The small shops on the over head bridge is all gone & sure bring back memories, used to eye the Russian dolls they sells, you know the ones you open, & the dolls from bigger they get to the smallest; back them, I consider them too expensive. Every now & then, the Russian sailors & others would sell their hand made wooden model ships & other hand works & the shop owners will display them....they sell for $25-$50 back then.....expensive!!
The small shops were a treasure hunt...they have all sorts of things pertaining to the SAILING...semaphore flags,maps, compass, hurricane lamps, ship bells, etc.. & then one would go to change alley the opposite side , another 'wonderland' back then. I used to buy my perfume cheap from a mama shop there, back then...."Paco Robane"...cheaper than Robinson's, Metro & C.K. Tang...memories..