In Miriam Kohn's lingerie shop on New York City's Lower East Side, garment racks stuffed with robes, negligees and dresses cover almost every inch of space in a store that's been around for 100 years.
Kohn is not 100 but her cash register is, dating back to when her grandparents first sold silk stockings and cotton panties. The ornate register with its push buttons and hand crank still works. And Kohn, in the tradition of her parents, grandparents and other shop owners who opened up businesses in the neighborhood in the early 1900s, personalizes service molded to each customer's taste, size and budget (and personality).Read more in Next Avenue by clicking here.
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