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Sewn at the Hip: Ray's Sewing Machine Center has been operating on Park Avenue in the Rose Garden neighborhood since 1948. Eighty-five-year-old Ray Gresham (right) founded the store, and his son, Ken, (left) has been working in the shop with him since he graduated from high school.
It's been a stitch in time for venerable Rose Garden sewing-machine shop
By Estelle Hayes
Home economics may not be part of the staple curriculum in American classrooms these days, but that has not affected business at Ray's Sewing Machine Center.  More
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Granny units Bait car Conservation area
It may be a brave new world in the Rose Garden area with the lifting of the 1984 ban on granny units.  More A would-be car thief slipped into a Honda Civic, wired the ignition, and drove into a garage three blocks away on March 29.  More While restored Victorians and other old houses are the pride of their Rose Garden area owners, the city has too easily let go of historic treasures in the past.  More
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It's been a stitch in time for venerable Rose Garden sewing-machine shop
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