Friday, June 26, 2020 – REMEMBER THAT PLACE?

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Friday, June 26, 2020

The

89th Edition

From Our Archives

DISAPPEARING NEW YORK CITY 

 IN

POSTCARDS

Out trip starts at LaGuardia Airport arriving on a DC-3.

Since we are in Queens we will pass the Sunshine Biscuit factory near the Queensboro Bridge.

The Singer Building a graceful site, now gone from downtown.

City Prison, known as The Tombs, is located on the corner of Leonard and Centre Streets, a dismal structure of Egyptian architecture where prisoners walked between the prison and the courthouse on the BRIDGE OF SIGHS.

Siegel-Cooper was the grandest of the department stores on Ladies Mile, now Bed, Bath and Beyond

Madison Square Garden was the place to be seen and unfortunately Sanford White met the gun of Harry Thaw there and ended the architect’s life….over a woman.

Located on 26th Street at the East River, Bellevue was the port of embarkation for those traveling to the wonderful institutions on Blackwell’s Island.

The second Madison Square Garden on Eighth Avenue had little to say  for it.  My experience at the circus there left a lasting aroma.

The original Waldorf Astoria was located at 350 Fifth Avenue, now the Empire State Building

Located on 44th an 6th the Hippodrome was a grand burlesque theatre

A Wonderful sign over Times Square where the only “characters” were naked statues.

Before Dick Clark there was Ben Grauer doing a 15 minute show on New Year’s eve.

Every summer I would visit Times Square and see the Camel Man blowing smoke rings.

I do remember the Dodgers winning the ’55 World Series

FRIDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY

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THURSDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY

THE MANUFACTURERS OF THE ORIGINAL SWISS TRAM.
TWO WINNERS: 
ALEXI VILLFANE
OLYA TURCHIN

EDITORIAL

Today I joined Red Cross Volunteers at Coler giving gift bags to the staff. There are a group of family foundations that have been supporting hospital staffs for the last four months.  We gave every staff member a large bag containing refreshments, personal care items,  snacks and breakfast foods.  Of course every bag contains a roll of bathroom tissue.

The Coler staff is great an appreciative of the generous support of so many New Yorkers.

Coler is a special place. At the moment  there  are still over 50 Covid-19 patients in the RIMC hospital units.

The State still mandates that the residents cannot have visitors or leave the campus yet. Many are eager, but caution comes first,  The wonderful garden is a great place fro the residents to get fresh air and enjoy the summer weather.

Coler needs your support. Coler has been tending to the people of New York since 1952 and many of us have just discovered it.

Judith Berdy

Text by Judith Berdy
Thanks to Bobbie Slonevsky for her dedication to Blackwell’s Almanac and the RIHS
Thanks to Deborah Dorff for maintaining our website
Edited by Melanie Colter  and Deborah Dorff

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