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The 88-Year-Old Queen of Williamsburg Has a Song: ‘I Came, I Saw, I Condoed’

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Mel Bailey

After 65 years in Williamsburg, Leonora Russo can still remember the time when her rent was $125 and there were movie theaters on Manhattan Avenue…

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