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1 Bak o E. 29 h S Wh Fa and Fon Rv Kp Bay, N. Y. Im Suon Amo Pubaon

2 Abou h Auho Im Suon (b. 1928), a nav Nw Yok, andd gad hoo (P. S. 116, 96, & 40) and Swad Pak Hgh Shoo (10 h gad) on h Ea Sd. H ha vd n Chago, San Fano a w a Lo Ang, gaduang fom Hoywood Hgh Shoo. H wokd fo h U. S. Fo Sv n Souhn Cafona, fghng fo f, and a vd a a aona naua wh h Naona Pak Sv a Lak Mad Naona Raon Aa (NV/AZ). H vd n vaou apa wh h aw ba of h Ba Aoaon of h Cy of Nw Yok and Lo Ang Couny. H vd n h A Fo a Book AFB, San Anono, TX. H and a Ph. D. n gogaphy a h Unvy of Cafona, Lo Ang. H pofo mu fom Cafona Sa Unvy, Fuon, wh h augh uua gogaphy, onvaon, aw and nvonmn, and wa ou pannng fom 1964 o H ha bn a mmb of va doa boad of jouna and uny an do and onuan. Wh no bng an uban pa, h dd udy uban gogaphy and uban pannng and fo a m wokd fo h Lo Ang Couny Pannng D. Suon ha auhod and dd book dang wh Aman Indan and, oay and poa gogaphy Indan Land Tnu (1975); Aman Indan Toay, a ah gud, hp://hop.ou.du/a.hm.; 2005; Indan Affa & Gogaph, 2004; a do, Idmab Ama: Th Indan Ea and Land Cam(1985); a odo (wh Rhmond Cow), Tuhp n Chang: Towad Tba Auonomy n Rou Managmn (2001). H uny odng wh Dan Co (Smhonan Inuon) Caogaphy n Indan Affa. Suon ao a fm amau ompo/pan, havng wn om 100 pano p.

3 Bak o Ea 29 h S Wh Fa and Fon Rv Kp Bay, N. Y. Im Suon Gogapha 3 Amo Pubaon Fuon, Cafona Gogapha 3, Amo Pubaon, Fuon, CA Tx may b quod wh d gvn. Phoo fom vaou ou, d dnfd. Th a non-pof, aadm and pona pubaon, and no fo a und any uman.

4 Phoo on Book Cov E. 29 h S n h upp n. 1 Avnu on h gh (a); 2 nd Avnu o h f (w). 315 wa oad on h noh d of h fou doo n fom 2 nd Avnu. I wa on down n h 1960, pad by h Hny Phpp Paza Noh, a 21 oy apamn ompx. On h ouhd of h fom h on of 29 h S ouh o 28 h S, aong 2nd Avnu, h Hny Phpp Paza W. A h on of 29 h and 2 nd Avnu h fom Chuh Shoo, whh a wa h Madon Squa Boy and G Cub. Th ompx wa ompd n An vn a Boy Cub budng wa on 30 h S bak-o-bak wh my apamn budng. Fah down 29 h S h Rnwk Tow, whh pad od nmn a w a h Cam Paoha Shoo, and owad h on of 1 Avnu, h Chuh of Ou Lady of Sapua wa ao pad. Avag hgh of budng n h md-1930 wa 5 o 6 o; oday, o o 21 o. Ao, h w amo no on h bok; oday h gn andap and h mova of h 2 nd Avnu E a a vy dffn uban nvonmn. Phoo downoadd fom Goog. No: h gn aow ghy w of 315 whh h add uzd o oban h mag. Commn on h Phoo Many of h od phoo, pay ho ha hav bn dgzd, do no podu and pn vy w om a una, ou of fou, o ohw ju poo opy. Y hy hp a oy. So fogv my wanng o nud hm. (Fo phoo and map d, p.172) v

5 Ddaon My famy ha bn muh nvovd n h da and h dvopmn of h book. Logay and affonay, h book bong o my gandon, Aaon, who wa 8 whn I bgan o dvop onn. H ha bn h npaon o omp h poj. My daugh, Hd, a hgh hoo hoy ah, ha nouagd m, a ha my wf, Do, a fom oa ud/ gogaphy and hom onom ah. I ao wan o mmb my od boh Jaffy ( ), who had o many of h xpn wh w vd on h Ea Sd. Fnay, I mu aknowdg ho youh I had known and ho I ddn, fo f any of hm a among u and hu n h vn o od, hy mgh hoo o v wh m h od nghbohood fo b o wo. Ivng Ha, hoan of h Madon Squa Boy (and G) Cub, and ao Bn Gazaa, a wo od-m who knw h nghbohood n h I ddn know h of hm and ony know Ivng by phon ha and opondn. H ha had h wokng hoy of h ub. v

6 Tab of Conn Fowod and Aknowdgmn On Bng a Gogaph Oganzaon of Book & Wng Sagy Aknowdgmn x Inoduon: Th Ra & Vua Nw Yok 1 Aaon & I Pou ov Som Map A Gogaph Vw of Uban Chang Soundmak & Landmak Fama Gound I. 29 h S, Kp Bay and h Nghbohood 21 Tnmn and Apamn Ho Nghbohood Tanon o h Pn Conmpoay Kp Bay Soundmak and Landmak Naby and Fama II. Th S a Paygound; Madon Squa 61 Boy Cub III. So, Sv, Tha and Mda 71 Cn IV. P. S. 116 and Oh Shoo 81 V. Rgou Cn 89 VI. Lba, Booko, and Nwand 101 v

7 Fa & Fah Couny VII. E, Subway and Sa 109 VIII. Dvoak Hou; Suyvan Pak 123 IX. Qunboo Bdg; Oh Bdg 129 and h Ea Rv X. Tp o Jy: F and Tunn 135 XI. In Lu of an Epogu 143 Appnd No: Onn and Oh Sou 145 Phoo and Map Cd 172 Sv Bbogaphy 173 Sv Indx 179 v

8 Exhb Avw of 29 h S oday ov Fowod F. 1 Conmpoay Kp Bay & Ea Sd x Inoduon: In.1 Mopoan Nw Yok Cy (map) 2 In.2 Low Manhaan & Kp Bay (map) 4 In.3 Th Qunboo Bdg & h Ea Rv 8 In.4 Emp Sa Budng: A Landmak 15 In.5 Dmoon fo Suyvan Town 18 In.6 Low 2 nd Avnu n Gdok 19 I. 29 h S, Kp Bay and h Nghbohood E. 29 h S Hny Phpp Apamn on E. 31 S Bownon and Oh Rdn h S n La Kp Bay Ovookng 29 h S h S & F Avnu S and 3 d Av. EL Land Book of h Boough of Manhaan Hou a 203 E. 29 h S Th Kp Bay Supbok Md Kp Bay Paza & NYU Mda Cn Kp Bay Paza S n Dvopmn Ma Pan fo Kp Bay Paza Hny Phpp Paza W Th Ea Sd and Kp Bay h S & Kp Bay A Tou Vw of Kp Bay 46 v

9 h S & Hny Phpp Paza h S Lookng Ea Kp Bay Paza a 1 Avnu & 30 h S h S & Nw Yok Songn Nw Yok Unvy Mda Cn a/b Sv Ho S a/b Snffn Cou HoLandmak 58 II Th S a Paygound; Madon Squa Boy Cub h S: Th 3 d Av EL Saon, P. S. 14, 60 & Sba 2.2 Soopba: Mo Popua Sdwak Gam a/b Goudy Gum Cad of h Eay Od Madon Squa Boy Cub Bdg Th Chuh Shoo 69 III. So, Sv, Tha & Mda Cn 3.1 Typa Mak on 29 h S h S Nw Fhou d Avnu Goy So Loa Moon Pu Tha Mda Row: 1 Avnu Bvu Hopa & Expanon 80 IV. P. S. 116 and Oh Shoo 4.1 May Lndy Muay Emnay Shoo PS 116 & Adjan Hgh-R Apamn Paoha Shoo on 29 h S Cam paoha hoo on 29 h S. 87 x

10 4.5 PS 14: Od Gad Shoo on 27 h S 88 V. Rgou Cn 5.1 Chap of h Inanaon Chuh of h Good Shphd Adh E Tamud Synagogu S. Vaan Cahda S. Sphn Caho Chuh S. Sphn 29h S Enan Camp Ivoyon Lodg n Connu 99 VI Booko, Lba, and Nwand 6.1 Fouh Avnu Book Row d Avnu & 32 ND S Nwand S. Gab Pak Banh Lbay Kp Bay Banh Lbay 106 VII. E, Subway and Sa 7.1 Had Squa: 34 h S., Boadway, 108 & 6 h Avnu d Avnu EL: Vw fom 14 h S (?) Ino Wang Aa: EL Saon Th 28 h S Saon of h 3 d Av. EL a/b Dmoon of h 2 nd & 3 d Avnu EL Typa Vw und an EL NYC Subway and EL Ln h & 29 h S Coown Rou a/b Ho Sa 122 x

11 VIII. Dvoak Hou and Suyvan Pak nd Avnu Lookng Noh fom 14h S Sau of Anonn Dvoak Suyvan Pak Gamy Pak 127 IX. Qunboo Bdg, Oh Bdg & h Ea Rv 9.1 Qunboo Bdg wh Sa Ea Rv and Sapan Po Appoah o Qun Mdown Tunn Bookyn Bdg and Vw of Long 134 Iand Cy X. Tp o Jy 10.1 Ga Nw Yok: Bdg & Tunn Vazano Bdg & Th Naow Typa Fy: Dokng a San Iand Lnon Tunn:Manhaan o Whawkn Manhaan Sm fom Whawkn, NJ 141 x

12 F. 1 CONTEMPORARY KIPS BAY & EAST SIDE A wd vw of Kp Bay foung on E. 29 h S (na h n of h phoo).th hgh- apamn ompx nud h Hny Phpp Paza W, Noh and Ea, a w a h Kp Bay Paza whh bound by 30 h and 33 d and 1 and 2 nd avnu. Th Ea Rv a h gh; adjan h Fankn Roov (FDR)Pakway. Squnay o h w a 1, 2 nd, 3 d and Lxngon avnu. On h noh 35 h S, and on h ouh, 24 h S. Na h op of h phoo ju a of 3 d Avnu and on 33 d S P. S A I vw h a ubanap, domnad by apamn and mda ow aong 1 Avnu..Wha and ou a a andmak wa h Madon Squa Boy (and G) Cub now ny gon fom h nghbohood. Phoo by Goog, a downoadd, Fa x

13 Fowod and Aknowdgmn Eay on, I had n mnd a gogaphy of h pa of Kp Bay, a nghbohood n Mdown on h Ea Sd of Manhaan. Pofonay, ha woud onu an hoa gogaphy. To b u, on an hady w abou h gogaph pa of a pa whou dang wh hoy. In own gh, Kp Bay hoay mo gnfan fo aoaon wh h Rvouonay Wa. I onmpoay mnn, f ha h gh wod, fou on pm oaon na upown bu ao whn a mda d. Raonaby, I quond myf a o how vab h nghbohood wa n my youh o wan o onu h md I ony vd h a a gad hoo youh, and I nv hough of havng dd n a pomnn on of h y. Th mo I pondd h da of a pofona udy, h I wa namod wh h vnu. No ha I wa no up o h ah ak, pona fd wok, and ona wh many pon. No wa my mmoy of ha nghbohood ompy vod af nay vny ya. Th u, a I aw hn and do, ha I anno onn wh ndvdua I had known hn. I f oo young, no o un, any bfo ang fndhp woud b mad. Conquny, I am o bv ha a mo ufu book woud b a m- auobogapha aoun of my youh on h Ea Sd. I woud daw mo upon mmoy of pa han on pon mpy bau I movd away a ag 10. I woud k fa bu pobaby p no om fona naav ony bau I pum om uh n my oon. Of ou, I ao fad an aadm podu woud fa way ho x

14 of h pofona, and hu fa o v h doub objv of vng h od nghbohood a w a muang an n n gogaphy of h man-mad nvonmn. A da mgd, a mo hybd y ponazd appoah ook hod. I mgh xpo, o I hough, Kp Bay a a a udy o x ha nopoad od gogaph anay wh pona obvaon. I woud un o map, phoo, wb, opondn, and oh ou, and ad how I dovd and uzd h ou maa. (S No) Ra pon oday w mak mpoan npu o h aoun; hopfuy, vn a fw ndvdua who hak bak o h am ya I am wng abou w nhan h ho and gogaph pa. A a pofo of gogaphy, d fo mo han a dad, I oud ady ahv muh of h onuon, bu uy I w av gap, bank pa a w, and hu I an no am h book a pofona job. I hav nnonay mnmzd mhod and jagon n ng h oy. Y I oud no avod om aadm appoah n my ah fo fa o vauaon of my fndng. Of a h pa I hav vd, 29 h S hon bau I dd h and on h Ea Sd h ong n my hdhood h ya, and fou oh ya wh n Manhaan. Ea, I vd fah downown on Madon Avnu, hn a on 2 nd Avnu, hn upown, hn a un o h aa, and umay o Gnwh Vag on h w d. My famy, no hank o a, jouna fah, movd abou a ga da, way oo muh a I a, bak and foh boh fom and whn Nw Jy, and n many oaon n Manhaan, muh a n Chago and hn on h W Coa. Howv, I wa bon n Nw Yok, dp pndng my f ya and a haf n Nwak and naby, and I f a an affny fo h Ea Sd dp h ga gap n m. W, I xv

15 uy ak k a Nw Yok (fo now and hn, among oh wod o pha, I ay buz and aad, ombnng afad and ad.) I hav pf objv, h pmay on bng o onu ha nghbohood vn f nompy, and n h po k o haaz h aa pay bau of h dynam nvonmna hang ha am abou af h Sond Wa and houghou h A uh I wan o ha my vw of h nw uban n and hu povd om ngh no how w obv and omphnd nvonmna hang. I nnd ha h book woud hav a mxd audn phap a young a juno hgh n, bu I am unu how od, bau h onaon on h youhfu pa, no h muh od onmpoay. Audy, many Nw Yok, pa and pn, mgh fnd h aoun mo povoav, bu I do no u ou an n by pon vng wh. A uh, I hop my aoun w nv n n gogaphy and hoy, phap uban pannng, ahu, mu (my amau fd) o, n um, h pa, pn and fuu of h man-mad nvonmn. (In n h ompu fvdn fo many pona ad.) Ea 29 h S bu on n Kp Bay. Fgu In.2 w how you ha h gna nghbohood whn a fw bok of h Ea Rv fom, ay, Fouh (Pak) Av and fom 34 h S ouh o 23 d S. In Manhaan, appoxmay mak a m, o h noh/ouh aa of Kp Bay abou ½ m pu and h wdh avag omwha mo. No ha may man oo muh o you, bu ha aoun fo abou 240 a; mo fam and vn om pak a muh ag. Of ou, h bound of Kp Bay dpnd upon who dbng h d. Inngy xv

16 nough, h nam Kp Bay do no ng a b fo m; I wa 6 10 whn I vd n ha nghbohood o naby. I gw up akng abou h Ea Sd whou any ay. I any ddn dnguh dfn fo h nghbong d uh a Gamy Pak o Muay H. I wa hn, and now vn mo, awa ha 29 h S md a bounday of h od nmn aa of poo houng and oh nng omma and ndua vnu. I no a nghbohood known fo mpoan andmak. A I no a, I ddn vn know h nam of my gad hoo! Ony a numb -- P. S [Th nam May Lndy Muay, h nam ao ha of h adjan nghbohood o h mmda noh Muay H.] A o fnd fom Bookyn may onnd ha h ony knw h gad hoo by numb. Th vaon houd ugg o h ad ha om of my fa and h npaon mu b quond up o a pon. Founay, va ad vng a f hav dovd mak and omon, and hav advd m n ou o ompon of h voum. On Bng a Gogaph My fqun wandng n Manhaan a a kd n a way ppad m a a gogaph, ahough I had no da ha uh a pofon vn xd, muh on I woud hoo fo a f wok. Cany, uh wa no on my mnd a ag 6, 7, 8 o 9. I ad on oaon Naona Gogaph, bu I ay njoyd poung ov map of vy knd. If my mmoy don fa m h, I a a a on o mo ay gogaph, pay on of Nw Yok Cy. Phap I aw a hoo o a on of h ba a fw bok fom ou apamn. Im od ha h y hoo dd no uz x ha w modfd fo Nw Yok hoo. Thu uh a xv

