For Rent in Edgartown: What Store Do You Want Here?
Lillian Hellman shopped here. Now let's share our visions for this Edgartown Harbor vacancy: What kind of business should come to this prominent corner location at 26 Dock St.?
This downtown storefront just across the street from the Quarterdeck on Edgartown Harbor has, over the decades, furnished summer jobs for generations of seasonal workers. In 1976 and 1977, I was one of them: I worked as a shopgirl at the Golden Door, owned by John Chirgwin, when it was at that location. It was a busy shop in the '70s. I remember once waiting on a formidable old woman who lit up a cigarette, waving off the no-smoking rule with a gruff "Don't worry, I know what's-his-name." Giving up, I brought her an ashtray, and later as I rang up her purchase I recognized the famous name imprinted on her credit card: LILLIAN HELLMAN. Hellman and the Golden Door are both long gone from Edgartown: The author and playwright died in 1984 and…
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Louisa Hufstader
12:02 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
Kerry, it's hard to drive traffic to a place when you don't tell us its name or opening hours. If you have information, please share it! Thank you. more ›