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Howard : I saw Harry Truman in a motorcade campaigning for President riding through Eastern Parkway. It was Petach Tikvah (Gate of Hope)on Lincoln Place & Rochester Ave. . For a couple of years Dubrow's had...... Off the Wall: [[img:29577]]
is {eastern parkway} down with {michael jackson}?!
wut wut!... Peter: indeed. catty-corner from that giant gas station thats been there forever.
the part you didnt hear about this post is that about 1 minute after snapping this shot, i turned left there onto bedford; i found...... Rich: I used to play football in the park right next to The Botanic Garden's entrance right across the street from this station, we even went sliegh riding when we got a good snow, but, behind...... Rich: I grew up around the corner from this armory, back in my time growing up it was used to store tanks, trucks and half-tracks. I saw and heard these vehicles as they labored very noisely...... Sanford : To Esther
In an idle moment I googled PS 167 to find out some details to compare with childhood memories and saw your comments. I was one year behind you at PS 167. My memories of...... Editor: alas, comments have been closed on this post, as its become nothing more than a list of horny middle easterners and their mobile numbers! :-0... Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): Mrs.Gradstein was my sixth gradeteacher in 1955-6. I remember the old furniture. I never new it had been changed up till now.
Therr were fruit and vegetable stores across the street from the school on Schenecktady...... Teri: I had to add my two cents to this board after Keith Bernstein sent me the link. I lived at 1074 Eastern Parkway until I was 18 1/2. I went to 167, 210, Wingate and...... Stan: Just a note:
I was bar mitzvahed at Petach Tikva in June 1943. It was on the corner of Rochester Ave. and Lincoln Place.
The other Bar Mitvah with me was Gene Braunwald who lived opposire me...... Esthr Herschman (Rechtschafner): I enjoyed this site very much. I graduated from PS167 in 1958.Now i will try to list yu some of my memories. Kindergarten teacher Miss Shapiro. (there was another kindergarten class and teacher -Mrs. Pinkerton....... Stan: Before the Eastern Parkway Arena was used for boxing it was also a roller skating rink. There was also one on Empire Blvd (the Empire Rollerdrome)near Ebbets field. There was also Freddie Fitzsimmons bowling alley...... Keith Bernstein: According to my recollection, the Twin Cantors catering hall was located on the southeast corner of Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway with the entrance on EP.
Thanks Alan for your wonderful memoir.... RICHIE RUBIN: Folks,da reason I typed in CAPS..yep:BIGGER & EASIER
to READ!..no?but it seems `tis`illegal'on dis site[?]
so I'LL continue w/dese teeny lower case stuff..dig?
Richie Rubin..& ALAN K;`Jungle Jim's coconut whip'
on Amboy st./Pitkin ave.was da best!in fact,I recall
`Jungle Jim'wearing...... Alan Kupperberg: I’m terribly gratified that some of you enjoyed my reminisces. Richie Rubin is correct in that I sure don’t have Alzheimer’s.
I live in Greenwich Village and I haven’t been back to that...... Janet: What a collection of memories--things that surely resonate throughout this remarkable site. Just a few comments, Alan, though the Rochester-Buffalo-Ralph neighborhood from St. Johns to Eastern Parkway was not our neighborhood. The Congress...... Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories
By Alan Kupperberg
Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for...... Janet: Before Honey's moved to Eastern Parkway, the store was on St. John's very near the corner of Troy, right next to a little Jewish tailor who worked at the window on his Singer. Once inside...... K Bernstein: Hi--
Judy Oshinsky must have made an impression on many of us. She and I were both in the same class (the IGC) at PS 167 in 1958-59. The class was half fifth-grade (that's me) and...... Rich: Hi Everybody,
I lived at 1003 Carroll ST between Franklin and Bedford from 1957 til 1969, we then moved to 1048 President St which was directly behind the first address. Needless to say, for all of...... Andrew Dawson: http://www.lr55.com/
As for track work, in Europe things have contiuned to advance.