17 gogaphy wa pobaby a bay book. On by a Saubnmu (1924) may w hav ndd up n my hand. I had om nouagmn o an mo of h Ea Sd and byond. My od boh wa a bonhad whn am o knowng wh h wa. H d upon m whn w wn on ou uban xuon. Bu uh d p up and down h and, o ao own, ddn man w and a o abou oh nghbohood o woud mmb pf budng and oh oa fau. Fo xamp, I wa nv good a ang au n pak. Dvoak vy pa, a you w, bau I wa a udn of mu. I ao knw wh Cang Ha wa oad. Anyway, o muh fo yng o onu wha mad m a gogaph. Oganzaon of book and wng agy On of my og pofo ( Spn & Thoma 1969) on akd abou "Fama Gound" and "Fa Couny." H and a oagu a wo abou how w ay on dnfy wh hom and nghbohood and hn bgn o pv a b mo and hn o mo of h nvonmn n whh w v and mov abou. Ou a obvaon bgn n h hom and phap n ou gadn, ou fon a h dwak and and wh ou nghbo on h d of u, and phap ao h. I gw up n apamn on h a d of Manhaan, o I knw my budng and mmda nghbo on my foo and phap om of h kd wh n h apamn budng o on h bok. I dd g nvovd wh a fw kd n h naby apamn. Evn hough w movd aound a o, I d o g o know wh h o w. In ho day, vn a a vy young kd n h 1930, I wa n o h on 'ga' o o g ga fo my fok (of ou, ha no aowd h day). xv

18 A m wn on, h bounda of fama gound xpandd a I wakd o gad hoo whh wa fv ho bok. Whn w movd way upown on h Ea Sd, I am o nhab om of h fa ouny, hangng hoo and oa o, mng dffn kd. Bu oon bam anoh fama gound. My pofo faouny woud ak you byond you ouny and vn ao a n. Th happnd whn I wa n and w movd o Chago; w wn by an ovngh (h Nw Yok Cna va a pa of Canada). Wh ah majo mov -- a o San Fano by a, hn o Lo Ang by bu -- I nd nw fa ouny and bam mmd n y anoh fama gound. I hav nay foowd h mod of fama gound and fa ouny n h oganzaon of h book -- bgnnng on h bok and mmda uoundng, oa o, h hoo, huh, hn fah away n any don and vnuay o h Qunboo Bdg o h Jy Paad. Aknowdgmn Th no a book ha oud b ompd and wn whou a ga amoun of hp gvn o gaouy, wngy, oopavy wha an I ay? On I go on h Inn I mad numou dov and m oun pop who offd m hp n o many way. Wh do I a? Whom do I gh by no ang wh hm o h? So ba wh m a I hm o you bu no nay n any pa od. Loa pon w quky dnfd. I wa amazd. Eonoa DBnado of h Madon Squa Boy and G Cub od m h gw up on 29 h, appany ao h fom m, bu h wa pobaby a odd n my a ya h. H moh wa h upnndn of h budng on ha d of h. Paa Pado, Banh Manag of h Kp Bay xv

19 Pub Lbay on 3 d Av bwn 31 and 32 nd, wakd h nghbohood and n m gan phoo, om of whh I hav nudd. Sh wo houghfu apon; h phoo bough o f wha aa phoo an ony ay you! (Tha bay banh am no xn n h 1970; n my m w wakd many bok noh o ouh o a pub bay.) Sh ha onnud o off aan n vaou way. I dovd ha h Chap of h Inanaon on 31 na 2 nd Av bam ndpndn, hangng nam o Chuh of h Good Shphd. Rvnd Davd Caon od m ha h huh pono kd a Inanaon Camp a Ivoyon, CT. I wa h 3 umm! Bu a mmb of ha huh Ma Foay -- n m a vng mon by Rvnd Noa Fnga, fom pao of ha huh, whom I mmb, and h pok of fa, om of whh I nv knw, ha nay bough m o a. Anoh onbuo Wam Mugan, who vd na h aa a a youh, movd away, bu onnud o v gandpan naby and wokd n h nghbohood wh h Nw Yok Po Dpamn. H uny a uy manag wh h Hny Phpp Paza W on 2 nd Av. bwn 28 h and 29 h S. Sva pon gaouy had nfomaon o phoo, uh a dd Fank Pfuh ( Eaoad.og) and Lawn S ( h book By h E.) I do wan o nud Noman Ro, a Nw Yok pubh n h own gh, who pubhd my f book (abou Indan and); h ha bn a good oun fom h bgnnng. And h hn pa-m aan, Laa Ah, who vd fo a m a my ah ad n h map, phoo and mofm oon of h Nw Yok Pub Lbay. Ao, I wan o aknowdg h pa aan of Mahw Wauko, a ompu gaph dgn, who mad many phoo mo adab and xud oh ho. I xx

20 nud h Smon Wgh, a gadua udn n gogaphy a Cafona Sa Unvy, Long Bah, who ompuppad Fgu 1.22a/b. Af nay wo ya wokng a h ak of pung h book ogh, I nound Ivng Ha, who a a ong-andng mmb of h Madon Squa Boy and G Cub, and who gw up on E. 27 h S, ompng h wng of a hoy of h ub. H mnn gv m onfdn n my own oon. H wokng : Wom o h Cub: A Phoogaph Hoy & Mmo of a Pa On Cad h Madon Squa Boy Cub. Sphn L. My, auho of Manhaan Lo Sa, n m phoogaph daa of h 28 h /29 h S Coown Raway, whh vanhd bfo my m, a w a phoo of ho a. Bu, n ay, h bam a vounay do, who augh many ypogapha o a w a ho of fa, pay n h hap foung on anpoaon. Muh hank, Sphn. Bf mnon of oh n od: Pofo Andw Doka, Coumba Unvy, Ahua Hoy - -h an auhoy on fhou. Fah Afd Iaon of h Cam Od, Mown, NY, fo a phoo of h Cam Paoha Shoo. Fah San Haow, pao of h S. Sphn Caho Chuh fo onfmaon on phoo. Hay Baon. ahua hoan, Coumba Unvy, who ao had od phoo. Fnay, oh aknowdgmn mu appa mo a d n h No o Onn Rfn o n phoo apon. I had hopd o ouh ba wh h ao Bn Gazzaa who vd on my bok. H wo ya young han I, and bau I had f o ay on doubfu I knw hm a a youh. Indd, h and h famy movd no h nghbohood xx

21 aound h am m a w dd, n I dd mak ona wh on of h fnd, bu unfounay Gazzaa ha no bn w hu no pon o my nquy. Bu wh fn o E. 29 h S, Gazzaa, n a doumnay fm, pok of how h go ou of a nghbohood of nmn on h bok bwn 1 and 2 nd avnu. A a youh, h had mad vy ffo o g up o Boadway o ag pay and fm, vn payng hooky fom hoo. Ea h pfomd n h many pay agd by h Madon Squa Boy Cub, whh wa on ou bok af my m. In h nvw, h ommnd: I ad h h way of h on I hnk I found H had vd a 318, andd h Cam Paoha Shoo nx doo, and a, andd Suyvan Hgh on 15 h S. Had I onnud vng h, I up ha I woud hav ao gon o Suyvan. Whn I am bak o Nw Yok n h fa of 1942, I nod a Swad Pak Hgh fah down on h Low Ea Sd. Phap I w y ha fom M. Gazzaa. Fuon, Cafona Januay 2008 Im Suon [I ow a db o h uy of h Inn. In a way h book dmona h vay of h Inn fo gahng nfomaon and daa, nudng map and phoo ha I hav downoadd. Thu, h No on mak avaab mo of h u uzd fo h udy. Th wb w a vd n h Spng, xx

22 On Rvng E. 29 h S Af ony a fw p, I aw ha h wa no f a fw pdan, ha wa a. Th md dd and ad. I ookd o my f and h wa h Boy Cub wh I had and o hop. Thy w ang down. Bu fo m woud away man who.* I md ha vyhng had bn dmohd and pad by mn bok, ond by omm, h wa no wamh, no fng. Th nw dwng any oud no hav bn bu wh pop n mnd. Th oop, wh nghbo oud and o, ak, augh, and gop w no mo. And o wa wh h goy o, h buh hop, h podu mak Bn Gazzaa In h Momn: My Lf a an Ao, 2004 (pp ) * Ivng Ha, hoan of h Madon Squa Boy and G Cub, nfomd m (Juy 2007) ha M. Gazzaa wa makn. Th ub wa hn novang h budng (a ay 1990). In 1999 h Chuh Shoo ook poon of h budng.

23 Inoduon Ra & Vua Nw Yok Aaon and I Pou Ov Som Map My gandon Aaon ha a wd uoy and, a mo kd do, ak many quon. H uuay ak abou pa h pan, a and, bau h hang aound m a o, h nvonmn, pay naua hazad. Ak hm anyhng abou voano and h k. Bu h ao ha akd m: Papa, wha wa k whn you w a kd, k my ag? W, ha woud hav mad m 8, gong on 9. Wha wa k? I woud nd o bgn wh: Wh wa I vng? Of ou, on h Ea Sd of Manhaan, on 29 h S, off 2 nd Avnu. So I woud pond: L m you abou Nw Yok, a a ho pa I knw a a kd you ag. Now, Aaon knw Nw Yok wa on h a oa of Noh Ama and ha a vy bg y on h Aan. I go ou a fodd map of Nw Yok and nvon. Fo m, wa a oga way o a. H wa aady dawng h own map, knw h a, n fa, h onnn, oan and vn mo. W opnd h map of Nw Yok Cy and Vny (AAA, 2005/06) Th bg map on of nohn Nw Jy and a of Nw Yok Cy. I pond o Manhaan and mad my uua mak abou my bh: You know, I wa bon on an and! Sn Aaon and h fok had bn o Hawa va umm, h ookd a m, a b puzzd. You man Hawa? Mayb Mau [Tha h favo]

24 In.1 METROPOLITAN NEW YORK CITY Nw Yok omp fv boough Manhaan, Bonx, Qun, Bookyn, and San Iand (Rhmond). A bu h Bonx a and oaon. Manhaan bound by h Ea Rv (auay a a) and h Hudon Rv -- h mmda bounday wh Nw Jy. Kp Bay on h Ea S d nm d own.mapf om N wyok Cy and V n y, AAA2005/ \\ 2

25 No,no;Manha ani and.you,mo ofn wyo kc y mad up of and. A good Japady [h TV quz how] qu onm ghb : Wh h h ony pa of Nw Yok Cy ha on h manand ofno ham a? Aaon wa baffd; huggd h houd. So I anwd: ThB onx! Ev y h ng and Manhaan, Long Iand, whh nud Bookyn and Qun, and San Iand. So, you, Nw Yok a y of bdg o of hm. Anyway, a kabou hea S d. I und h map ov o a dad map ju of Manhaan. Unfounay,Aa on homdo no d n an od nghbohood ahough h own f bng ovakn by hou and ha a dpang ohad and fam, a uaon ha ngufd Nw Yok mo han a nuy ago. (L m you ha I ad n Tm magazn ha h a fam n Manhaan wn ou of xn n I woud hav hough muh a n m.) By ompaon, Aa on own a dup n h a 1900.N w Yo khab n aound n h And, a I od hm, my od nghbohood vn mo han a nuy od. I wa pobaby n om way a a a haf-nuy od whn I vd h n h md So h a k d: Do you m mb any h ng ofyou hom?whawa k? Myhomwaanapa m nbu d ng om y dw f o apamn a h hou ndd, wa a nmn, vy od, now on down, had fv o and a fon away of phap 10 a. I ao had a fu bamn o o oa fo h wn, a gabag aa wh a dumb wa, 3

26 In.2 LOWER MANHATTAN & KIPS BAY Kp Bay on of many nghbohood makng up Nw Yok Cy. Load n Mdown on h Ea Sd, xnd nay fom 4h Avnu o h Ea Rv and fom ju ouh of 34h S. o h ow 20. Muay H on h noh; Cha and Gamy Pak a w and ouh, and h Low Ea Sd may b ad o bgn a 23d S. Many map and h dpon do no aoun fo Kp Bay a a. Map f om N wyo kc yandv n y, AAA,2005/

27 oag bn fo unk and h k, a w a an apamn f o h up. Iwa u hwa gong o ak abou a of ha,buhd dn.wmov don Whawayou k? D d youkno w a oof k d? D dyoud v o hoo v yday? Goodqu on, a. So I bgan: Ww f vo x n a, v ng nmybu d ngo ho nx doo and ao h o wh n h nghbohood aound 29h S. and 2nd Av. on h Ea Sd. Th E an od by n ga numb vy fw mnu and a ngh! Ou gad hoo -- P. S wa a fw of b o kaway Papa,d dn you hoohavanam?[ H a d Bn Fankn]. I d dodo, Ma yl nd ymu aye m n a y Shoo. I am od ha om hoo nam w ony addd af Wo dwai I. Youa kabouf nd,w,i h nkw p na mo han h ya ogh a hoo, bu mayb on of h boy movd away oon. I dd fo a ho m, hn movd bak, ad I had movd o Cafona [whh I dd wo ya a]. Bu I wn o a dffn hoo [P. S. 40]. I aw wo o h of h od goup, hn af avng Nw Yok, I o ouh wh a of hm. Whad dyo uandyoubudd do, kaf hooo on hw k nd? Whadgoo d m, wam n h dy Ea Rv, w yd a o g ou, pkd up by h po boa, bau whn h dw nou,w ou dn a h h ow ungon h whaf add. W pn om afnoon m a a nwand on 3d Avnu. W hpd hv magazn and go o ad h 5

28 om. In ho ya, Mayo Foo LaGuada ad h om on ado on Sunday monng. Bu my fah bough hom wo pap vy monng, o w had pny of oppoun o ad h om. Bu magazn om w anoh ma. Som of u payd n h. Th w fw a mayb ju a po a [I mmb h wo-a Fod], a dvy van, mk uk, ao h uk. Oh, y, v nwagonpu dbyho. To h omm n,aa on y up. Ho!Wow! Anyway, h waop n, ow ou dp ayba. W kd a ba gam wh you o h ba on h gound o h h ba, and f you do, jump up and you y o ah. And fyo u do,you g h o and h n you u n! Smp gam, o off un.tha hwayi m mb v ngon hea S d. Aaon hough abou wha I wa ng hm and hn akd: L ooka hmap ommo.canyou how m wh 29h S? Lookh, hea R v a I you why n a v and h aa ha bg o o of bown, ha B vuho p a.i v d a ound h o n f om! I pond o 29h S. Tha pa of hea S d. Rgh now, Aaon wa akng moy abou why h Ea Rv no a v. So I b hm and a h ad. W, Aaon, h Ea Rv moy ay, k h oan; ay ha no u ou of wa fom h and, k h Hudon do. Th Hudon way n h noh of Nw Yok Sa. Bu h Ea Rv pa of Long Iand Sound, whh an xnon of h Aan Oan a ay wa, no whh v fow. Bu h Ea Rv ook k a v 6

29 bau naow. Evn h Ham Rv, whh paa Manhaan fom h Bonx, a a, no a u v, bu do g om fh wa fom h Hudon, o phap k a banh of h Hudon. In fa, n h Ham g omwa f om hhud on, odo hea R v. I go o hnkng ha h duon byond hm, o I d dn y o xp a nd bu a ofa v aad a. Aa on y f o u dnoon hho p a,noon h, bu on h aow aongd h and avnu, and hn h pond o hm. Whaa ha ow? W, nn wyo kandn many oh, aff an ony go on way. Downown Lo Ang ha va on-way. Mo ffn ha way. S, 29h S go w, om how I m m mb ng haww n a on h wh n Iwaak d.i d n d an o d map op ov ha. I offd oo muh nfomaon, whn I od hm ha mo avnu and ag oown uh a 34h o 42nd had noma wo-way aff. (Fom nwpap o wh phoo, I ha vn 2nd and 3d avnu a on-way.) Mo avnu I knw w wo-way n h H had aady movd on o oh quon. H akd abou h Wod Tad Cn, o I howd hm on h map ha wa p a yma k d Fo m Wo dt adc n S. I o dh m haiwa a y haf ado wnh and. I dd g o v my gandfah ju off Wa S. on. Aaon go fuh nd n h map, nong Boadway gong dagonay down h and. I od hm ha ak an od Indan a. H ad wh h fng h vaou bdg. H mmbd dvng on h Vnn Thoma Bdg ov h Lo Ang Rv and havng dvn 7

30 In.3 THE QUEENSBORO BRIDGE & THE EAST RIVER Typa vw of a ugboa pung a bag on h Ea Rv pa h Qunboo Bdg (nay 59h S on h Manhaan d). Wh h boa and oh pd h v day and ngh, n h wam wah many of u kd ndd up wmmng off 30h S o naby. W had no da ha h v, n ay, a a, an am of Long Iand Sound, whh an xnon of h Aan. Phoo fom: Th Ea Rv, Imag of Ama (Chaon, SC: Aada Pubh, 2005), p. 83. Phoo, a ao h Godn Ga Bdg o go h Mu Wood, noh of San Fano.. Doyou m mb wh nyouv dp bu gh, h w many bdg wh h h v om ogh. Nw Yo k a yo fb dg.l u nov hmap.lookaa of h d n and p ong h bu aa ov h v. Mo of hm o ov h Ea Rv, ony on onnng Nw Yok Cy wh Nw Jy h Gog Wa h ng on. I o dh m ha omo h miwou d xp a n why h a o fw bdg ov h Hudon Rv. Th nha k d: Whaa ho do? Aaon wa ang h do ov h wa. Th ya h ou of hf. 8

