Gretsch 140th Anniversary
If you take a look at the Google Maps street view of 128 Middleton Street in Brooklyn, NY, you’ll see a most-mundane sight: an apartment building. The same sight you’ll see on virtually any block in NY’s most populated borough. At first blush, it may be difficult to ascertain what about this address is so notable. Those of a certain inclination, however, may know that it’s where a 27-year-old German immigrant named Friedrich opened a music shop to sell banjos, tambourines, and drums, and nearly a century and a half later, his company still carries his namesake: Gretsch.