There are new ideas for rebuilding tram track, faster & cheaper.... alanpigott@eircom.net: [[img:29313]]
This is Alan Pigott here again trying to solve the origin of a Picture that is signed ..." W. O. H. ...N.J. 1923..and also St Dominic's Monastery Newark N.J...I have already posted a photo of...... Mark Kikta : Very sad pictures. Wish I could have seen the plant in it's glory. I have a 1939 Chevrolet Master Deluxe Town Sedan that was built at Tarrytown in April of 1939. My 67...... pissed off local: you have just focused on the bad have u actualy seen anything u wanted to see or were u in a bad mood that day
1. the only flying lancaster bomber in europe
2. the 1...... mitch: Hey Doc ...
I lived on Caroll St about a 1/2 block from Franklin. I went to to 241 but we moved while I was still in elementary school. I remember the candy store/soda fountain at...... Doc S.......: Yo, Rick - What a memory!! I think I got my first baseball glove at "Circle". The "other" store for upscale chocolates was Barton's, on the north side of Eastern Parkway and Franklin Ave., if...... rick: Hey, Doc - the grocery store was the Big Apple, there was also a candy store on Carroll St, around the corner from Klein's, the drugstore, where I, and seemingly, every other guy in the...... Bea K.: Just goes to prove there's good and bad 'no matter where we live' and that includes Bushwick. For those who've moved on to "safer areas" (whatever that constitutes these days, as I most certainly 'don't'...... The Public Animals - Street Level Nine: This was one of the most inspiring and graffiti-Décollage rich sites I have ever visited in my life. As a young member and founder of The Public Animals, I used to wander in here early...... BOB: The congress theater as of a few years ago
is completely unused last of the occupants
out of business.The Rivera on St. Johns and
Kingston was demolished. Cameo on Eastern Pkwy
is being used as a church. Utica is...... RICHIE RUBIN: PACHMAN'S CANDYSTORE..A BLOCK FROM LIBRARY ON
EASTERN PKWY..REMEMBER?MMM,A MALTED & L-O-N-G
PRETZEL WOULD WAKE US ALL UP..NO? or A KNISH
FROM ANY DELI,or FREE SELTZER @ DUBROW's BLENDE
W/MAPLE SYRUP & THOSE tiny[FREE]GLASS CONTAINERS
of HEAVY CREAM,ERGO,A FREE[MAPLE]`EGG-CREAM'.AAH!
B'KLYN HAD SO...... Allan: I seem to recognize the name Carole Cohen. Just a blur. I think the last time I saw Judy O was about 1959 and I'm sure I wouldn't recognize her today. I seem to recall...... RICHIE RUBIN: I WENT TO TILDEN![MOST KIDS ON`OTHER SIDE'OF EASTERN PKWY
WENT TO H.S.OTHER THAN WINGATE,IN FACT WINGATE WASN'T EVEN FINISHED WHEN I GRADUATED IN `58,NOT`59!ERGO,WE
HAD MANY OTHER F-A-R-AWAY CHOICES! I SAW JUDY`O'A FEW
YRS AGO IN MIAMI,SHE'S STILL...... Allan: Found this site, and these posts are fascinating. PS 167 brings back memories. Graduated in 1959. Sorry I hardly recall any of my teachers' names. Might remember if I heard them. I do recall my...... Stan: I was born at 1074 Eastern Pkway, moved to 919 then 915 and around the corner to Albany Ave, between Lincoln and St. Johns. My wife can't understand why we always lived within a few...... Michael: Just took a tour of Franklin Avenue. Anyone remember eating at Radin's Deli or Ben & Sol? My friends used to argue which deli had the best french fries. I lived at 334 Eastern Parkway....... RUTH NELSON SHERMAN: MY MEMORIES GO FURTHER BACK. I NEVER LIVED IN bROOKLYN BUT WOULD SPEND A LOT OF SUMMERS WITH MY BUBBY AND UNCLE A 1710 CARROL ST.