31 Papa, wh n d d you v N w Yo k, you nghbohood. I know you wn bak a by a ya ago. Mom od m ha a of you ook a p dung h Bnnna andyouw n on wyo k,v dg andmaj n. Y,and ha h a miwa n h y.ju abou 30 ya ago. So muh mu hav hangd. Mayb vn b f o 1976.A y o u u ou? Su.How anwf ndou? I go o hnkng abou. Wh wha I know abou gogaphy and hoy, abou map and aa phoo, and how o u h Inn, I pod an da o hm. Whynomak ap oj.l ka hooa gnm n. H ook o h d a. CanIh p? You b.you an b n.i w you n o h aoun. Mayb houd b fon. Wha do you hnk? W oud mak a oy ha young pop, k you, oud ad and ao an omhng abou gng nfomaon and oh maa fo a poj. Tha ag a d a. Ij u hougha o ha ou dbw nf ok d fom you ag o mayb 12 o 14, moy mdd hoo o a b young.do hamak n? Shou di y onud od budd who v don hb o kw hm? G a d a.doyou kno wanyo f h m? Bfo I oud mov on, Aaon akd abou h dahd n ong h v. Tho a how ng hau oand ubway unn und h v. S h Hoand Tunn, h od, onn Nw Jy wh ow Manhaan. Tha h on of h way my gandfah ud vy day gong o and fom wok. Of ou, on oaon, h dd ak h fy ao fom Whawkn o 40h S n md-manhaan and hn ak a ubway 9

32 [pobaby h 7h Avnu] ouh o Wa S. H wokd a an ngn fo an nuan ompany ju off Wa S. Fah upv h Lnon Tunn, whh wa bng bu wa I wa you ag, onn Nw Yok wh Whawkn, NJ, wh myg andpa n v d. Youw a k ngabo umy od budd, and I hav o you ha I oud a wh omhng abou hm ya ago no vy muh -- and hn y o fnd hm now, and mak up h oy abou wha happnd o hm. Thy oud hn hp pu ogh h od nghbohood a w a m mb. A happnd, Aaon kd h da bu I dd no umay fnd woud fy oo w. So I abandond n favo of a m-auobogapha aoun. I mu adm ha my f qu o pu on pap omhng of my hdhood and my od nghbohood fo my gandon, who abou h ag I wa whn I vd on 29h S. In a way, of ou, I do wan o how young ad who pobaby an how m vn mo, fa and b how o g a o of fa fom x, map, phoo, Inn, ona, and a oh man. I am a ah a ha. AG og aph V wofu ba nchang A a gogaph, I uppo my duy, o o pak, o np h uban andap of Nw Yok n a way ha woud ona wh a dpon mad by a dn, vo, o phap vn a munpa offa. Th a o many way o ak abou Nw Yok. I w do o on h boad a fo om aon bu hn fou n on Manhaan, n n my youh I dd no v n any oh boough and phap, k o many Nw Yok, I avd h ubway and knw abou wha wa abov m. To m, Manhaan wa phap 10

33 h Ea Sd, ow Manhaan, h Ea Rv and h bdg. I had bn upown o h muum and Cna Pak, and downown, n pa, bau I andd Swad Pak Hgh Shoo n my 10h gad. I ao know Gnwh Vag. Bu I am no a good udn of Bookyn, Bonx, Qun bn o a h boough phap ony on o w. And I nv vd San Iand, un a an adu, w od fom Nw Jy and onnud o wh w od h Vazano Bdg o Bookyn. A a youh, h Ea Sd wa vyhng. I had no no onabo ua ow o upp, o v nak pbay.i n a ya, whnv I od oh abou wh I vd, I pok of h Ea Sd a bng vyhng. Howv, n I had vd on 22nd aound h on fom Gamy Pak, I knw uh a nghbohood by nam. I wakd ondab dan, ook h E o ubway,bud dnohavaf m g a pof h y d v g og aphy.id dn kno w hea R v waa a, an am of h oan, y I wam n ha v. In a way, I knw h paad own of Nw Jy Whawkn pay b han I knw oh boough of Nw Yok. So muh fo a youhfu gogaph duaon. I fyou ookaamapo f h yand g on,you ha mo of Nw Yok mad up of and. I o fo m o ay ha I wa bon on an and, bu I uppo on hady az ha Manhaan an and dp h Hudon Rv on h w and h Ea Rv on h a. Ya ago h waatv how a d Cand dcam a, and h af f woud noun pop on h and ak hm quon. Lk, wh w o a n Manhaan. Bu I don mmb f hy akd anyon abou h pa hy vd n, uh a an and. Bu bau h a o many and, h a o many bdg and unn. Whn I wa a kd, w aady 11

34 had many bdg ov h Ea Rv and ony on onnng Manhaan o Nw Jy h Gog Wahngon Bdg upown. Th Hudon a vy dp v, avd by ga many houand ya ago, phap oo dp n pa o uppo a bdg. Bu a ong m ago, ngn managd o onu h Hoand Tunn ha onn h Bay o Nw Jy, and a, h Lnon Tunn n wo ag, n h a 1930 whn aff wn boh way hough. Muh a, ond and hd ub w onud. Long bfo bdg and unn, w aady had f and hy opa n an aa of Nw Yok. W avd o Whawkn, ao fom 40h S o habou, by fy; a, w wn by bu ha ook h unn and hn wound way up h paad on h J y d.idon wan o ovook h fa ha Nw Yok away wand a bdg o San Iand, bu fo ya, I up, ngn w unu of h onuon ao Th Naow fom Bookyn. Of ou, fnanng pudd onuon dung h Evnuay, hy dd onu h Vazano Bdg (h wa an mpoan ay xpo, a wa Hudon). Th a oh bdg fom h Bonx o Long Iand. uh a h TBoough. Today, of ou, h mopoan aa gdd by majo hghway na, pakway and h k. And h a many unn fo a and fo an und h v. I uppo whn I movd o San Fano a ag 11, I f a hom: h agan a many bdg and f and muh a h Ba ym ha nud a pnuma ub und h bay. You a n n hoo om h ngabouyou y. I m u hy aboa muh mo oday bu w and ha Nw Yok mad up of fv boough, ah wh a pdn and oa govnmn. Eah boough ao a o pa of a ouny. 12

35 Compad? Y, n a way: mo whn on ouny. Som a do no aow o o ouny n and any no a n. Th a many jon uh a Mnnapo/S Pau paad moy by h upp Mpp Rv. On h oh hand, E Pao, Txa and Cudad Juaz, Chhuahua, Mxo, a paad by h Ro Gand and h nnaona bounday. Th pon ha Nw Yok pobaby moy gno h boough ym and ju go fom h o h by ubway, bu, an no muh hnkng abou oa govnmn: a pa of Nw Yok. Bu ao, a wh my xpn, I nv ay go o know muh abou h oh boough. I ay knw mo abou h Jy fang h Hudon Rv and h vw bak o h kyn of Manhaan. In ha n, fo m Nw Yok wa on boough and a a young boy Kp Bay on h Ea Sd wa my nghbohood. I hav Nw Yok fnd who ony ay know on boough. A fnd who wa fom Bookyn pondd o my quy ha h knw of Manhaan. I ao u ha f you ommu and ohw av va ubway, you may nv know wha abov you xp a ah nd of you p. Th E mad pob o know mo of you y a dd (and do) oy and bu. Soundmak and Landmak W a know omhng abou andmak, whh of naua ogn o man-mad. g., Nagaa Fa o h Emp Sa Bdg. On h oh hand, oundmak, wh no a nw xpn, a y no ommon voabuay. Th uh a hng a a oundap. Eah nvonmn may b ad o nud gvn naua o man-mad ound ha dnguh h pa, phap dnfy unqun muh n h way andmak do. A pofo of mu and ompo a h 13

36 Unvy of Toono n Canada R. Muay Shaf-- no ony wo abou oundap, bu wn ou wh h udn o od naua and man-mad ound n vaou, own and ua aa. H ad wh h hom own, Vanouv, h ag y and a po n Bh Coumba, n wn Canada -- a y wh umbng on h noh, ahda hm, fog hon, h O Canada Hon, and oh ound n h uban ompx, many ju ompy o n h aophony (hah ahng ound). Bu h, h umb m ound, nudng h wok a n h monng, noon, and nd of wok day w odd a oundmak. (By h way, w oud ao ak abou h map, bu ha anoh oy.) L m appy a of h o h Ea Sd. A mo obvou oundmak am fom h E. Thy oundd n uh fquny ha you moy fog hy a h. Anoh oundmak, had ofn, a ound of hp movng up and down h Ea Rv. Oh ound a no oundmak uh a po and f vh. W w ju nough bok a of h Lxngon ubway ha ound w mud o no had a a. Whn I a vd n Gnwh Vag, h ubway an und ou budng and w had and omm f wa hakng h budng a b. Bu wha I mmb of h 2nd Avnu E wa h hng ound mad by h wh a a an movd aong a ghy uvd ak, pobaby vy o o 29h S. Mo pa n h wod hav a a on andmak ha dnf h gogaphy of ha pa. I may ju b a h wh vyhng py fa. Landmak, of ou, an 14

37 In.4 EMPIRE STATE BUILDING: A LANDMARK Compd by 1931,h Emp Sa Bdg onnu o pn a andmak. Whn h apamn n Kp Bay avagd 5 o 6 o n hgh, h Emp oud b ay n fom h nghbohood. Today many apamn ompx ah 21 o, obung a b vw of h Emp xp phap fom om hgh foo. Vw Lookng w o Nw Jy. Soy, phoo d o. 15

38 and a man-mad, no ju naua fau. In a pa k Nw Yok Cy, h v a andmak of o, bu h a oun andmak ha a h podu of man. Skyap m h dfnon w, bu oo many of hm du h mpoan. Y h Emp Sa Bdg, ompd n 1931, any quaf. Th Wod Tad Cn dd p h Emp n many way. A happn, on oud h Emp fom ou nghbohood. No ju fom any oaon budng dd g n h way and f you a oo o o h E, hy bokd you vw. Bu fom 1 Avnu and ookng up fom 33d S, you oud ay h budng. Anoh vanag pon wa h oof of h nmn and off budng. W had a good vw bau no oh budng wa hgh on ou w and noh. Bu kp n mnd ha o oa a andmak quky o mpoan. You vy day and g ud o bng h, amo no ng a a. Oh ay h am hng abou andmak. I an h pbuwan oaddaf a hai a n don y ny wh ang my gandon wh h 5h gad poj on Nw Yok Sa. W w dung anoh Nw Yok andmak h Sau of Lby. I and ha dp h fa Lby Iand (Sau of Lby Naona Monumn) w h n N w J y bo d, on d d byj o n a agmn gong bak o h 1830 o b n Nw Yok Sa. Why woud I o anyon ay nd o know h? Th a o many nng fa and I am ony dang wh a ma pa of h y. Of ou, no anoh andmak o n h uban huff, bu ony vb a o na h ouh oa of Manhaan Iand o phap fah nand fom a hgh- uu. I hav no xpn n h ond gad. 16

39 I no monumna dovy ha, dung h vny ya n I vd on h Ea Sd, ha aa and many oh pa of Nw Yok Cy nvonmna hang. Now hav undgon nomou and hn I w y o pn om xamp of h dynam of uh hang. Fo xamp, phap o naby dn and oh, h aff aong h FDR (Fankyn Roov) Dv uppand a oundmak. Today I v ju a a bok o wo of a majo fway and h ound of aff a now no ong oundmak bau hy ou vy momn o o. I woud hav bn a good anng xpn o nvw pop who vd adjan o h E and ak abou h aon ubqun o dmoon. Fo a m, no doub, h woud havb na ang n,bup hapaw om don!o d and nw andng d by d; h hgh of nw budng; h pn of a gn andap; h abn of h E, whh opnd up avnu o daygh and dmnhd an no and gh. And o on. Uban nwa an mpoan gogaph fa ofn ad gnfaon, a gna m fo ang down and budng anw. (On h ubj, Max Pa n h bbogaphy.) To b u, h phya hang o h uban nvonmn hopfuy mpovd h o of houand of pop. B houng; a fgao fo an box;, ga and gadn; b v and h k. I hav nudd a un phoo of aff ongon on a Nw Yok avnu. W n Souhn Cafona xpn gdok day a amo any hou, pay on ou fway. So I hnk nohng o vy abou uh aff. In Nw Yok and va oh ag mopoan aa, wakng aff an b ongd, pop bumpng no ah oh. Evn 17

40 In.5 DEMOLITION FOR STUYVESANT TOWN Th and ang o mak way fo Suyan Town, Th xnv uban nwa oup ghn bok boundd by 14h and 20h, 1 and C avnu. Th wa nay h bgnnng of h dmoon of h od nmn on h Ea Sd, and pdd h Souh Bvu Uban Rnwa dvopmn of h 1960, whh mad Kp Bay. Phoo ou h Nw Yok Hoa Soy; opd fom Fg n Max Pa, Th Cav Duon of Manhaan, (Unvy of Chago P, 1999). a a kd, I an a uh ongon, o muh o ha I a oo ofn movd quky o h ub and u aound pop by wa k ng n h.iwa n a on,bu wa a h ngyoung pop, pay boy, ndd o do. Downown Lo Ang do xpn om hou of h day wh moda ongon, bu no o muh o mnd m of Nw Yok. 18

41 In.6 LOWER 2nd AVENUE IN GRIDLOCK To my knowdg a a youh, nohng k h ongon woud hav oud on h Ea Sd n h Th bakup of aff on ow 2nd Avnu ud whn h y mpod a hkpon o pvn a wh fw han fou pang fom onnung no Manhaan. Th ndn oud dung a an k. Phap h aff fowd fom h Qun Mdown Tunn, whh dhag vh o 2nd Avnu fo downown dnaon. Th md-pu wh h hgh- x on boh d of h avnu, may b 17 S. Phoo by ay Aaff, Aoad P, pnd n h Lo Ang Tm, 12/21/05. 19

42 Fama Gound My apamn budng and, h on o, h paoha hoo ao h, h Chap of h Inanaon on 31 S and my hoo on 33d whn fama gound. How many m I had wakd on ho and h onnng avnu. I knw a of h uban fau by vw, phya ona, and by ound. Suy h 2nd Avnu E bong o h mmoy of pa, bu phap o h 3d Avnu E and h Fouh Av/Lxngon Av. ubway. If you av h aa and om bak, you f omfoab; you oy, a pa you dnfy wh, vn f you wan o g away fom h nghbohood. I a my and h budng, nudng h oof wh w ofn payd. Y om fau I hav fogon. Dp payng n h and, n umm, njoyng h opnd hydan o w oud g a w on a vy ho day, I do no a wh ha hydan wa oad. And I ndd fog f h wa a a on on h bok.

