About White Plains' North Broadway

Dateline: White Plains, New York 10601

Truly Speechless Saturday, View From My Living Room, White Plains New York 10601

Saturday October 29, 2011 12:35 pm, EST

Yes, it's that time of year again, and the White Plains Memorial Day Parade will be taking place on Monday May 30th, 2001 from 10am - 1pm. It starts at 100 Martine Ave...yes, that's my street..so yes, I guess I'm trapped. Just kidding...we also have an exit on one of the side streets.

It will be downtown starting on Martine Ave. The march will end at the White Plains Rural Cemetery on North Broadway followed by a brief ceremony.

SAGE CLEANERS, White Plains NY 10603

It's an accepted moire that even under reasonable conditions, many small businesses do not make it.

The reasons, even the statistics themselves can vary, but the last few years have presented even greater challenges to the small business owner.

Local small businesses give our local economies a pulse, reason alone to support them.

When they persevere, and become part of the community they add heart.

When they perform a quality service, offer real value and are nice people to boot, well, you tell your friends.

Let me introduce Albina and Sungil Kim, owners of Sage Cleaners in White Plains. Their address is One Hall Place, and even if you lived nearby, you probably won't recognize that street name.

A few years back, a legnthy construction project started to widen and strengthen the 287 overpass on Lake Street, and created this nub of a road,off Lake Street, just east of the Kensico Avenue intersection.

They are the only building on this street, between the Getty Station, and I-287.

It was during the latter stage of this project that Albina and Sungil first opened their doors, just about a year ago, when construction barriers made the street all but invisible.

They had closed the first family-owned dry cleaning business they started in Boston 15 years ago, and moved back to NY to be closer to family. The name, "Sage" came from an honors program that their son Noel was in.

We were just looking for a convienently located place that had reasonable prices for Doug's dress shirts, that didn't need $___ of additional cleaning.

Albina knew my name the third time I was there, which I found to be very impressive.

Since then, they have rescued a forgotten credit card from an inside pocket in Doug's blazer, returned a shirt, not cleaned, when they knew there was no hope for it, and most notably-Albina protects her clients from the parking enforcement nazi who lurks nearby.

Sage Cleaners is a full-service company, they do tailoring (hems/etc) and alterations; clean leather and suade, as well as drapes and bedspreads; and offer box storage.

Please check them out, and tell your friends, you won't be disappointed...just watch out for the parking nazi!