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Marco Polo: Gone but not forgotten

July 8, 2008 by Bob Brown

The Central Street gift shop shut down around the end of 2006, but Marco Polo does live on in town to a small degree. The sign behind where the store used to be, and where Citibank now resides, still lists Marco Polo as one of the Central Street Plaza retailers.

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  1. al laarabee says

    November 30, 2021 at 8:55 am

    Owned by John Schmid former Hummel importer, Schmid Bros.

     

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