43 I 29h S, Kp Bay and h Nghbohood Tnmn and Apamn Wh w v hom, apamn, hu, n, nampmn uh pn fama o hom gound vn a vy ay ag. W an of ou uoundng a good oa gogaph. W may know ou whabou bu no hnk muh abou h haa of h pa, a a no a a ma hd. Bu a om pon, you kn awan gow fom a boadnng famay wh nghbohood: ompaon n you md ay. Apamn mngy a ookd ak o m, bu ju on h nx bok dffn w noab.-mo, mo vaab hgh of budng, many oh fao. Wha a h a dffn? Apamn dff n o many way; and hy uy dff fom nmn. Cond h quay of h uu; nmn ommony had odwa un, makng hm omwha hap. Room may hav bn ma. Phap fw apponmn n m of ha gh, apd foo, and h k. (Th an Inn ha du nmn. p. 154) I woud b nnd o ay ha 315 wa a han adqua apamn budng bu wha dd a kd know? Th apamn wa had by adao; n wn, w woud dap a gamn ov hm o g hm wamd up. My moh woud mak bad and h mxd fou n a pan on h adao o h bad woud bfo bakng. My gandmoh had don h am hng whn my moh wa a kd. Bu w dd hav ho wa. I a omhng ha w ak fo gand oday. Th w vy fw wa pug; many of ho budng w han 21

44 E. 29h STREET 315 E. 29h S, wh I vd h b pa of h ya. Th Nw Yok Cy Budng Dpamn phoogaphd vy uu n h y bwn 1939 and Th aahd adjan apamn wa 317. Th phoo wa ho n Januay I puhad fom h y. No h bownon a. A h m h Madon Squa Boy Cub (h Boy and G Cub by h 1950) wa oang fom 30h o 29h S, onung h own budng na h on of 2nd Av. W vd on h 2nd o 3d f oo na wa k-upapa m n on h f and had h f ap, wh w ofn p on a ho muggy umm ngh. 22

45 adqua fom h pon of vw of f afy. Bu w woud un w und ap o w oud hav amp. Th ovhad gh w no hadd amp and hu gad a u. My moh wa an a and vy nvnv. Whn my boh and I akd o hav paa oom, of ou, w ony had wo bdoom n h apamn. Bu angy nough h wa a ag wak-n o o oag oom whou a wndow. So I ho fo a m, n h od wah, and my moh pand a wndow wh uan and pand fow po on h wndow. Too bad w nv phoogaphd ; fo I woud hav nudd h pu h. I nv akd why w had uh a ag o un wa nndd o b anoh oom. I mu mnon n pang, n nvovd om of h podu o w ud o g ug o oang a (on dvdd no wo pa) and mak hm no funu. My moh woud mak uan fo hm and pa hm a ou bdd. In ho day, h ha of h Dpon, vyhng oud b adapd a ndd. Th apamn had a dumb wa n h on of h khn. Tha wa how you n you gabag down o h bamn a an hou, uuay aound upp m. You woud ju opn h doo, pu h pa on h hf, and pu on h o d.th Sup -- upnndn o budng manag - woud do h and nd h pa bak mpy. On oaon, a mdday Sauday w ud o aw hough o h nghbo by paangmn. Thy had wo kd. W oud bng h dumb wa up by pung h od ouv. A mhf I gu. Evn mo wa yng ou h o h g of h bd and hn mbng ou h wndow down h a haf o h bamn. Muh had gng bak up, pay wh you moh amng a u! Sh wn fo h Sup, who opnd h wndow down bow. Th wa no doo. W ao payd on 23

46 h oof and I am yng o a f wa pob o o ov o hn xbu d ng;3 17wa a a h d.ww o ofon budng n wo pa, bu I ay do no a h fa a I ook a h ho phoo. Mo of h apamn on h bok w muh ak. Eh fou o fv un on ah foo. A h phoo va, h w fv foo. Phap 5 foo m 5 un ah o 25 un wh a a 3 pon n ah apamn. Th w o of hdn n my budng. Th ugg a a 75 pon n h budng., bu I up h w mo dn. I had no da hn how many pop am and wn ah day, bu w w a owd hadng fo hoo o omng hom. I knw fou o fv kd, my dy nghbo, and a young famy wh a baby n a aag. Som wkday I go hom quk bau I woud wh h baby ou fon whn h moh wn o wok and un h dad avd hom. I wa k wny mnu o o. Tun h on ono 30h S o wak up o 31 and byond and apamn w bgh, mo on h bok. Th Phpp apamn xmpf h dffn on o wo bok woud mak. Th f Phpp Hou w on E. 31, h x-oy nmn, oad bwn 1 and 2nd avnu. Thy w ompd n 1906 aound h am m my apamn wa bu. A fa a I an a, I nv vd an apamn n ho budng. Ho Nghbohood Havng no vd on h bok and n h nghbohood no my n and a, I an ony nuay ha h mak Bn Gazzaa mad n h doumnay fm B oadway. Aap -n, I an no f on k and dk. I wa awa of my nghbohood and oh pa of 24

47 1.1 HENRY PHIPPS APARTMENTS ON E. 31 STREET In h am m pod of h md-1930, h apamn, h f onud by Hny Phpp, ood ju wo bok noh on 31 S bwn 1 and 2nd avnu. No h quay of h budng, h an dwak and h ow of. If my mmoy o, 29h S m o hav bn h a noh of od nmn and a dab ap. Bu mmb ha I wa ony 7, 8, and 9 a h m. In h a 1960 no h 1970 Hny Phpp onud nw hgh apamn on va bok nudng 28h and 29h. A pa of h Kp Bay Paza poj, h Phpp uu wa on down n h a S Baon & Jakon, Phoo ouy of h Hny Phpp Dvopmn Copoaon. 25

48 1.2 BROWNSTONES & OTHER APARTMENTS A vw ookng w on E. 33d S fom 2nd Avnu. Dmy vb h Emp Sa Bdg; hn h Noman Thoma Hgh Shoo. Many od apamn and hom w aady andng n h md Som nud pofona pa, uh a fo a v na anand hnyun v v y.m d ac n ab and oh. P. S. 116 on h vy fa f, ju a of h hgh- apamn a h on of 3d Avnu. Phoo & om dpon by Paa Pado, banh manag, Kp Bay Pub Lbay, Manhaan, bu I dd no om o f, ay, appd, and wanng o ap o a b pa. Bu n h bf pod w had movd fah upown and hn downown o 22nd S, aound h on fom Gamy Pak. Whnv I am bak o h od nghbohood, I od budd w had movd o Cafona. Th wa no poph, bu pobaby fd my avd foowng of owboy fm, and my dad dd u ha hy w fmd n Souhn Cafona. I hav aady pond ou ha h anho o h ho nghbohood, andng mony o h uanaby 26

49 h STREET IN LATER 1940S 29h S, vw o h w fom 1 Av. Th Madon Squa Boy Cub h ond budng fom h on of 2nd Av 315 wo mo budng a. On h gh. Phoo muh a n m (a a 1940). Phoo: fom JoGo m y f a h,f om h df oowh H v da h m. I dd no know h Gomy. Phoo: va Ivng Ha. of h pa, a h gou n. To b u, oh budng of h pa p n h uban andap, bu h va huh and h ynagogu whn wakng dan nk m o h pa n. Sn h E a gon, ha mmoy, fo wha woh, gon, and wh h many obbon, h pod phon booh, h on ga o, and oh uban fau. L h phoogaph o you bak n m. On phoo n paua abn fom h phoo ay: I ha of h Coa Coa Bong Pan ha w fqund and vn go o v a a a! Bu n h on and a, 27

50 1.4 KIPS BAY OVERLOOKING 29h STREET A pa of Kp Bay, a md E. 29h S o h f of h a budng. Th bound by 1 Avnu n h ow f and 2nd Avnu na h upp gh. Vb na h ow f Ou Lady of h Sapua; unfounay h Cam paoha hoo bokd fom vw. Th po 1940 Madon Squa Boy & G Cub oad on h noh d of 29h S. Nx doo on f 315. Pannng of h Kp Bay Paza ju o h noh of my od hown by h wh band whh fam 30h o 33d and 1 and 2nd avnu. In h vw h a on yaf w n w bu d ng u h h h a h bok of uu bwn 29 and 30 fang 1 Avnu ha a pa of Nw Yok Un v y M d acn. Phoo fom MTA Bdg and Tunn Spa Ahv, va Hay Baon, Coumba Unvy. 28

51 no a abov h dab, h ma, ofn ad momand-pop o, h ak of : uh wa h nvonmn n whh kd gw up om onnu o n oh pa of Nw Yok and adu v and wok, o hn, hund fo wok. Ao Bn Gazzaa, n h auobogaphy, mad h obvaon abou gowng up on h bok: Lvng on Twny-nnh S n h 1930 wa a o k vng n a vag. On ha on bok aon h wa a bwy ha mad good b, a faoy ha bakd dou doughnu, a buh, wo goy o, a andy o, an a, a funa pao, and a BoyC ub. B w n S ond and Th d Av nu w h oudoo podu mak..i ud o njoy wakng h ngh of ha bok bau h aoma of fh fu and vgab and p mad m f a hough I w n h ouny omwh, fa away fom h Nw Yok Cy apha. (19) Gazzaa nod ha h andy o wa n h budng, no doub on h f foo. I ony vaguy a ha fa and ao ha h wa a pay phon n h o. I do a a a h odo fom h bwy bu am unu f I am ang h doughnu faoy. Phap am o h bok af my m. Go and buh w na h avnu. Kp n mnd h vd on h bok fo mo han a dozn ya, o h mmoy o muh b. To b u, I do a h podu mak aong 29h bwn 2nd and 3d avnu and a buh abou mdway on h bok. Howv, h podu mak nv mad m f I wa n h ouny. How dffn ndvdua woud f on h pa xpn. Bu I no on vaou pag of h mmo ha h namd o h Iaan on. I hav no nam o aompany h o I an dnfy. Phap I do mmb a Cuhman baky on 2nd o 3d avnu. 29

52 1.5 29h STREET & FIRST AVENUE Vw fom 1 Avnu ookng w on 29h S. Th a vaou o a o na h on. Oh on dd hou h Fdo Bwy whh wa h houghou h 1930 and no h Mdway up h bok wa a doughnu faoy, whh I ony vaguy a. Phoo: N. Y. Pub Lbay - Dga Gay, #40. P. L Sp, Phoogaph. 1930, F. 30

53 Unfounay, h Land Book of h Boough of Manhaan do n w p odu,bu a o yof o. I odd o and bok wh maumn, om wh ab uh a PS 14, h Tphon Co., and h k. I any dnf h mda fa aady w abhd by Th pa I paay podu h ao dnf a umb yad, a bwy, va gaag, and I mu adm ha I no doub wakd by h pa mo han on, bu hav fogon of h xn. Too bad h y mapmak d dn n ud p f nf o ma onabouag a numb of pop. Rgou n do how up w. On h nx pa o h w (whh I hav no podud h) h oaon of h Wh Wood Hou, oad on 29h S amo o h on of 3d Av. I wh I oud mmb havng oppd and ookd a a a on. Ognay onud n h 1840, appany onan h o, wh a maony wad gound foo and h upp foo ovd wh apboad. I ha had a numb of dffn nan ov h ya n h md-19h nuy. S no fuy dgnad a andmak, do pn h ony pona andmak uu whn Kp Bay. 31

54 STREET & h 3d AVE EL A md-1950 vw of h non of 3d Avnu and 31 S.I a h on o, h fw on h bok. I ofn wakd h way fom hoo bau h nwand wa a bok noh of h. Th pubhd apon nda ha o h gh of h phoogaph ood a pakng o ha a bam h of h Kp Bay Banh Lbay. Banh Manag Paa Pado ( 1/08) no ha h vndo u h am umba. Sh pon ou ha a h dan oday h Kp Bay Paza and bhnd h NYU Hopa bdg. Sh ao no ha h ha many. I woud nd a onmpoay phoo o do ju o h upda of h on and h. Phoo fom S, By h E, 2007, p. 53 and ud wh h pmon. 32

55 1.7 LAND BOOK OF THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN Pa 57 of h Land Book of h Boough of Manhaan, Map off ondab da nudng of h paoha hoo, huh, boy ub, and Bvu Hopa and adjan mda n. I addd h a, bu now obo, of h boy ub. Map opd fom h Nw Yok Pub Lbay, ouy of h Map Dvon. 33

56 Aodng o auho Choph Gay: Th budng' dnv ook dw h anon of h a Aan Bunham, who wa h xuv do of h Landmak Pvaon Comm on n h 1960and 70.Som ofh no n ommon f, appany dang fom h 1960', onvy h n of aon a hoan f whn an xng dovy pn f. Obvng h ompx ph of h oof, h wo ha "h paua yp of hgh-houdd gamb may b qu ay" and ha h oud h havy mb onuon ypa of ay budng. "I up w hav omhng h of ondab anquy vn hough o fa upown," h wo. Bu by 1972 aon gav way o dfaon. In a o an nqu, M. Bunham wo: "I don' wond ha you a ngud by. I wa oo whn I f aw hopd mgh vn b Duh." By hn M. Bunham had om o h onuon ha h hou wa of "no paua anquy" and dad fom aound 1845, ahough h ad h ommon found "vy nng." I ha nv bn dgnad a andmak. Th NY Landmak Pvaon Common ha ddd o fomay vw h hou, and phap by fuh ah h Common w b ab o ov om of h my of h hou. Tanon o h Pn Th bgnnng of majo uban hang n Kp Bay and naby, fomuad n h 1930, phap vn a, wn no ff n ag n h 1950 and fo h nx wo dad. Souh of Kp Bay, of ou, Suyvan Town wa a ay by h ay powa ya. Thn, owng o h mpo of Rob 34

57 1. 8 HOUSEAT203E.29h STREET Th ho uu ao known a Th Wh Wood Hou, whh h ma, ahd oof budng, Load ju a of h on of 3d Avnu, on 29h S. I ky da fom 1840 ahough h om onovy ov h ag of h budng, and hu h NYC Landmak Pvaon Common (LPC) ha no o da andmakd. I on h Naona Rg of Hoa Pa (NRHP),and bng vwd by h LPC. Phoo: P. L. Sp, Nw Yok Pub Lbay Dga Gay, pobaby md-1930, F. 35

58 1.9 THE KIPS BAY SUPERBLOCK MID-1950S Th of h Kp Bay Paza poj, a md On h ouh 30h S and a h noh, 33d S. 1 Avnu o; hn 2nd Avnu. Th poj wa ompd n h md Kp Bay Paza wa bgun and ompd va ya bfo h Hny Phpp Paza w n dvopmn ju o h ouh, mbang 29h o 26h S bwn h am avnu. Phoo: a ag aa phoo by h MTA Bdg and Tunn Spa Ahv, va Hay Baon, Coumba Unvy. Mo and Nw Yok Cy, Kp Bay Paza d o h oa dmoon of a upbok. Compd n h a 1950, pdd h Hny Phpp paza o h ouh by a dad o o. 36

59 1.10 KIPS BAY PLAZA & NYU MEDICAL CENTER Th Kp Bay Paza a pannd o h w of h mda ompx ha wa pa of h oa NYU-Bvu Poj. Th houng poj ommnd dvopmn fom a ay a 1946 Th Paza ompx oday oup h bok fom 30h o 33d bwn 1 and 2nd avnu. Phoo opd fom Baon and Jakon, 2007, p

60 1.11 KIPS BAY PLAZA STILL IN DEVELOPMENT Th Kp Bay Paza a of No ha h a qu young. Vw ookng ouh. Phoo podud fom Baon and Jakon, Conmpoay Kp Bay Howv boundd, Kp Bay do fou oday on h nw hgh - ompx ha am no xn n h 1960 and 70. P o o ha m, no h ng paydnguhd h nghbohood xp mdown oaon, whh ha appany bom of nang gnfan a a dna oaon, on of wakng dan o off n h mda ompx aong 1 Avnu. Ad fom Bvu Hopa and aoad nuon of mdn and h fw fn o pa oupd a on 38

61 m o anoh by poan, w and oh w-known nd v dua,k pbay ap om n n hf a ha n mdown, whn, fo xamp, a handfu of bok of h Emp Sa Budng and h bun of 34h S. Today ak on ga gnfan bau apamn dvopmn uh a h Hny Phpp Paza and Kp Bay Paza hav mad h nghbohood no a m-hgh- ommuny ha haazd a bng oupd by doo, nu, hnan and oh n h mda pofon. Th ovmpf, of ou, h haazaon of h nghbohood. To b u, muh of h fom dn movd on owng o oaon, nay no o un o h od, now nw and omwha an, nghbohood. Fo on hng, h muh hgh o of na pudd many fom unng. An on n a y v mpha z K p Bay m d own adj a n y.a h y no, Som whaund a d un ny, h nghbohood a of Thd Avnu bwn 27h and 34h S, bomng mo and mo popua wh ndyyoungp of o na. Thnghbohood h n of mdn n Manhaan hom on wyo kun v y Shoo of Mdn and Dny, Bvu Hopa, and h Ch fexam n Of f.manydo o andho p ap onn v n Kp Bay; h ha d o an nfux of hgh a a. I ao nng ha h gou n pak n ma o oh m abou h haa of Kp Bay. Fo xamp, h Conggaon Adh E on 29h na Lxngon Avnu pak of Jwh udn and fauy of h am Nw Yok Unvy mda n a w a om hopa pa n v o agu.and h y f o hp ox m yof Yhva Un v y Sn Cog fo Womn (Lxngon Av). 39

62 1.12MASTER PLAN FOR HENRY PHIPPS PLAZAS Th pan fo h Hny Phpp Paza W. No ao h oh budng Rnwk Tow, namd fo h famou ah; Bky Pak; nx doo o h Chuh Shoo h Phpp Paza Noh, h adjan poon oupyng h of 315. Th 1 Avnu on onan Phpp Paza Ea and adjan a huh. Paza W xnd ouhwad aong 2nd Avnu o 26h S. Map and oh maa ouy of Wam Mugan, Suy Manag, Hny Phpp Paza W.and 35h 40

