“Worth Repeating” is a weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you
previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! (We postponed this post from its usual Saturday slot to accommodate our Experience Talks show announcement.) From 10/20/15:
In 1945, when he returned from WWII, Irvin Kipper bought a store across the street from L.A.’s Farmer’s Market in Hollywood. It gradually evolved from a place that sold flags to a store that sold toys. A year-round place to buy toys was an anomaly back then, but by 1956, when he moved the store to Farmer’s Market, it became a favorite of both locals and tourists. And now, Steve Lopez of the LA Times reports:
The store moved to its current location in the Farmer’s Market in 2000, and last Sunday, Irvin Kipper’s creation celebrated a magical milestone.
Kip’s Toyland has turned 70.
Irvin Kipper is about to turn 99.
He and Gertrude have been married 76 years.
And a third-generation Kipper, Lily, now works in the store with her father and occasionally her grandfather, which means Kip’s Toyland could last another 70 years.
Let’s hope it does!
