Columbus Avenue (They Were Here), Legacy Business
By Claudie Benjamin Little known or expected, the fine pastries served in First Class on Pan Am, TWA, Air France, KLM, and others in the 1960s and 70s were made by the Eclair Bakery at 141 West 72nd Street. The Éclair prided itself on...
Columbus Avenue (They Were Here), Legacy Business
By Claudie Benjamin A New Yorker article in the July 20, 1987 issue of the magazine poignantly described the auction of the effects of Louis Lichtman’s, the bakery that had long been on the corner of 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue....
Columbus Avenue (They Were Here), Legacy Business
By Claudie Benjamin Madge Rosenberg spent 30 years devoted to her passion for baking. She was so successful that today, more than a decade after Soutine, her French-style bakery at 104 West 70th Street closed in 2012, she said she can’t go...
Legacy Business, West 72nd Street
By Claudie Benjamin Marc Wigder is an attorney and City Councilman in Boca Raton, Florida. His parents owned the Royale Bakery at 237 West 72nd Street for more than 40 years. On the ten-year anniversary of the day that Ben Wigder passed away at...
