Some of the owner men were kind because they hated what they had to do, and some … were angrey because they hated to be cruel, and some … were cold … And all of them were caught in something larger than themselves.
Take a seat on one of the swivel stools at the counter for a bird's-eye view of Ned Getline, the owner, manning the grill in front of a panoply of political posters dating back decades.
"Banks had money to lend big companies but not to small business owners," the man said in Spanish, explaining why he closed his business.
Enter the N.F.L.'s grand marshal of owners, a man who can jangle the red phone of a bigwig at his whim.
Owner: Blue Man Group Brokers: Christopher Owles and Magnolia Martin, Sinvin Realty.
Despite the hassles of maintenance, salon owners said, men keep coming back.
"Before the revolution, you should have seen Iran," one store owner, a man with staring eyes, tells me.
Its previous owner, a man named Dave Corner, was standing in the driveway.
"Who wants to be the owner?" The man, who turned out to be friendly, was Eric E. Anderson, 51, of Melville.
Insisting that the property be returned, the priest agreed to deliver it to the owner, a man named James Keating.
