New York 1937. Close your eyes and picture black & white. Kids roam the crowded streets in shorts, summer or winter. At every corner something else is sold. The big depression slowly disappears into the mist of the collective memory. Behind the horizon evil is slowly awakes.

A group of street kids crosses the image. Little hands cupping a few pennies. Evaporating into the steam of Chinatown and materializing in the lower Eastside.

Here they head for Rivington Street. At number 108, Cohen sr. has just opened a small store: Economy Candy. One cent buys you lollypops, a chocolate bar or liquorices........

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