63 In h 1930, I up ha Kp Bay wa a avy unknown on of ow Manhaan, y bnfng n om way fom poxmy o upown. Phap n om way h wa u hn han now bau h w wo E -- 2nd and 3d avnu n opaon aong wh h xng Lxngon Avnu ubway. Bu h phya hang n h uban andap hav gvn nw ppv abou h nghbohood vn o pop uh a myf. A a kd, I a a dab oa, ow nom fam, hnay muh mxd ommuny, anhod by numou gou n, whh hv. Apamn many b dbd a nmn w fv o x o n hgh, muh onang wh h pn n of modn apamn ng o 20 o mo o. I a ony a fw wh ow of, non fo u on my bok. Today, a aa phoo w va, gn a pomnn oo n h uban andap. Phap no qu oy npd, bu my oon ha 29h S waa mo a bo unda yd m ng hupp nd of h Low Ea Sd, fo ju byond budng md n b ondon, om muh nw, mo had, and h k. Fo xamp, h Hny Phpp apamn on 31. On wond, bau of h mpa of h Dpon ya, ju how many budng, apamn and off ak, w n vhp and h own bankup and, a a u, managmn wa ondaby mannan nggn. 41 uad and

64 1.13 HENRY PHIPPS PLAZA WEST Th Hny Phpp Paza W, dung a onuon pod n h ay Vw nohw owad h Emp Sa Budng (n dan vw). 29h S a h gh; 28h S a h f ow on. Opn aa bam no gadn and wak aa. Phoo fom Phpp Hou, pamph 1976, ouy of Wam M. Mugan, Suy Manag, a Paza W,

65 1.14 THE EAST SIDE & KIPS BAY Muh bu no a of Kp Bay n 1974 and n. Bvu Hopa on F Avnu h vy wh budng n h fogound. Th wn apamn budng ju noh and w of h hopa a h Kp Bay Paza; Ea/w dagona fom gh o f. 29Th S nay na n h ow poon of h phoo and hgh apamn a h Hny Phpp Paza. Th hgh- haa of Kp Bay bgan n h 1960; avag budng hgh n h md-1930 woud hav 5 o 6 o. Th Emp Sa Bdg ju ou of h pu on h upp f. Phoo pa 26 n W. Fd and E. B. Waon, Nw Yok n Aa Vw (NY: Dov Pub. 1980). 43

66 h STREET & KIPS BAY ThMapPo aofn wyo kc y P ann ngd pa m n povd a oad gd wh and avnu, bu ao a map w how ( n bu) h nam of vaou budng. On h map poa pag a h gh, you w fnd a gnd of gn ah of whh an b anfd o h map. No n bak, Bvu, Kp Bay (bay), PS 116 ( myg ad hoo ),.Th H n yph ppp az ano h, h hown n d, n pa oup od 315 E. 29 S. Compa aa phoo (1.14) ha how h ag hopa ompx. Sou: NYC Map Poa. 44

67 Th f Phpp Hou w on E. 31, h x-oy nmn, oad bwn 1 and 2nd avnu. Compd n Appany n h 1950, aodng o Gay (2003), Phpp Hou aowd h 31 S ompx o b ondmnd, makng way fo h Kp Bay Paza poj bwn 30h and 33h and 1 and 2nd avnu. Oupyng om 10 a, h paza on of wn ow, ah 21 o, ah wh 560 apamn. Th nud 3 a of andapd paza, pu a, and of ou a gaag fo 300 a bow gound. Th poj wa ompd n 1963, va ya ahad of h Phpp paza. Mdown Ea Sd, a ag gogaph aa han ju Kp Bay, whh a m hady dnfd a a d o nghbohood, nud a numb of gnfan, ahough hy do no pn andmak a uh. Fo xamp: h 28h and 33d ubway aon und Pak Av; Chuh of h Tanfguaon and Roy a 1 E. 29h S; h Wh Wood Hou a 203 E. 29h S; h Od Go Cub a 29 E. 32nd S; Snffn Cou Ho D a E. 36h S; Sv Ho a 22 E. 29h S; and Pn Gog Ho a E. 28h/17-19 E. 27h S. On auho (Hffnan, 2005) db h Kp Bay hgh- apamn and ondomnum ompx: Th Kp Bay ow, dgnd by I. M. P n 1961, a h mo famou and dab xamp of h a v onof ham and am. wh K pbay ak a majo uua aaon o vn a pub pak ony a ho ubway o ab d fom many of N w Yo k mo f amoud na o n Fo u h an unhadd nghbohood, a upng numb of dn ay oaon wa h movang fao n h don o mov n. 45

68 1.16 A TOURISTIC VIEW OF KIPS BAY Th ma of wo aogaph ndng of Manhaan ha nud Kp Bay and h Ea Sd. Th mda n ay dnfd; a oh majo fau a ppha: h Do of h Amnan Chuh (S.Vaan),Yhva Unvy, Aman Aadmy of Dama A, and h Shoo of Vua A. Kp Bay ohw a dna nghbohood of od apamn, a fw ho, and va hgh- modn apamn, bu ao nud a numb of off budng.. Map opd f om Manha a n byun qu Mda Map (Don M, Onao, Can), 2001/02 don. 46

69 Hffnan po ha h na an (ubway) op a a 28h and 33d on Pak Av (h o-ad Lxngon n). H no ha 3d Avnu nd wh ba a nohn nd and auan a h ouhn. E. 29h S Dp my ag a h m, I f bak on 29h S a a dab, unnng pong fw, f any,. In h mdd of h bok ao fom m wa h Cam Paoha Shoo and down h bok h Chuh of Ou Lady of h Sapua. Th Boy Cub am o my va ya af I movd away. Dung my ya, w nd a fay on 30h S bak-o-bak wh my apamn. Th Fdo Bwy wa oad a h on of 1 Avnu on my d of h. Od map dang o 1930 how. I had hough h wa a baky and a homak ao h fom m bu I an no onfm. Gazzaa mnon a andyo n h budng. Th wa a baky on 2nd Av bwn 29h and 28h. And, a h phoo how, om ma o on o off h on a 1 Av. Ohw, ha bok, k o many oh, had nohng ouandng abou. Ju ond 315 n whh I vd mo of 3 ya. I up ha by 1939 and any dung and foowng h 2nd Wa, f on oud affod o oa, hn I up ha pon o famy dd. Many young mn who vd n h may may no hav und o h od nghbohood. Unfounay, om dn I knw w pobaby h whn h budng wa on down n h a

70 h STREET & HENRY PHIPPS PLAZAS In h mdd of h phoo, obud by hgh- budng, E. 29h S. 2nd Avnu a h xm f. Th apamn a h Hny Phpp Paza. My od apamn wa oad on h noh d of 29h a fw budng a of h on. No ha h ow ah o 21 o. Un on down n h 1960, apamn and nmn ood ony fv o x o. Th hgh ompx byond oup 30h-33d bwn 1 and 2nd avnu and omp h Kp Bay Paza ompx whh nud apamn, o, and ha. Phoo fom hp://v.oa.om. (Wndow). 48

71 h STREET LOOKING EAST Lookng a fom 2nd Avnu, down 29h S. Th Chuh Shoo on h f (bdg wa Madon Squa Boy and G Cub, onud n 1940). On of many Hny Phpp Paza ompx. A a youh, I woud ay ha nv dd I f a f I vd n a anyon. Phoo by Paa Pado My oon ugg ha fah w a w a noh h man-mad nvonmn mpovd. Oh xhbd mo uban quay. I onnd ha 29h, a of Lxngon Avnu md o b h a a bounday, o o pak of h ow nom, nmn nghbohood. On oud njoy h b nvonmn of 30h, uy of 31, and fah up h avnu. (Af wo ya a wok on h book, I dovd ha h ao Bn Gazzaa had vd dy ao h fom m a 318. H appany andd h Cam Paoha 49

72 Shoo and a on wn o Suyvan Hgh Shoo on 15h S. I dd no know hm; h wa wo ya young. Bu appany w boh papad n h Boy Cub and, who know, w may hav nound a kd.) 1.19 KIPS BAY PLAZA AT 1 AVENUE & 30h STREET Pa of h Kp Bay Paza ompx whh xnd fom E. 30h o 33d bwn 1 and 2nd avnu. Emp Sa Bdg n fa bakgound; hn an apamn ompx and h Noman Thoma Hgh Shoo (d/bak bdg). No h amp andapng, whh ha ao hangd h haa of h nghbohood. Phoo by Paa Pado Soundmak and Landmak To om xn, vn huh and oh gou uu pn andmak and, of ou, h hm and b woud b xamp of oundmak. I a h huh, ahda and ynagogu whn Kp Bay bu no h ound. Bu hn agan I woud no hav pad muh anon n I am no a gou pon and ony fqund on huh (Th Chap of h Inanaon, now h Good Shphd) oad on 31 S ju w of 2nd Avnu. 50

73 h STREET & NEW YORK SONGLINES E. 29h S a of 2nd Avnu, fom Ba x pobaby dd n ay No: Phpp Paza a 2nd Av = W; 315 = od of apamn pad by Phpp Noh; Ea = oh Phpp Paza. CPS = fom of Cam Paoha Shoo; Ou Lady = od of huh. 51

74 1.21 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER N wyo kun v y M d ac n h fom 17h o 34h aong 1 Avnu.. Bvu Hopa and oh mda nuon ao oupy aong h avnu. Map downoadd fom h NYU Mda Cn. V h fo a ng of h budng. 52

75 1.22a SELECTIVE HISTORIC SITES 53

76 1.22b SELECTIVE HISTORIC SITES Ap nag v woff am ag ounddo no n udmany pa, bun,. (S gnd on nx pag) Bau of a and dud mag, ony a ma numb of oud b dnfd.. Map onuon bad on h Yow Pag, 54

77 1936/37 and h Land Map of h Boough of Manhaan, 1930, pu daa fom phoo of h NY Pub Lbay Dga Phoo Coon. Map ppad by Smon Wgh, Ca. Sa Unv., Long Bah, Gogaphy Dp., Oh ound w ju ho day av nudng ho of a and uk, h f ngn, and, of ou, of pop, nudng hdn gong o and fom hoo o payng n h, on h dwak and on h fon a. Oh mmoab ound w ho of bak uh a h ag man,whou ua y ama oundbywagonandho,y ng I a h o h, aph a Idono a bus ph n My do.. Kp Bay no known fo gnfan andmak. Tu, a fw w and oh b and poan vd fo a m whn h nghbohood. Adjan, howv, o h nghbohood a a fw nowohy --.g., Snffn Cou., whh oad on E. 36h S bwn 3d and Lxngon avnu. I wa onud bwn 1850 and 1860 and on of n bk aag hou pod bhnd a okd on ga. John Snffn wa h ah; h uu w fomy uzd fo ab, hn onvd n h 1920 a hom.. Ny ong n agoodon n ou f o nf o ma on abou h pa and pn oupany of vaou budng, nudng Snffn Cou. Ao naby on E. 30h S h Hny Gog Shoo of Soa Sn. Ho Map Thmap of S v H o S ( F g.1. 22a/ b), bad moy on n n h 1936/37 Yow Pag, povd om mag of anoh a. Th wn onaon dba bau amo a o, huh, hoo w 55

78 w of m, xp fo Bvu Hopa. Th day wod of a pn, of ou, woud b md: my day nudd (S) h hoo, (Ch) h huh fo unh and af hoo, (G) any of h go. Now and hn a quk op a (N) h nwand, o a v o h ub (M). Sauday woud nud h (T) ha. On a a oaon, I wa aowd o pay h pano (P). Of ou, h day ad and ndd a 315 (X) ahough Imayhavgonov oabuddy apa mn. A I ook ov h map, I az ha I hav fw mmo w of Lxngon Av. oh han wakng o h E aon on h 28h o 33d. My fnd vd moy fom 1 Av. o Lxngon and fom 28h o 33d. Th w oun o aong h avnu and on va whn a bok o o my pa. I onu wh Bn Gazzaa abou h nau of h opn-a podu and aong 29h bwn 2nd and 3d av nu.th y, naway, n h d hn ghbo hoodby o o and m, bu I nv f I wa n h ouny. Th map xud a ou, muh daa w of Lxngon Avnu, and om oh omon. On nng mng m h of wh h d had a vy md numb of hm, hy w pnav of h ag of movmn af Wod Wa I. By 1930 hy w domnan aong 4h/Pak Av bwn 27h and 31 S and ad wh a on 32nd of 2nd Av. Pa no (32) ha [ L] of dom na d hd v opm nofmanuf a u ng pa n Low Manha an A po -Wod Wa I boom gnad ffy o xy mon qua f n ndua of pa n h 1920 P hap of w on yma g na yd v op d nmy d, and, of ou, a a kd I woud no hav known anyhng abou h uu o nghbohood fao n gna. Today, of ou, a modfd fo apamn, of a no ow-o quvan of nmn o apamn. 56

79 To Sum Up Bd h obvou dynam hang ha appa n h Kp Bay Paza and h Hny Phpp Paza, a w a h xpan ono f m d a owa ong1 Avnu, dmoon and pamn by nw hgh- uu ou on many and avnu. Fo xamp, on 3d Av aound h on fom P. S. 116; h Nahan Sau Hou a a pamn fo P. S. 14 on 27h S bwn 2nd and 3d avnu. In fa, h a many nw hgh on 3d Avnu and vy on h oh avnu and o h w. Th pon bng ha od budng hav bn pad n o many a by nw, a budng, moy apamn bu om off uu. To b u, h o of gound pa and h vau of oaon na budng hgh and hgh. I am no aquand wh any pf mhod fo m a u ng av agh ghofan ghbo hoo d,bu gu ha ha gon, vy, fom 5 o 6 o o 20, bu no vywh. Phap hn h nghbohood ha bn movng owad an avag o o 8-10 o? Phap ha oo muh. Rad mgh wan o v hp://map.goog.om/map., wh hy an xpo h kyn of Kp Bay by ypng n a add. Ty my od on: 315 E. 29h S and hoo a.on h, you an k on h f mou and mov h aa phoo aound. L m ao no ha aong wh h ma Pnkon Envonmna Cn, nay a ommuny gadn/nau n abhd by h Madon Squa Boy & G Cub, a h noha on of 2nd Avnu and 29h S, h, 57

80 on h nohw on, h Vnn F. Abano J. Paygound. Sma gn aa ha nhan nghbohood. 1.23a/b SNIFFEN COURT HISTORIC LANDMARK Two phoo of Snffn Cou, a Ho D n adjan Muay H. Th Landmak wa dgnad n S Damonn, n bbogaphy, p h

81 Naby and Fama Gong o hoo, huh, om pay o uh xpand h fama wod of young pon. I ud o v on of h pano o byond Pak Av. On m oh youh a hoo o n h nghbohood, phap ho vng on dffn bok, and h add o you gogaph xpn. W vd a naby ynagogu and pn m a an Epopa huh. Vng h na wo ba, boh whn aonab wakng d an,a o x nd don ang,a dd vng h na nwand. In a, w vnud ou fom ou hom and oon w xpong vn fah w, noh o ouh. Thu fama gound ak on nw dmnon. 59

82 h STREET: THE 3d AVE EL STATION, P. S. 14 & STREETBALL Lookng w fom 2nd Av., h 28h S 3d Av E Saon, a On h ow f, wh h on g fn, Pub Shoo 14, whh wa od n 1959 foowng h oap of oof.. Th boy n h a payng om fom of ba, ommon n ho day, and bng payd oday. On h gh by h uk h od f hou, whh oday v a a huh f o h S fr a z a onf ow h p. Pho o:nycmun pa Ahv, va Ivng Ha. 60

83 II Th S a Paygound; Madon Squa Boy Cub Abou S You may hav nod ha h numbng of budng on and avnu ofn dvdd omwh n h mdd of own. Tha how w ofn g Noh and Souh Jon Avnu and Ea and W 10h S. In Nw Yok, om boough hav o of nam fo, avnu, bouvad, and h k. In Manhaan, h ong oad a many numbd avnu ha un noh/ouh h ngh of h and, uh a 8h Avnu, bu w ao hav Lxngon and Pak avnu and, of ou, Boadway. And unquy, bu no n my m, 6h Avnu oday known a Avnu of h Ama. Numbd un ao h naow pa of h and and a 5h Avnu w hang fom a o w o v-va. Th a noab d o nghbohood wh nam a wh I andd 10h gad: Dany, Ex, Gand, n h Low Ea Sd. Gnay, h avnu and an o-own uh a 23d, 34h o 42nd, whh w a wo-way aff, w oobu y hayou hd dn p ay n h m. Buo h, mo dna, had fa aff, pay av o now. My, E. 29h, wa ju on xamp of a fqund by vh. My apamn budng, numbd 315, wa ju a oup of doo n fom 2nd Avnu, whh wa a vy av oad wh h E and aff. By h way, no 61

