The sign says it all. . .it's a faded out Sprite ad from the sixties that has never been changed. Doesn't matter, it's still 3rd Avenue News. Next door the Ben Franklin Hotel has seen better days, and the library has temporarily moved but the store survives despite the drop in business. Probably because they sell the most basic of stuff. They have a good selection of local and national newspapers, tobacco products, sodas, snacks and junk foods like candy, and a few novelties. You don't even have to go inside of the store, a window at the street level and a rack of newspapers on the sidewalk let's you do your business from a car with hazard lights on at the curb.
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