son of A Beach Offline Polar Bear, Wooden Coaster Junkie, Park Fanatic Posts: 1364 Right Around the Corner Gender:	Re: Subway Terminal Candy Shop Reply #3 - May 31^st, 2005, 11:38pm I keep meaning to visit their shop on Staten Island... I miss Philip's like CRAZY. First, and best, egg cream I ever had... and those frozen bananas... oh, boy...
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NewYorkDave Son of A Beach Offline Gimme a knish Posts: 1105 2 hours north of Coney Gender:	Re: Subway Terminal Candy Shop Reply #4 - Jun 1^st, 2005, 2:45pm Any idea if they're gonna move back to the terminal now that renovations are complete?
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Indie Rob Leddy YaBB Administrator Offline Coney Island Film Fest Director. Sept. 24- 26 Posts: 2077 NYC Gender:	Re: Subway Terminal Candy Shop Reply #5 - Jun 1^st, 2005, 2:51pm NewYorkDave wrote on Jun 1^st, 2005, 2:45pm: Any idea if they're gonna move back to the terminal now that renovations are complete? I've heard rumblings... I suppose if the rent was right.
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Fibber McGee Son of A Beach Offline Coney Island Whitefish Boy Posts: 700	Re: Subway Terminal Candy Shop Reply #6 - Jun 1^st, 2005, 3:20pm Does Phillips have a web site, mail order? I get a craving now & then, you know.
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Re: Subway Terminal Candy Shop
Reply #7 - Jun 1^st, 2005, 7:54pm

Fibber McGee wrote on Jun 1^st, 2005, 3:20pm:

Does Phillips have a web site, mail order?

I get a craving now & then, you know. Tongue

Not that I'm aware of. Last time I saw John was the night before the Coney Island USA Benefit in March and he told me he was doing well with local Staten Island catering. He still gets a lot of people from Brooklyn driving over the bridge and lots of ex Brooklynites now living on Staten Island.

Philips Candy
718- 981-0062

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aaron Son of A Beach Offline Bring the family! Expect to be amazed! Posts: 551 Brooklyn Gender:	Re: Subway Terminal Candy Shop Reply #8 - Jun 2^nd, 2005, 10:07am While we're talkiung about Philips... I'm looking for old photos of the store and the station. I talked to John, and he's looking, but he's a busy man. I'm hoping to get a panel up in the museum in the next week or so about Philips, but i'm lacking in photographic materials... anyone?
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adriahna Son of A Beach Offline Polar Bear, Wooden Coaster Junkie, Park Fanatic Posts: 1364 Right Around the Corner Gender:	Re: Subway Terminal Candy Shop Reply #9 - Jun 2^nd, 2005, 10:19am I'll have to look around, but I may have some photos of the old signage (those wooden, hand-painted candy ads that were nailed to the left side), but they're recent - about 1998. Not professionally done by any means, but let me know if you're interested at all.
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aaron Son of A Beach Offline Bring the family! Expect to be amazed! Posts: 551 Brooklyn Gender:	Re: Subway Terminal Candy Shop Reply #10 - Jun 2^nd, 2005, 10:48am sure. I can use whatever people have. I just want to make sure there's something up.
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Re: Subway Terminal Candy Shop
Reply #11 - Jun 2^nd, 2005, 11:58am

I have a few on my site. Including a few pics of some vintage signage in the terminal just before they shut it down. Aaron, if you want hi-res versions for printing out, contact me directly.

Here are some of "Pete's Best":
http://www.picpatrol.com/entry.php?category=2&entry_id=715&page=3
http://www.picpatrol.com/entry.php?category=2&entry_id=714&page=3

Here is "The Islander":
http://www.picpatrol.com/entry.php?category=2&entry_id=713&page=3
http://www.picpatrol.com/entry.php?category=2&entry_id=712&page=3

Two of "Philip's" including one of John Dorman looking out on Surf Avenue:
http://www.picpatrol.com/entry.php?category=2&entry_id=690&page=4
http://www.picpatrol.com/entry.php?category=2&entry_id=689&page=4

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Reply #12 - Jun 2^nd, 2005, 3:44pm

damn, I envy the hell out of you folks that were down there shooting when a lot of this stuff was still there. I wish the hell Id gotten involved in the Coney scene sooner. Undecided

Thing is I was down there as early as 97 participating in the Community Mayors of NYState events at Astroland with handicapped kids. I musta been totally blind to the good stuff that was down there.

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adriahna Son of A Beach Offline Polar Bear, Wooden Coaster Junkie, Park Fanatic Posts: 1364 Right Around the Corner Gender:	Re: Subway Terminal Candy Shop Reply #13 - Jun 2^nd, 2005, 4:17pm Aaron, I'll look around for the photos I have - I will have to scan them in and email to you, as I didn't take them on a digital camera. I'll get them to you once I find them - glad to share. Oh, and Jack - great photos - I love that one of John Dorman, it really brings back the good old days...
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Re: Subway Terminal Candy Shop
Reply #14 - Jun 2^nd, 2005, 6:50pm

Balloonhedz wrote on Jun 2^nd, 2005, 3:44pm:

damn, I envy the hell out of you folks that were down there shooting when a lot of this stuff was still there. I wish the hell Id gotten involved in the Coney scene sooner. Undecided

Thing is I was down there as early as 97 participating in the Community Mayors of NYState events at Astroland with handicapped kids. I musta been totally blind to the good stuff that was down there.

Don't be too hard on yourself. I grew up at the corner of Brighton Beach and Coney Island Avenue and back when I started to take photos of the area on my own--back in 1985 and such--friends and others really barely understood why I was taking pictures. And at times I passed up opportunities as a kid to photograph cool neighborhood stuff because I just didn't get it myself. Now they all appreciate it because the place has changed, but the uniqe memories still remain.

The big lesson I learned from that--and other photo excursions--is that for the most part people don't fully appreciate the work that a photographer does when an event is happening. Some people are so wrapped up in the moment they don't realize that documenting things you care about--and not just the obvious family and friends--is important. It's only years later people will care.

Also, in general I think there has got to be a treasure-trove of pre-Internet photographers with boxes and boxes of this stuff sitting in their closets in Luna Park, Warbass, Trump and Brighton. But they don't realize what they have.

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