84 o avnu a numbd xay h am. Fo xamp, f w a a 5h Avnu, gong a, w uuay an bgn wh h 100, whh uuay un ao wo avnu, hn h 200 and 300; 400 woud b a of 1 Avnu. To g aquand wh h numbng ym, on an v Avnu an b mo guay numbd. In Kp Bay, and avnu agn anguay, unk, fo xamp, fah ouh n pa of h Low Ea Sd o n Gnwh Vag on h W Sd. L m no ha h ayou of Manhaan, gong bak o y pan of h ay 19h Cnuy, foud on a gd, on ba don h u v y o u of h ha n( Gun ha nof66 f). Th han a a and mau owd ogn o Engand, ahough wa modfd on h d of h Aan. S w o b 1 ½ han o 198 f, and f onny ad ou, woud u n om 26 bok quang a m, whh a b of an xaggaon fo h noh/ouh dmnon of Manhaan. Howv, a hoan Lnka (2002) po, h onan of 198 f o a bok nad budng vay ay on and nouagd muh and puaon. I d, h onnd, o ma, a budng, wh owdd apamn and hu o h of h nmn. I woud onnd ha 29h S and muh of h nghbohood, f d h g d mpa. My Bok Lk o many dna, 29h had ha of youh, and h wa a pa o hang ou, o pay. A fw a now and h nd dnoup any b hav o.idon hnk w knw anyon who had a a and, f h o h dd, hy may hav pakd on h o n a naby gaag. Th w pobaby aady on on day o day pakng. 62

85 Wh w had h, w w uky o hav h Boy Cub aound h on. I mnond bfo ha h w o of kd n my budng and n h oh. Mo my ag h wn h o P. S. 116 o P. S. 14, o paoha hoo ao h and on naby, o o om oh pva and gou hoo. Thy oud ak h E o wak a dozn o mo bok o h hgh hoo, h na bng Suyvan on 15h S. Ao Bn Gazzaa w ha h wakd ho bok. P. S. 116 wa (and!) 4 bok noh and on bok w, ju aound h on off 3d Avnu. Of ou, a kd, wd dn f o a ow,and phap fw of u ay hough abou don vn hough h Ea Rv wa ju a fw bok fom u! Idon a any on my b o k,bud f f n nan dd hav om pod pan on wndow and vn on f ap. Th w a fw no ouyad a a h hoo and fah down a h huh. A h on of 2nd Avnu on my d of h wa a ga o, a pa ha od ga and oh hng. Whn w w kd, you oud buy ga fo you fok. My boh and I d a ga now and hn and boh of u dd bom mok a young adu. (I qu a 32, o hoa a h m!). W payd moy on 29h, bu h w m whn w wn down a bok o wo and payd. I do no a payng on h fah noh o vn w of u. I knw kd on 28h S. I houd mnon ha w njoyd payng wh baba ad. On kd woud fp a ad o h gound; h oh woud foow u. If h ond ad mahd h fa o h bak of h f ad, h ond pay go ; ohw, h o h ad. And wa ommon o pay fo wha md 63

86 2.2 STOOPBALL: MOST POPULAR SIDEWALK GAME A onmpoay ho of boy payng oopba. No ha h ba, phap a nn ba, fay ma, makng mo dffu o h h dg of h a. I wa ommon fo on youh o b andng n h, whh wa ay qu af. Th w fw vh on dna n h md Phoo downoadd fom k hou. I had a hug bund of ad whh I ad fom Nw Yok o Chago o San Fano and vn Hoywood. Th, a 13, I gav hm up and movd on o a amp o on.tha a o hagwh nib gan o mpo ngf o h pano and oha. Gogaphy hn wa h Nw Yok, h Ea Rv, and n n owboy fm! I hnk 64

87 many of u kd w n h muh of h m. On aon: fw a o uk dov on ou. Who oud affod o own a a? Bd, Nw Yok had xn pub anpoaon -- on n a wh a dvy uk, h po, a f uk, bu om wagon. So w oud qu afy un bak and foh o v budd. W dd guay h uk ha od podu off h bak nd wh hy had a a. And ofn, w woud and ha h ag man who am by wh a wagon dawn by a ho. Anoh uk ha am by guay wa h uk. Hwou d a oud ya ndw d opn ou wndow and y bak. In ho day w had box (I ay box ahough w a had a fgao and w ad a fdg!). Th man woud mb h a hodng a bok of wh h ad hov. I hnk wa a hap and w had o buy w a wk. Th man woud a bok on h andng and u a. In wn, h ad ong and w ao had a oo aahd oud h on wndow n h khn. In wam wah, w payd n h nay vy day. Whn h f dpamn opnd h hydan, h wa uuay bokd off wh woodn ba a ah nd. ( I m no ng napho o ha dbyi v ngha ha h wa a hydan on my d of h fah owad 1 Avnu.) Many kd woud un n and ou of h pahng wa, ofn h young boy ony wo h undwa. I hady mmb a kd n a gua bahng u. Pobaby h g bu ony h od boy. W guay payd a o of gam and om on h dwak. I howd my gandon a gam many of u njoyd payng, known o y kd a oop ba,wh you y oh h dgof h a o hba woud boun bak a a fy and, f you augh, wa you pon and un. I wa a fou o o of a pon f h ba h h 65

88 np o wh and f you augh anyway. Th da wa o ud up h a and hn down agan, o o I a. Som bownon had up o 10 o 11 p and h hgh you wn, h mo dffu wa o h h dg of h p ju gh. I ad onn ha oop ba onnu o b a vy popua gam n Nw Yok. W ao payd gam n h. On by ayng a ba o k down n fon o a a dan bwn you and you opponn; on of you woud h h ba ow o h gound and, f h h ba o k, woud fy up and you had o ah ; fyo u d dn,youoppon ngo h o.you ou d a o how h ba a h ba o k wh h am pona ff. I wau ua y a d H hs kbup hapha d o h nam. Som of h od kd ao payd om fom of ba ba,baba o kba,buido n a j o n ng n.bu I dd go o om mpy o wh w payd baba. I oud un bu no h oo w. Gazzaa a ha h w gam wh oh nghbohood kd. I a uh gam on ou bok, bu phap hy w mo fqun n h ya af I movd away. I f h bok whn I wa 9 and h wa ony 7; h vd n h nghbohood a a hough hgh hoo. W ao payd mab aong h gu and om of h od boy payd mumbng pg wh a knf n om mpy o and h w pny of hm aound. G payd hopoh and u boy ovd o ub ou h hak mak. Y ya a I wahd om g payng hopoh and a ompod a p of mu o h hyhm of h jumpng bak and foh. Payng n h wa noma fo u. Of ou, w dd go and pay on oh. I had fnd on 28h S and w dd wak h dan o h na pak up a 35h-36h o down a 17h. Th wa no oa pak. Oh, y, mu n f o g :wp ay don h oofand n om a,on 66

89 oud go fom oof o oof qu ay ahough whn ou moh knw of, hy woud am a u! 2.3a/b GOUDEY GUM CARDS OF THE EARLY 1930S Th wo am I knw and aw pay a a on a a kd, bu I an ay hai a h p ay.wa B ownwa wh h Yank and Jak Qunn wh h Dodg. Th Goudy Gum ad w dad 1933, o phap nh pay wa av n , bu I up I dd hav h ad n my oon of 6 o 7 dozn. I a ha h gum and ad o ony a pnny. A m, w day payd h and oh ad on h dwak,, hoo ouyad,. Idon m mb fwnoa ow d ob ng h a d o hoo. Th mag w downoadd fom K Young Od Vnag Baba Cad. Madon Squa Boy (& G) Cub. Th ub, n my m, wa on E. 30h, nay bak-o bak wh ou apamn budng. I ond of h aahd budng. A nw budng wa onud on 29h S. On a gvn Sauday, h who nghbohood of kd and oh fom wh fokd o h ub and mbd up no h bah and w go o wah a f m fo m a a apop y a k ng a oon.whyidon a ho h 67

90 p u I n v know, bu obvouy Popy mad a h. An od mmb of h ub, Ivng Ha, od m ha h aw Phan om of hop a, h1925 nf m w hlonchan y, a h ub. I pobaby aw h fm bu I ay mmb h 2.4 MADISON SQUARE BOYS CLUB 1930S Th Madon Squa Boy Cub on E. 30h S, a a 1930/ Eay Th bownon on h f uvv oday. Bu h h adjan ub budng w on down muh a. Th fay onand a gymnaum. Phoo ouy of h NYC Munpa Ahv va Ivng Ha. ak von ha am ou n 1943, wh Caud Ran, Non Eddy and Suanna Fo. (I kd h ngng!) I hav mo ny bn n ouh wh Ivng Ha, who fv ya my no and hn vd on E. 27h S. I d dn kno w h m bup hapd d n oun h m a h ub. H ha bn vy av wh h boy ub and uny ahng and wng a hoy of h Madon Squa Boy 68

91 and G Cub. H a h bah, fm and oh av a h ubhou whn h nan wa on 30h S. Bng od, h oon w pov nvauab. Ewh I po h obvaon, whh ond wh mn, abou h Supo Tha ov on 3d Avnu. I mu ao no ha h aa v ag o ommun y,a xp dby Bn Gazzaa, ud m. No on of my mxd hny vd n hapa m n oa nd dmy hoo. SoId dn d n f y wh h o-ad ommuny, and n I dd no fuy g nvovd wh h ub, I wa aahd o h nghbohood. I houd pon ou ha, a b I a, Iaan w pobaby h mo pomnn hny, bu h w va Amnan fam, a w a Jwh, Gk, on o wo Hungaan, and, of ou, Ih. I do no a any Hpan dn. (S Hombg 1994, 2005). 2.5 CHURCHILL SCHOOL Th Chuh Shoo, on h a d of 2ndAvnu, xnd aound h on on 29h S, and wa onud nx doo o 315. I wa fomy h Madon Squa Boy and G Cub, whh wa onud by 1940 (and o appa n pa n h phoo of 315). Lookng ouh a h on of 29h S and 69

92 h Hny Phpp Paza W. Th vw woud no b pob f h 2nd Avnu E w andng. Th a h on a pa of h Pnkon Envonmna Pak ognay onud fo h u of ub mmb. Phoo by Paa Pado TYPICAL MARKETS ON 29h STREET Mak on E. 29h S bwn 2nd and 3d avnu. No h podu uk. Many of hm om dvn by ho woud go up and down dna. Toy opad on 28h and 29h po o 1919, and h a agnmn of h oown a n a vb n h phoo bu dd no x by h md Phoo fom NY Pub Lbay Dga Gay, #41. Py L. Sp, phoogaph, 1930, F. 70

93 III So, Sv, Tha & Mda Cn F, Sond and Thd avnu a w a 29h S w of my bok had many o; n fa, many of hm w mom-and-pop o wh hown / manag of n vd abov. I undand uh o onnu o x n Nw Yok and wh. Th w opn-a and podu mak -- n fon of many o, and hy ofn naowd h dwak. I mnon h bau whn h w numou uom mung aound, I ndd o wak a h ub, vn n h. Th and dpayd fu and vgab, bu oh ommod a w. Sn I dd om of h hoppng, af hoo moy, I an a h buh on 29h and on h avnu, boh d a nandba k, p a ycu hman on 3d na 27h S. I a ha baky bau I ovd h ak. On h oh hand, I a h buh bau h d vy had o ouw m. To pvn hm fom ng m hap ma, whn I woud ak fo gound ound, I nd vy oudy ha h gnd n fon of m. Ohw, h woud go n bak and bng ou a hap gad of gound ound. H ao had o b wahd bau h ndd o pu h fng on h a. In op, I mu ay n h dfn ha m w had and pnn ound. Bu wha hd fo h m,a oapp d omandmyf am y.andiwa n ny a od y! Tho hdhood xpn hav vd m mo of my f. Rgaby, I an no dnfy pf o by nam and, n ay, I had no favo un b h nwand on 71

94 3d avnu. (A 14, whn I wa n h 10h gad and vd n Gnwh Vag, I wokd fo a mom-and-pop mak on Gnwh Av.) Naby on 28h S wa h na fhou, whh n h 1960 wa pad by a nw on amo bak-o-bak on 29h S. I wan o ay ha I mmb h fmn had a Damaan, bu ha may w hav bn omwh. In fa, poby n Jy Cy, wh my gandfah wa a voun fman. Bu I do a h ngn, h n, and unnng af hm and wahng fman a wok. Th wa ao a fhou on E. 27h S, oday vng a a hom o a gou fowhp. Th na po pn wa fah downown o qu fa upown. Ony nfquny do I a ng h po n ou nghbohood. Loay, of ou, Bvu and oh mda fa whh founay w, and onnu o b, oad o a hand, on 1 Avnu. I wakd h vy fw monh fo a hkup n I wa a dphha a and I pn om m h wh hknpox and oh hdhood amn. I hav no oon of a naby booko, phap h wa on w of u on Madon o 5h Avnu. My boh and I had mo n n ud book moy nov a by Shwood Andon, Sna Lw, John Snbk, vn h Nowgan Knu Hamun, and oh. Nw book o a good da mo han w had, vn f w avd ou aowan fo va wk. And, bng kd, w ao njoyd h om and pn m adng hm ov on 3d avnu a h nwand. I a pay h oa ha. Wh h w va aong 3d Avnu bwn 27h and 34, h Supo on h on of 31 S wa ou favo. Th Rgn, fah down h avnu, wa ao andd bu 72

95 fquny. I do no a andng a hd ha, whh Ivng Ha pak of. Nonh, h Supo howd wn and oh pu, a aoon, anda hap o a, uuay 15 o o mnu wh ah pod ndng wh a ff-hangng vn ha wa, of ou, afy ovd n h nx pod. I m p a d ono hai v ngha anda ob n Gazzaa boh onfm my mmoy of h howng a h ha. Gazzaa pfay f o h Hopaong Cady, whh dd om omwha a; I aw hm n San Fano. Eay on, many pu w n and hy nodud a of u kd o Buk Jon, Tom Mx, Johnny Mak Bown, Tx R (founay bng a n fm w d dn h ah m ngun om wha a )ando h of ha owboy gn. I a Jon b bau h oud jump on a ho fom h hnd nd. Af a fw aon n, h x woud appa on n (good hng w had aady and o ad!), bu h x nv ovd a of h daogu you f gu dw no nwh nyouo b v d ha o pmov ng. Nv aw a guy k a g n any of ho how, ony h ho, uuay na h nd of h fm. W ao go o a aoon you know Fx h Ca, a Dny Donad Duk o Mky Mou, o om oh, bu ony on a ah how. Am I ang oy ha h aoon w a ak? Som of u had ap gun o pa-hoo, and, ahough w w uppod o av hm hom o hang h m upa h ha, w oo ofn hd hm and hn fd hm a h bad guy.tooof n,of ou, hawa f a a f ou a havy- maon, uuay n wh unfom, woud om and gab you and dag you o h x. Bu wa fay ay o nak bak n a h d of h ha. I a on o anoh ha, a on 14h S, bu I do no a wha pu w aw. On 73

96 on pa oaon ou moh ook u upown o h Rado Cy Mu Ha o Snow Wh and hap obab ywa h mo xpnv how I aw wh I vd on h Ea Sd. Tha wa n md-wn I had aady movd down o E. 22nd S and wa andng P. S. 40. On oaon, w dd wak up o h 34h S Tha, whh ood adjan o h 3d Av E Saon (whh hown n S, 2007, p. 56, fo h ay 1950). I hav no oon of whh fm w aw h. (On fuh ommn: Whn I vnuay ndd up n Souhn Cafona, fom umm of 1941, whnv w wn ou fo a dv, I woud quon ou uoundng, nong, a w ay oday, déjà vu, bau of h hd, hapaa, quanum of oak, h gna dyn. Of ou, om of h pu had bn fmd n h pa. Fo xamp, n Tma Vay, ouh of Coona, o ou noh among h Vaquz Rok, and a h Sana Suana Pa (oday, h gaway o h y of Sm Vay, noh of Lo Ang). I vn a h f m w dov on h wd n Bubank h I a fom a pu, Lau and Hady, h Kyon Kop, and oh. Rfn bak o hdhood a many and, a m, andom.) Ony om oa o mpd u a kd. Go, of ou, w nay day vn, pay n h umm mon hb au w ou dn k p oomu h nou boxand mk nomay had o b onumd whn wo day. I do a ha h buh hop (ma mak) had awdu on h foo and ha h go uzd a ag po wh a pa appaau o pu down uh m a bakfa a and o u. W ud o do ha fo ouv. Som of h o od pk and oh m fom opn ba, and 74

