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Plastic Man's Temporary Shop

Kelsey Edwards • 15 October 2018

Adonis Kranidiotis got flooded

Plastic man's shop on Hydra has moved to a temporary vacant shop which weather damage is repaired.

The shop of Adonis Kranidiotis sprang a leak during the unusually bad weather at the end of September 2018 and his roof needs to be repaired to make it water tight again. Being used to always receiving a cheery hello on my way into town each day, I was rather alarmed to discover he wasn't there. I always enjoy changes but there are some essentials like 'Adonis the Plastic Man's shop' that are a bit of an institution. So I was very relieved to discover that the contents of the entire shop and store room have moved along into a vacant building on Miaoulis Street. It's a temporary move into what used to be the old Zefyros Taverna building, for a three month period, until the repair work has been completed. Adonis, aka the Plastic Man, should be back on his usual corner by January 2019. In the meantime, you can be assured of his normal cheery smile at his temporary location.

Original shop of 'The Plastic Man' closed until January 2019 for repairs
Temporary location of the Plastic Man's Shop in the old Zefyros Taverna on Miaoulis Street until January 2019.

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