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Steve's Editing Barber Shop

Opening Hours
Today: 10am–7pm
Sat:
10am–7pm
Sun:
Closed
Mon:
10am–7pm
Tues:
10am–7pm
Wed:
10am–7pm
Thurs:
10am–7pm
Location
446 West 50th Street
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“I like our name,” explained barbershop owner Steve Polanco, “we give people an editing.” Having studied hair care in college and worked under another barber for many years, Steve opened his own place with his wife in August of 1984. The salon, originally known as Etsy and Twiggy, eventually morphed into a barbershop to capture the fun masculine dynamics Steve appreciated in his visits to others. One of Steve’s hires, a ninety-year-old man, was the son of Frank Sinatra’s father’s barber, and received immediate and plentiful requests as soon as he started, a barber with a following. Steve showed me some old photographs and smiled, “People get some editing and some laughing.”

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