![]() ![]() Parker’s frame stores have been a source of stability for 50 years. The Corner Frame Shop at 40 Franklin Street. Historic Building The Dorsey grocery around 1914 Interior of the Gaynor grocery circa 1900 Onn the back wall of the front room, Parker displays frame samples. The space is light and airy with a view of the Nyack Community Gardens across the street. The attractive two-story 19 th century brick building was restored in the early 2000s. Aptly named, the store has an attractive cut-out at the corner with a supporting post and a lantern. Parker says it is his best location out of his five shops. In 2009, Parker opened The Corner Frame Shop at the southwest corner of Franklin and Depew St. An old-time lamp hangs from the attractive cornice. The Corner Frame Shop The Corner Frame Shop with its sporty cut-out corner. Next, he moved across the street to 125 Main Street, on the second floor of the aging shopping plaza now called Riverspace. But his stay at 102 Main was short-lived. In the late ’80s, Parker moved to an even better location at 102 Main Street where he had enough room for his own gallery in front, as well as a workshop in the back. Parker enjoys working with his customers and hearing the “Oh, wow” comment he gets when he pulls the finished work out of its wrapper. “It doesn’t matter what I like,” he says. The customers ask, “what would you do?” Parker probes to get a feel for what they like, and then channels his energies into finding a solution. Other customers are not sure what should be done. I show them something and say ‘What about this?’. Some customers have a fixed idea when they come in. “I like working with a customer to find out what they are looking for. Hal has a soft, personable style with his customers. What makes Hal so successful, how did he get started, and where have his shops been located over time? Here is Hal Parker’s story. Now ensconced in the historic Corner Frame Shop at 40 Franklin Street, he continues to delight customers, a few of which have been with him since his first frame shops. It means, whether they know it or not, that Hal Parker has touched almost everyone in the Nyacks and beyond with his own art form, the perfect frame. Then think of how many people have seen each piece of those works. Think for a moment of how many homes and how many walls in which his framed art are found. He has framed tens of thousands of works in his frame shops for satisfied customers for 50 years as of August 11, 2022. Hal Parker may be the most important interior decorator in Nyack. ![]()
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