97 3.2 29h STREET NEWER FIREHOUSE A vw of h un fhou, Engn 16, Ladd 7, on 29h S bwn 2nd and 3d avnu. In h 1930, h wa a fhou on E. 28h, nay bak-o-bak wh h, a b I mmb. Th fay wa onud n 1967, dung h am dad whn od nmn w bng on down and nw hgh- apamn w gong up. No h uvva of od uu on h d of h fhou. Phoo by Paa Pado, banh manag, Kp Bay Pub Lbay,

98 3.3 3d AVENUE GROCERY STORES Vaou o, nudng go, aong 3d Avnu up fom 30h S. No h E and h aon fom 33d S noh.. Phoo by P. L. Sp, Nw Yok Pub Lbay Dga Gay, a 1930, 70803F.. 76

99 3.4 LOCAL MOTION PICTURETHEATER Th Supo Tha on 3d Avnu a 31 S, wh a bunh of u woud wn fm, aoon, and a a, mo of whh w ao owboy how. Somm, a pan woud om o o a hd and woud gv h pon n h nod booh, who od h k, h nam, and h pojon woud pu upon h n.youkno w, JohnnySm h,gohom, o omhng k ha. Th wa ao h Rgn Tha a 28h S on 3d Av., bu I hav oon of. Phoo ouy of Ivng Ha. I da fom h md S ao fgu 7.4b (h Rgn Tha). 77

100 h wa uuay d a h oun. No h mo anay aangmn. Th go woud w down h p on h d of h ag bown bag and hn add hm up. I wa nud by my fok o doub hk h boom n. I uuay pu h hang n h bag. I wa uua fo m o ay wo bag hom. My boh managd o g ou of hoppng bau h woud no b ponb o wah fo h o hang. Now and hn oday, n oa mak, I h young ah and box boy ha wo bag of go now, ay ong $20.00, o han $1.00 whn I wa a kd. No on ay bv m. Ty h ompaon bu wh n. Ou n wa $25, hn $30 a monh. A I w (Jun 2007), you an f a a ankw hgaf o haamoun!and apamn n un w ov a houand a monh. Bg vn, o fa a hoppng go, ook u ou of h n ghbo hood. W p a y nj oy dma y w ovd o d h aao. And w dd fqun h Auoma, ho auan wh ppakagd andwh and oh food houd n ga ad box opnd by on. Bu wh o mony, oa hoppng domnad ou v. Now and hn my moh woud buy fu and vgab fom a uk o hodvn wagon pakd on ou. Inan mhan am and wn on a gua ba. Havng f h nghbohood and Nw Yok xp fo on oh ya whn I vd n Gnwh Vag, I anno ay wha bam of h ndvdua, bu hy dappad fom h n vn a, I up, han muh of h nghbohood f. A kd, many of u fqund Bvu Hopa o a ma n naby on 1 Avnu. Bu vyon, no ju Nw Yok, know h nam Bvu, pobaby bau ofn fd o n m on TV. I ofn k o hnk 78

101 ha w movd o 29h S bau n ha pod I wa a a of dpha and poday had o b hkd ou a h hopa. Evnuay, af fv ya, I wa gvn a good b of hah! Among oundmak, of ou, w h ound of ambuan n h mmda nghbohood. I mgh mnon ha fo om mda nd w wn o Rokf Cn o go o h dn, bu ao o g my on movd. Th n wa a oazd v, and, of ou, o wa mda amn a Bvu. A a kd, of ou, how woud I hav pdd ha 1 Avnu woud bom mda ow. 3.5 MEDICAL ROW: 1 AVENUE Th ad of 1 Avnu. Lookng upown fom 30h S: fah an apamn budng, Thn h f wh hgh- h Ruk Inu of Rhabav Mdn, hn h Nw Yok Unvy Mda Cn, h ho wh budng h NYC Co on of f.tho d,b own hbu d ng pa of h Bvu Hopa ompx, whh a h m of h phoo wa bng uzd a a hom h. Phoo and dpon povdd by Paa Pado, banh manag, Kp Bay Pub Lbay,

102 3.6 BELLEVUE HOSPITAL & EXPANSION Pa of h Bvu Hopa ompx on 1 Av, 28h and 29h, a Today hopa and oh mda fa nudng unvy mda hoo n 1 Av fom 24h o 34h. Phoo by P. L. Sp, Nw Yok Pub Lbay Dga Gay, F. Dd I mnon ha I wa n up o h on of 2nd Avnu o buy ga fo my dad? I a ha wo pak of Luk wn fo a qua. In ho day no on md o obj o kd buyng ga fo adu. A ha o and wh, w woud buy fo a pnny! a fa qua of gum ha am wh a baba ad. Wow, had I kp h many dozn ad, I woud ky b vy h oday. (W movd o Chago n 1938, ook h ad and om, bu whn w dov w o San Fano, w f bhnd a bund of om, nudng h f don of Supman and Dv Com. Thy woud hav pad my way hough og!) 80

103 IV P. S. 116 and Oh Shoo On any hoo day, a bunh of u woud onvn a h 2nd Avnu on and wak ogh. A m, on o mo of h boy woud un ahad and, a xpd, omon woud b unnng a and un o ah up. I wa a guy a h oh. In nowy wah, pay whn wa mo wa han now, w ovd o wak n and, of ou, go ou ok w. So, on a hoo, w had o hd h boo o gaoh and g dd off. Th wa (phap ) a boy hng! Of ou, w a o h w nowba bu of ou, hy w w and f apa quky -- a ah oh a w wakd, an, jumpd ou way o hoo. W wn noh on 2nd Av on on d of h and uuay an ao h mdd of h und h E. I mmb ha w am n h bak way off 32nd S. I am ang ha w nd h gym and pu ou oa, gov, gaoh, whav, agan h wa. Th w hook. Thn w go n n a a dgnad po and awad ou ah, who od u o h aoom. Dd I ao ommn ha w wo h quvan of unfom: bak oduoy pan (uuay Knk). a ho oduoy quad off, and dak ho. G wo pnafo, f I a oy. W w ay pod by h uan off! Suh gab oud b puhad n oun o a ow o, o wa no hadhp w had o hav oh, o om of hm w hoo dgnad. 81

104 4.1 MARY LINDLEY MURRAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL P. S. 116 (May Lndy Muay Emnay Shoo), E. 33d S. bwn 2nd and 3d Avnu. Th ogna budng and wo annx. Mo of h bok onan bownon apamn a n h pa. Ad fom h annx, h majo hang h day xn of a, amo unknown whn I andd n h h-ya pod, I onfmd my oon ha w nd h hoo fom 32nd S, nng h gym. I hady a h fon nan! I undand ha hoo nam may b a podu of po-sond Wa. Phoo by Paa Pado, Manag, Kp Bay Banh Lbay. Fanky, I ony mmb on ah and h pnpa by nam a M. Day, phap 3d gad, and M Foy, pvy. I pn my ha of m n h off o ng on a bnh n h ha. I vn a havng my hand appd wh a u, whh I on gabbd and bok. Tha d o a no gong hom va my boh, and y I go h b ha ngh! Af hoo, whn I wa young, my boh and I hadd o h Chap of h Inanaon on 31 na 2nd Av., wh w ayd a oup of hou a af-hoo a n h 82

105 bamn. A om pon, my boh doppd m off and h hn wn omwh f no d yhom.ev n ua y,id dn hav o ay h anymo, and boh of u woud go hom, hp g dnn ady and a ou homwok. I wa uuay nud wh goy hoppng n ou hom. In a afnoon w go o n o a oup of 15 ado how.g., Ja ka m ong, ha -Am anboy, L Ophan Ann, ( wh h dod ng ha f an ndb gn ng on you fng!). On a numb of day, w ofn doud w on 33d and und h on ouh and hung ou a h nwand, ookng a om. W ud o hp unpak bund of magazn and nwpap whnv w oppd h. W ay hung aound hoo n h afnoon, buon nawh ww n o om on apa m nf oan hou o o. I know w mu hav od ou moh, bu mad dffn bau h go hom way af 6 p.m. and my fah woud b away a h nwpap un 3 a. m. o a. Th n a o o ayabou hoo.ia nd d2nd, 3d, and 4h. I mnond M. Day; phap ha bau h wa n and I kd h. My boh ao andd P. S. 116, wn wh h own budd and, of ou, wa wo ya ahad ofm. Wd dn k wh n,b au onofugo n o oub, a no wa n hom wh h oh. (Ya a, n San Fano whn I wa n 7h and h wa n 9h, w agd o go o dffn hoo haf.) Evyhng I uny ad abou P. S. 116 nda on of h b mnay hoo n h y. Phap wa aady n my m.i d k o hnk o. 83

106 4.2 PS 116 & ADJACENT HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS Th dynam of onuon hang w vad n h vw of modn apamn uu adjan o P. S 116. Th hgh- fa 3d Avnu on h f; h hoo and paygound n h hadow on h gh. Suh onuon hang ao appa ju upown on o wo bok, and ao wh whn Kp Bay. Phoo fom hp://oa.v.om (Wndow. Lv Loa, a 2006 ). 84

107 I am no ay upd o dov ha my hoo bhnd ndd n h hadow of hgh- budng. Saonay, hn, I up h hoo gound woud b dab fo oudoo pay. Bu o many od bownon hav uvvd gnfaon. Bu ju how many mo pn hav movd no h nghbohood and now and h hoo,idon know,b au Ihavno d ahow a g h nomn wa n my m. Ao, a K-5 oday, bu pobaby nudd h 8h gad n my m. P. S. 116 wa onud wh hadwood foo. Th fa ha I mmb and omwha hamfuy bau I and oh boy kd o dp ou qu pn n bu nk and hn dop hm no h foo. Buh an w qu ommon. Oh,y,wa o nj oy d d pp ngg b a d,a houghw ndd up ng n h bak on o bng n o h pnpa. (Dd I you ha h wa a M. Foy, and ha ya a whn I nd Hoywood Hgh Shoo a h 11h gad v, I m my nw pnpa, a M. Foy, who, whn akd, ad h wa h aun. A db anw. wondd f h humod m. ddad o bomng pnpa. Phap Bu I hav Foy a H on bam h pnpa a Hoywood om ya a. And gh o wong I wan o ay ha h pnpa a P. S. 40, whh I andd a 5h gad wa ao a M Foy. ) Ao fom my apamn wa h Cam Paoha Shoo. Many of Caho udn vd on ou bok o naby. Fo xamp, h w many Iaan n ou nghbohood. I fqund h gound pobaby o pay ba. 85

108 Th w a va Caho hoo n Kp Bay. A fo oh pub hoo, h 1930 map (Fg. 1 ) od h pa xn of a P. S. 14, oad bwn 27h and 28h 4.3 PAROCHIAL SCHOOL ON 29h STREET Mdd of pu h Cam Paoha Shoo on E. 29 S ao fom my apamn budng. Th phoo ugg h amoun of aff dung h wk, onay o my mmoy. Th 28h/29h S Coown a whh am up my bok, wa gon bfo 1920 No h abn of ak agnmn. Phoo by P. L. Sp Nw Yok Pub Lbay Dga Gay,

109 4.4 THE CARMELITE PAROCHIAL SCHOOL ON 29h ST. Ao h fom my apamn h ood h Cam paoha hoo; h huh wa fah down owad 1 Av. I vd h hoo on mo han on oaon wh Caho budd Whn h hoo and h huh w dmohd, h aff oad o S.Sphn on 28h S. Phoo ouy of Fah Afd Iaon, Mon, N. Y. and 2nd and 3d avnu. I a myy o m now un my mmoy ha ju fad o a bu I hav no oon of xn, and n wa oad o o my apamn, I houd hav andd ha hoo. Phap wa ovowdd a h m. Ivng Ha m ha h andd ha hoo and wa opav no h Fo h od ua udn, oga ha hy andd Suyvan Hgh down on 15h S. Phap om kd vn wakd, a Bn 87

110 Gazzaa a h dd, bu on oud g h 3d Av E oa a 28h S and hn x a 14h. 4.5 P. S. 14: OLD GRADE SCHOOL ON 27h STREET Aodng o h Land Map of h Boough of Manhaan, dad 1930, h wa a gad hoo, PS 14, bwn 27h and 28h and bwn 2nd and 3d avnu. I do no a uh a hoo. I h budng fah down h. Th ma budng o gh S. Iumnao Amnan Chuh, whh h. Th hoo 88

111 and o h on of 2nd Av. oday oupd by h Nahan Sau Hou apamn and Communy Cn. Phoo: fom h NY Pub Lbay Dga Gay, Py L. Sp, phoogaph, 1930, F. V Rgou Cn Rgou n abound n Kp Bay. Th fa udd maayou hbudo n u p maa a h.l k om oh nghbohood n Nw Yok Cy, Kp Bay onnu o pn a vy mxd hny, whh, n un, fd n gou nuon. Fo xamp, Caho, Epopa, Amnan, Jwh, Pbyan, Moavan, and oh gou n. On 29h S na 1 Avnu wa h R. C. Chuh of Ou Lady of Sapua and n h mdd of h bok, h Cam paoha hoo. Two bok w h h Conggaon Adh E ynagogu. Th a oh Caho huh on 28h S and on 34h S, and a a wo Poan huh n h nghbohood. Th Chap of h Inanaon, oad on 31 S na 2nd Avnu, onnu oday a h Chuh of h Good Shphd, havng bom ndpndn omm n h Many youh, vn f no mmb of h huh, had unh h day a vy ow o (I am mmbng 5 n?) and hn, af hoo, w ayd n h bamn und upvon (a M. Mgg?) un a pan o bng pkd u up. My boh wa bad fom hda ong bfo I wa, h bng wo ya od. Nh pogam onnu oday a h 89

112 un vnd od m. (S my a duon of umm amp nconn u. )Ww n a hu h-gong famy. Bu h Chap of h Inanaon o of adopd my boh and m. Fah Noa M. Fnga dd y o g u o bom gu am mb,bu d dn ha pp n. Wkn w alu Mannng who wa a oa wok omhow onnd wh h huh. Bu mo mpoan, h umm n a ow w go o 5.1 CHAPEL OF THE INCARNATION Th Chap of h Inanaon, a md-1950, oad on 31 S bwn 2nd and 3d avnu. Th Nw Yok Tphon Company Bdg ow o h w. Th phoo mphaz how fquny on noun ong ona n h hgh of budng n Nw Yok and many oh. A h gh magn pa of an aow ha dnf h noh don, and h wh band a h ow f pa of h boundng of h Kp Bay Paza poj whh wa hn ju undway. Compa phoo 90

113 1.9. Phoo by MTA Bdg and Tunn Spa Ahv, va Hay Baon, Coumba Unvy. Camp Ivoyon (Inanaon) n an Connu. I wa a wo-wk oung f you w uky nough no o g k. I go whoopng ough and my dad boowd a a o om and g m. Anoh umm I go h mump. My boh md o hav uvvd umm n. W njoyd wmmng, hkng, payng gam nudng voy ba. I know ha w had o b afu n h wa. Uuay an od boy o an adu ayd on a foang pafom a h dg of h wmmng aa and wahd fo wa moan. Thy w had o po n h wa. In h h umm I wa h, I hnk on kd go uk. I knw om of h oh kd fom my nghbohood bu h umm goup nvovd om kd whod dn go op.s.116.( Aana d,iwa n y o d ha h Boy Cub ao had a umm amp. W nv knw of o wa hap o go o h huh amp.) Dung h hoo ya, w pn a good da of m a h huh dp no hoong o bom mmb, and oday I do hav good mmo of h aff and h kndn no ju o m o my boh bu o a h hdn h. Aong wh Fah Fnga, I a a Fah MaDuff. A huh mmb who wa ao av wh h umm amp n m a opy of a mon, whn, n Jun 1974, Fah Fnga vd h fom pa hand po kof h nu ona un h v d o 200 hoo h d n, wh h h y w m mb ono. H poka oof ha qu o nof h 91

114 popy on whh Inanaon Camp and how founa ha hy go h budng (h odg on) onud bfo h ah n Th vnd mnond ha vaou goup pn a monh a h amp and ha boy w h n Augu. I am ony ang a wo-wk ay and hav no da 5.2 CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD Th Epopa Chuh of h Good Shphd, known a h Chap of h Inanaon n h Load on 31 S bwn 1 and 2nd avnu. Th moy dna wh uvvng bownon,,. Phoo downoadd fom hp://goodhphdny.dony.og/abou.hm. 92