MY PARENTS MET ON A BENCH ON EASTERN PKWY AND...... Steve - Albox, Almeria: If
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;...... geraldine: just been reading all the comments with a tear in ma eye. Stayed in housten street 1948 went to st. margarets school with my brother bobby (Diack) mr downie h/master. Fr Rawlings was the priest....... Richie Fisher: You are right Warren, in fact you should send a letter of thanks to DP for making your tour in 'Nam almost seem normal compared to the Mennehan St. Maniac monastery we called school.... RiCH1: SPIN........whoever you are.......you killed that shit on the 'Rock', sun!.....Rock On! Ya gotta turn yer head kids, to peep that one out.....right at the bottom of the escarpment waterfall on the 401 into the Hammer!...... BARON VON FANCY: Baron Von Fancy is not a man, he is an idea. And you cannot kill an idea.
He has been called an artist. He has been called a maniac. He is a recluse. He never...... jeeff: my hometown of london is supposedly in the very northeastern tip of 'tornado alley' and that's only a couple hours west of toronto by car. but i had never seen a funnel cloud in...... Joan: Looking down from the roof of 1212 Lincoln Place to a window in the adjacent building which fronted on Troy Ave, you could see Mr. Kopchich mixing the ppickles in the brine. Hurst's Pharmacy was...... Bob: Just ran across this site, sounds like old home week.
Lived at 887 lincoln Place and went to P.S.138.After
graduating went to Boys High at the annex on Park Pl
and then to main bldg on Marcy and...... joseph bridge : hey rulz, remember when frank from bee' s would say... no hangin on the corner fellas about 30 times a day. asteroids....a quarter and 5 hours to play....asteroids champion....priceless. ieven remember when frank banned me...... RICHIE .RUBIN: BACK TO CROWN HTS,REMEMBER:`BILLY BOYS'
CANDYSTORE?GREFF'S DELI BOTH ST,JOHNS PL.
&`SKIN-NECK-TITTY'AVE[LOCAL JOKE,AS MANY
OF US KID'S COULDN'T SPELL THE REAL STREET
NAME!WHEN THE B'KLYN DODGERS WON THE 1955
WORLD SERIES ALL DELIS GAVE OUT FREE`FRANKS'
& PIZZA JOINTS FREE SLICES!WHAT A...... R.RUBIN: DUBROWS = FREESELTZER!.MADE MAPLE SYRUP EGG-CREAMS
WITH MILK ON TABLES FOR COFFEE,&`TOWN HILL'ON
EASTERN PKY/BEDFORD AVE.HAD TERRIFIC`REVIEW'SHOWS
& A FUN HOUSE BAND[BOBBY GREEN & HIS`AGGREVATION']
& THE UTICA THEATER ON ST.JOHNS PL NEAR.UTICA AVE.
