Neighbor Valerie Gallaher [http://comicspaladin.blogspot.com/] has lived in the area for most of her life, and she remembers [http://comicspaladin.blogspot.com/2013/01/new-project-ditmas-park-tales.html#more] “when there was a comic book store… when there was a video rental store, and a gigantic old-school Chinese restaurant, and