Amadeo: The 92-year-old Puerto Rican who runs the oldest music store in New York
Originally from Bayamón, a town west of Puerto Rico’s capital San Juan, Miguel Ángel Amadeo arrived in New York at the age of 13 with his mother. It was 1947, and more than 70 years later Amadeo is not only still in the city but has become a living legend. He is the owner of an emblematic and unique music store — the oldest in New York. Stepping into Casa Amadeo, also known as Antigua Casa Hernandez, at 786 Prospect Ave in the Bronx, is like taking a one-way ticket to Puerto Rico — and, more tha...