SAT.MATINEE`KIDDIE'SHOWS,LOTS OF`BOWERY BOYS'FILMS
WHAT A NEIGHBORHOOD'IN...... Roke3 Nyc: This masterpiece measures a staggering 250’ x 55’ (nearly the size of a football field) and took 125 gallons of latex roller paint and a year of carefully planned nights to complete. Every supply...... Liz: Smiling...Eastern Parkway...Irish, Italian, Jewish...how come we all knew how to get along back then??? I can remember a Jewish couple coming up to me and saying something in Yiddish, and then noticing a surprise...... Liz: I was born at St. Mary's Hospital, baptized at St. Matthews church on Eastern Parkway. My parents were married at St Matthews and my mother attended St Matthews grade school and then attended St Angela...... Ross: Sure, You can walk under it though side to side only, not lengthways! You can also walk along the eastern side, cycle over the western side, climb the arch, and there's even a museum...... Steve Boyle: Can anybody help me? I'm trying to find out what was originally on Lee Close, Irlam (Basically just around the corner from Irlam Primary school and close to Irlam Endowed. Lee close I think was...... jack: luna there is a movie i love it is called,'the little fugitive', my younger brother and i were the same ages of the boys in the movie and we lived pretty close to where the...... Director 9209: Nice pics, but you should keep off the High Line (Notice that it's two words or FO will get you!) because it is a bonafide construction site complete with all the OSHA phobic hazards, and...... luna park: i lived at 45th and spruce. did 2 years in a phd program at penn, but dropped out after the masters because i couldn't stand it.... Anon: Posting it on one blog isn't exactly "plastering it all over the internet", you know. If someone doesn't want photos taken of them when they pass out, then they should consider not passing out in...... POWcityblog: we kinda have a problem with this. see, if we had a substance/shelter problem we wouldn't appreciate having our picture sneakily taken while we were passed out & then have it plastered all over the...... cyril bagshaw: Hi Anne
I dont know if you have managed to see any of the old Twenty Row photos yet, but one in particular has come to light on the Irlam and Cadishead Ancestry site.It was taken...... T J O'BRIEN, ANNANDALE, VA: The article below it will mention the Luna Park. During the WW II I worked part-time for the New York Daily News as a copy boy. One afternoon I came in early at...... Debbie from Irlam: Hi all,
Its great to discover this site and hear all the conversations going on.
I still live in Irlam and have done so since 1964, I was born in 1962 in Ordsal, Salford.
I went...... Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis...... Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis...... Jamie: hah, i like it. this seems like a good a place as any to share these photos of last {easter}. it {snow}ed. so we made a {snowrabbit}.
[[img:28036]]
[[img:28037]]
... Andie: hugglez924,
I do have a degree as a matter of fact it is in Health Care Administration. Currently I am working towards a Masters in Health Care Administration and I still feel that the job opportunities...... James cashan: Hello master Tom welcome aboard............i thnk we are due a night out somewhere!... MARS: well, I tried rasterbator and such websties, but the image donesnt come out how i want it to, and I also have to trim every peice of paper, which ends up taking a very long...... kidcapri22yrs: ok, ok what some people are saying are that, the nazi-ideology has infiltrated the american gov't from 1930's to present, built one of their many capitol structures to capture and enslave non-anglo americans. what are...... James cashan: Hello Bob Salmon,
Yes Vincent Cashan is my father, coincidentally i have just spoken to him on the phone, he says he remembers you well and says hello, said you were at the same...... Josselyn K: I really love this mural it looks beautiful when kids get involved in these master pieces. ... Jamie: i second jack's comment on the last shot. It's almost as though the highrise buildings are the spectators/robot-slave-masters... James cashan: hi jon,
yea we`va all been there we played to one man and his dog at the jug in doncaster, a scene straight out of comic strips bad news episode! just gotta enjoy the buzz...... JoeyD: It could be one or more of the following:
a) an "empowerment zone"
b) Senator Larry Criag's office
c) FEMA's fedeal "disaster relief" office
d) Ronald Reagans pollup collection
e) "all of the above"... The terrible disaster: This article has been republished as I was asked to supply the details a second time.
---
We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When...... JoeyD: What Might be even a bit better would be some of the photos of the band that opened for RATT that eve. "Faster Pussycat" the lead singer looked like a shorter version of what Marylin...... EvilGentleman: All I know, is I have seen a lot of the little speed limit signs along the bike trails, usually proclaiming a limit of 20 km per hour. I confess that I have not been...... David L. Drogin: My mother had an aunt and two uncles living on the corner of Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue (next to the Lubavicher Synagogue), and my paternal grandmother lived across Eastern parkway. We visited all the...... Alan Taylor: Explanation of OCCUPATION ROAD, but does not resolve the question of 'where in Irlam'.
