Tagged: Meet Your Neighbor

4:49pm

Thu March 29, 2012
Arts & Culture

Tuning into the history of Aladdin Radio Repair

I used to live in the Inner Sunset, and every time I'd walk down Irving Street towards 19th Avenue, I'd pass the tiny storefront of Aladdin radio repair.

The window was usually dark, but if I peered inside I could see rows and rows of antique radios. Gently curved plastic in pearly sea-green hues, hefty knobs and ornate dials... How could I not be enchanted?

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