Antonio Chicketti

A new door has gone up at 1911 N 45th, the location of the upcoming Not a Number expansion. Or, to be more precise, an old door.


According to the note attached to the door, the hand-lettered sign was for a 1940s-era shoe repair business that operated in this space. (The note is taped over the street number "1911", in the same hand-lettered font.)

Interestingly, one "Antonio, Chicketti" is the listed inventor of US patent number 2562771, filed in 1951, for a "sewing machine presser-foot automatic control attachment". Could it be the same person?

Does anybody know anything more about this man or his business?

A recession-proof business?

Not a Number Expansion, originally uploaded by jlrose70.

Fuel prices and related hard costs have put the squeeze on many a retailer, but Not a Number, Wallingford's emporium of lefty tchotchkes (political left, not items for the left-handed), is actually expanding their empire. Whether they've stumbled upon the ultimate blue-state business model or are simply riding high on an anti-Bush bubble remains to be seen. For now, at least, Wallingford's freak flag flies high.