My finding regarding the ‘Bolton to York’ route has caused me to re-assess Francis
White’s Map of the Ainsty particularly with regard to...... vicky ryder: Hi Helen
Didn't know you came on this site. I was just looking through to see what i could find out about the ferry when i came about this site. I'd had forgot your...... Tex: Well, you can't have your cake and eat it too. If you want to make more money and have a wider choice of things to do, then the larger cities are the place to...... Mitch: I also lived at 969 Carol Street from 1952 (born) - 1960. I also went to PS241. You might know my two cousins who also lived in another appt in our building at the same...... yolanda deberry-franklin: wow, memories, memories,memories. my family and i moved into the henry horner projects when they were completed around 1956-57. i was about 4 years old at the time. we thought that we...... Sheila Hilton: Hi Cyril,
I came across some (confusing to say the least)information relating to Woolden Hall. Make of it what you will: "Woolden appears as Vulueden in 1299....... Steven H.: antBlack is right. I grew up in Bushwick in the 60's and 70's, and moved to the other side of Brooklyn in 78. I remember it being a true neighborhood, my friends were black, hispanic,...... Deb Simpkins (Massey): Hi Sheila, thanks for the "Jubblies" update... here in Australia we call them "Sunny Boys".
ps: I had a little giggle at Steve's comment earlier... "a clip around the ear hole" - now that's...... sonnet: I grew up on Cambria St near Emerald in the 1940's and went to Willard School. My grandparents had a store on Kensington Ave and lived above the store. The el roared by...... DAMN: This page has been here for about 4 years and after reading all this shit i got the following
1) JA (if actually him) posted twice. TWICE!
2) Bombing gets the job done faster than piecing
3)JA's...... Sylvia Aviles: I grew up in Melrose St. Corner Bushwick in the 60th. There was always something happening. But nothing as bad as I read here.I miss going back home, but I know it could never be...... EvilGentleman: I find it weird to see someone you know personally commenting about suffering rapidly expanding cranial pressures due to webmasters we know online commenting on comments made by people he knows online commenting to people...... Jade-en-Ville: EvilGentleman,
I have learned a great deal from your pictures and posts over the past few years. This post prompted me to respond, mainly to lend weight to your comments to Canadian-Canadian.
EvilGentleman's perspective is, in...... Deb Simpkins: Hi Norma,
as I remember it, Oak Ave wasn't very long so I wonder if our grandparents knew each other? I will ask my dad and see if he remembers Tommy and May.. Bolton... was...... EvilGentleman: Thanks, Veronic. Hope all is well for you wherever you are now. Nuut and the kids are going up for Easter, but I am opting to stay down here this time. Maybe if we can...... Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Sheila
Platt's brook as you refer to did make its way down to the Old River,two sources of run-off water from the Irlam moss met at Liverpool road between Wrenche's butchers and the last shop...... Roger: I'm an artist who is not a hipster. I am moving further east in Bushwick because the rent is cheaper for what you can get, as I'm saddled in debt. I'm half Peruvian...... Helen Salmon: Hi Anne,
I've just read that you lived in Irlam until you were 9 and now live in Morecambe. Snap! We moved from Irlam to Morecambe in 1984 when I was 8. I live in Lancaster...... Alan Pigott: [[img:25956]]
Hi I'm addressing this to no one in particular, but I have an oil painting, many years now, and at the bottom of the painting are the words "St. Dominick's Monastery Newark N.J"...and it's signed...... Shelley: I lived in Brownsville, but went to Tilden. Mr Gold was a great English teacher who loved to act; also Mr Engber, my best friend Ricky & I had crushes on him. Dr Stoloff was...... Rob Tynan: I type too quick!! regarding the photo of School Farm, its the building on the right, not the left which was the School Masters house. This was attached to the end of the...... Leon: I remember Town Hill but it was called the Bedford Rest before that. I had my first date with my wife there 48 years ago. I grew up in in the 30's and 40's in...... Rob Tynan: This is the only picture to exist of the farm run by my great grandfather John Tynan from approx the 1880s. It was called School Farm and was on the corner of Springfield Lane,......
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