115 whh monh ha wa. I woud up ha my pan pad h $10 fo ah of u, ahough I woud no ha n fo ou wo-bdoom apamn wa aound $30 a monh, o ha pndng $10 fo ah of u fo wo wk a amp may hav bn a hadhp n h md I fnd my aahmn o h huh af o many ya a uou ommnay on my f a a non-huh go. I wa hn a hom away fom hom pobaby fo many youh uh a myf. I mmb h bu p aong h oa of Long Iand Sound. I wa an mpoan xuon and xpn fo m. My ony o h ou -of- own xp n amabouwhn w wn o Jy o v ou gandpan n Hobokn and a n Whawkn. On n a wh my un Pau and h g fnd (a my aun) woud om by n h onvb and ak u fo a dv on Long Iand. Th p o amp, and h amp xpn, phap vd a aay owad my bomng a gogaph. Th vn dd ak m byond fama gound w no fa ouny by h m I wa vn. Th Chuh of h Good Shphd, whh I knw a h Chap of h Inanaon, pak of p n a v of vaou uu and bakgound a pahon a bd w hav aandd v pa hf am y. S n Iandmyf am y w nv foma mmb, I an ony mak fn o h bnf of bng a gua gu a unh, o of ayng af hoo, bu I do a how h vnd ough o nouag my boh and m o jon. Cuouy, wh I wa bon a h Luhan Hopa on h upp w d and my mana gandfah wa ognay Caho, I hav no bongd o any huh n my fm. W had Jwh fnd and my boh knw h daugh (Hn) of Rabb Guk a h Conggaon Adh E ynagogu on 29h na Lxngon. W ud o g o v 93

116 h now and hn. Th f m, I mmb gng ghy wad on h had fo no wang a ha; o hy gav m omhng o wa. I hnk my xpn wh oh uu n h nghbohood nouagd my a n n anhopoogy, my ond fd. L m you a muhn oy, o o of. A undown on Fday, a gn ( habba goy ) you h wou d b ad o om upa and un off ga ov, om gh, 5.3 ADERETH EL TALMUD SYNAGOGUE 94

117 Conggaon Adh E Tamud Toah on E. 29h S bwn Lxngon and 3d avnu. Ahough I vd h many m, I hav o adm ha I do no w a h budng. Phoo by Gog Chnn, Nw Yok Pub Lbay Dga Gay, no da, bu pobaby md1930, F.., a Jwh pop go ady fo h Sabbah. I woud ha h m a ou, Sonny, omup a. I a ommonp a pobaby among h od gnaon. Thn on Sunday, hy woud a u agan and w woud g a dh of bnz dou and, of ou, fanng, h a hng I ndd a ag 7 o 8. I hnk ha many of h oa Jwh dn andd h Conggaon Adh E Tamud. I n m ha ao Bn Gazzaa who vd on h b o kmo hanadoz ny a,w o ha An m m wa av and w on Twny-n n hs. H a d hahkn w h ony Jwh boy n h nghbohood. I pob ha oh Jwh fok, many of whom my famy and I knw, had movd on. Bu dung my ay ya I wa oo naïv o b awa of h pjud. W knw kd of many hn, nudng Jwh kd n my budng a w a n h oh nmn. I knw wo Amnan kd n h nghbohood and wa awa ha h wa a ommuny of Amnan naby. In fa, many of h fam had ognay goupd aound E. 20h S bwn Lxngon and 3d avnu; many a movd a mo upown. I hav no da how many Amnan fam w naby. Two Amnan huh w aady fouhng n o adjan o h nghbohood h Amnan Evanga Chuh on 34h bwn Lxngon and 3d and S Ggoy h Iumnao on 27h bwn 2nd and 3d. I hav no 95

118 da whh ho fam I knw andd h huh. Th a ony bam an Amnan huh n 1935, h uu havng bn bu fo a Poan goup n Th fom wa bu n h md-19h nuy. On h oh hand, h S. Vaan Cahda, pvd a ay a h 1940,wa n d gnd un h 1950 and onad un ST. VARTAN SCATHEDRAL Th Amnan S. Vaan Cahda oad on 2ndAvnu bwn E. 34h and 35h. I moy dnfy ha oa wh h S. Gab Pak pub bay. Phoo fom h S. Vaan wb, Th w of ou va Roman Caho huh -- Th Chuh of Ou Lady of Sapua and S. Sphn w h o. I had fnd who andd h huh and h paoha hoo. I had no knowdg of h oh. I undand ha whn h Cam hoo and Chuh of Ou Lady of Sapua w dmohd o mak way fo h nw hgh- apamn ompx, h aff movd o San S ph n on28h bwn Lxngon and 3d Avnu. 96

119 To b u, numou gou n hav ong bn abhd n Kp Bay and naby, and hy hp o dnfy h muhn nau of h Ea Sd ST.STEPHEN SCATHOLI CCHURCH S.S ph n Chu h o a done.28h S bwn 2nd d and 3 Avnu. I ahu a w a h panng by Conann Bumd hav nouagd pvaon o k o hav h huh dgnad a andmak, whh ha y o ou af mo han foy ya of ffo. Th budng o gh appa o b a nw uu n my m. Th pn of mo a oday ha ao nad h naaon of pakng m, non of whh xd n h nghbohood n h Phoo downoadd fom h 97

120 Goham Gaz, N. Y., ST. STEPHENS 29h STREET ENTRANCE Th S. Sphn Chuh and hoo oad bwn E. 28 and 29h and bwn 3d and Lxngon avnu. Compa phoo 5.5: obvouy h on budng wa pad. Phoo: NY Pub Lbay Dga Gay, #43, P. Sp, phoogaph, 1930, F. 98

121 5.7 CAMP IVORYTON LODGE IN CONNECTICUT Th Lodg n 1928 a Ivoyon, CT, wh my boh and I pn wo wk ah of h umm, I am aumng h budng wa andng and uzd n my day. Phoo: fom h Inanaon Cn Annua Rpo, ( No : g ou n ma mo appopa m han hu h, n h a nou z df oa y nagogu, mp o moqu.) 99

122 6.1 FOURTH AVENUE BOOK ROW Book Row, on ow Fouh Avnu, md Many of u kd fqund h booko wh h ow-pd ud and nw book. I wa wakng dan fom 29h S. Phoo: fom 100

123 Mavn Mondn and Roy Mado, Book Row: An Andoa and Poa Hoy of h Anquaan Book Tad (N.Y.: Cao & Gaf Pubh, 2003). VI Radng: Lba, Booko and Nwand My boh Jaffy and I gw up n a bboph houhod. Ou fah wa a jouna, do and auho, and ou moh wa an a, pan and fom a-andaf hoo ah (n Nw Jy). Howv dab ou apamn may hav bn, w away had pny of book, v n fwd dn hav noughboo k a.i nd d,mymo h ao ovd h wa wh panng, nudng h own. W had ou own oon of fon and w nodud o h nov of Hmngway, Andon, Twan, Lw, Snbk, and many oh. Th oh nudd h Nowgan Knu Hamun! W ad avdy. Booko, of ou, w h pfd vnu fo adng. I wa ommon hn, a, fo ad o and ad, phap no buy a a. W avd om of ou ffn n aowan ah wk o buy book gu a y.w p a y k d Ev yman L b a y, w h of ov. Mo of ou puha w of ud op. (Of ou, w ao bough ou ha of om bu mo o af 101

124 w movd o Chago and hn San Fano.) I do no a a booko gh n ou nghbohood. Phap on oud buy om nw book n a dugo. If h wa a ud booko fah w owad o byond Madon Av., I hav no oon. Spakng of om, w ud o dop by h na nwand wa on 3d Avnu, aound h on fom ou hoo, wh w woud and ad om, bu ao hp 6.2 3d AVENUE & 32ND STREET NEWSTAND Nwand on h ouhw on of 32nd S and Thd Avnu. I wa a popua hangou. Th own ao od oda, fu, andy ga,. Phoogaphd n 1935; downoadd fom h Nw Yok Pub Lbay phoo oon, MFZ (Abbo) Phoo may ao b n n Bn Abbo, Nw Yok n h Th (fomy Changng Nw Yok) (NY: Dov, 1939, 1967, 1973). unw apand h vmagaz n andn w pap.wd dn buy a nwpap a h and bau my dad bough hom h monng don fom wok h wa a po fo h Nw 102

125 Yok Day Nw a w a h Jouna-Aman. And fom m o m, h f-and wh h Nwak Sa-Eag, wh h had bn wokng fu-m whn I wa bon n No wa h a pub bay whn mmda wakng dan. Aon o wh a buddy o anoh famy mmb, w dd oaonay wak va bok noh o S. Gab Pa kb a n h b a y.th b a y oodadj a n oa paoha hoo anda o h f om S.Gab Pa k. Today, a wah of oad a o h Qun Mdown Tunn u hough h pak. Unfounay, I hav md oon of h bay. I wa akd by h baan a Kp Bay f I oud db h n oas.gab,bui oud no. I hav b oon of h Epphany Lbay on 23d S bau w movd o 22nd whn I wa 9, and bng od I fqund ha bay mo ofn. I h. I mnond h bay hs.gab Pa k, whh n a h u ns.va an Pa k and h A m n an ahda. My moh and I wn h on oaon, bu my boh and I muh pfd o fqun h od booko on 4h Avnu and ju abou anywh. Suh booko w uoga ba bau no on annoyd you f you a on h foo and ad fom on o mo book. If w had n o wny n, w oud bng hom a oup of book. A an ad, wa a ommon oun whn nng any on of h ud booko o b handd a p of pap wh om on. You w akd o kp an y ou fo a. I had h xpn n Nw Yok, Nw Jy and fah w vn no my no ya! H a ad oy pod o m by baan a Kp Bay,a b a y had dn x nmy m.bu ha ounha 103

126 o do wh h dmoon of h S. Gab bay n o mak way fo h ng o and g fom h Qun Mdown Tunn (whh onn Manhaan wh Qun ). I m ha va of h mn who had ya a hpd onu h bay, now w ang down. And many w n a aodng o h nwpap po. Th a m n on nu : A ab on h f aç ad o f h bu d ng wa ak ndo wn afuy by mo-yd mpoy, 6. 3 ST.GABRI EL SPARKBRANCH LI BRARY ThS.Gab Pa kb an hl b a ywa o a don 104

127 E. 36h S nx o h on of 2nd Avnu. Th budng wa opnd n 1908, and wa on down n h 1950 o povd an appoah o h Mdown Tunn ha onn Manhaan o Qun by moo vh. Phoo: ouy of Paa Pado, Kp Bay Pub Lbay. om of whom hav vd wh h banh bay dung h n hy- woy aof x n. S on h ubj of ba, I do no a f P. S. 116 had a bay. Now and hn my boh and I dd mak h xuon upown o h Nw Yok Pub Lbay on 42nd S and 5h Avnu. Th man bay ha bn h ou of many phoo and map daa fo h voum. I hank h baan h fo a h hp. (By h way, a adu fo a m my boh wa on aff n h fn on of h NY man bay, and I wokd fo h aw bay a h Aoaon of h Ba up on 43d S. And my gandmoh, Hna d Guzman, wa h f baan of Wkhawkn (NJ). Whn I and ha Kp Bay fnay go own bay (a 1972), I wa of ou dghd. To b u, w n xn n my m, I woud hav hung ou h. Inngy nough, h banh ony a bok fom h fom of ou favo nwand, h na hng o a bay! Fom m o m I hav bn onbung om book o h banh. 105

128 6.4 KIPS BAY BRANCH LIBRARY Conud n h ay 1970, h Kp Bay Banh Lbay oad on 3d Avnu a h ouhw on of 31 S. Phoo downoad df om h b a y w b. 106

129 Fa and Fah Couny My noon hod ha a fw ho bok, a o hoo o h goy, do no nd you byond fama gound. Bu h dan o pak, a bay, and byond o Upown o vn o 23d S w now n fa ouny. W gnay wakd o h na wo pak and ba, vn o a ha on 34h S. I a wakng ov o 5h Avnu bu wa a dan no fama uoundng. And uh pa w no fqund ha guay, uy no k andng hoo o gong o h Chap of h Inanaon on 31 S. And on w ook h E o h ubway, w woud go no fah ouny, uh a Bookyn o Nw Jy. And any ju h p f o umm amp n Connu opnd you von and magnaon o a fa ouny ha onnu o and n uh hap ona o Manhaan Iand. Suh fa-ouny jaun nouagd m o ompa h uban and ua wod, and phap mndd m of h oy of h ownand oun ymou of h d n a u.bu h p o Nw Jy pok of anoh wod ma own v. bg y. La n f, vn hough I udd uban gogaphy and wokd n uban pannng fo a m, I bam a onvaon who pazd n wd and ua nvonmn, and nad of wokng wh uban hny ou of whh I am, I ho o paz n h oay of Nav Aman. Th ommn do no omphnd h va ana ha dnguh fama gound fom fa ouny, bu ugg how on mgh np h uoundng fom an ay ag. I njoyd wandng abou aon o wh my boh o a fnd. Th ona and h hang ggd my n, bu ao od m ha vn n fa ouny, muh h am may w x. I mak h po nabouwa k Ev an pho o ayofe.61 h S; ha muh n ommon wh E. 29 S and naby. Bu any Tm Squa and Cony Iand w and a dffn wod fom h nghbohood n whh on d. Chang n h man-mad nvonmn of Kp Bay n my youh va how man an bng h wod of on pa no anoh and hang fo good. I appa h dynam of uban gnfaon, bu I ao do no ay ognz my od haun. Bu I am ao gad ha w movd away whn w dd. 107

130 7.1 HERALD SQUARE: 34h ST., BROADWAY, & 6h AVE. Had Squa-- wh 5h Av and Boadway o a 34h S. Th h hom ofma y d pa m n o.fom, h wa Fa Couny. Th mag of Th 6h Av. E a h gh, ong n o ndo wn.wh niwa 8,ww n oma y many, many m vn whou any mony o pnd. I oy dpamn wa upa and w njoyd h aao d and xpod h nw oy and gam. I a wakng h dan o h qua. Phoo fom: Lv, 2005, n bbogaphy. 108

131 VII E, Subway and Sa A a youh, wakng va bok kp m n h nghbohood, bu I oon wakd byond and nd Fa Couny. I know ha 34h and 23d offd a dffn wod wh a budng and bun. Ffh Avnu had h am ff. Evn gong o h v wa whn wakng dan. So I pobaby woud no dfn ho oaon a uy fa ouny. Bu on I boadd an E o h ubway, h dan wa fa ga and h oaon bam nangy dffn fom my own nghbohood. Bu f a k abou he and ubway h m v b f o w av on hm. I af mdngh and I awak bu no bau of h gna y no and gh. W bfy vd on 2nd Avnu and a day and ngh h E an wn by o a nbo h don and xp ao. A m, wo an pad ah oh. I hnk h wa a gh uv n h ak and on oud ha h h hk of an wh a any hou. Of ou, h gh wa ppua fo a ho pod w had nd an apamn on 2nd Avnu, aound h on fom 29h S. W w on h ond foo fang h E and a h an wn by woud b gh and dak n apd uon fo pobaby a fw ond. Y I an happnng o many ya a and ong af h E wa on down n W ud o wak ov o 28h o g h 3d Avnu E; wa h na aon. Fo vaou aon h 2nd Avnu E dd no hav a oa op bwn 23d and 34h. Phap wa dundan; h wo E w ownd and opad by ompv ompan. Th 3d Avnu aon a k a hou aop h E and w mbd a p of a, a I mmb. 109

132 You oud up and down h avnu xp fo h ak. Bu you woud o bow. Th aon oud b owdd; on od day, many pop hung ou nd, ohw hy w on h pafom. A I a, 28h wa no an xp op h na on w a 34h and 23d. So f you wand o ah h xp, you ook h oa fom 28h and go off a h xp op n h don. A owdd hou, I mmb gng on na h fon o bak nd and movng quky o h oppo d. I woud and by h doo bau f I w gong o 42nd S., h aon wa on h am d. Th am wa (and pobaby ) u of h ubway. Ya a whn I vd n Gnwh Vag I woud ak h 7h Av ubway and xpn h am uaon. Somon akd m abou h E and ubway. You know, h ong ok wa h am whh unnng undgound o abov gound. Thy w of ou pa of dffn ym. Upown, fo xamp, h ubway om ou of h unn and bom an vad uu. E uvv n pa of h Bonx and n Bookyn. Fo h a, h E wa hown n pod on h TV D.B k, ahough h oyn wa n h Bonx. On oud E aon on ha how and ao on va oh, nudng ThB Co by wh hwaado o v ng nb ook yn.by h way, aodng o S (2007, p. 9) h pvang p of fv n uand fom 1886 o E a moy gon. Th uvva n boough oh han Manhaan ugg h onnung uy and h fa ha no un uban gnfaon woud o h 110

133 d AVENUE EL: VIEW FROM 14h STREET (?) Th 3d Av E, ookng upown pobaby fom h h 9h o 14h aon, a Bun gn a ou of fou o omwha dffu o a hm n h Yow Pag. Howv, on h gh h a oan gn and on h f a fgu of a man a a Sgmond Kn Gymnaum. Mdway n h phoo poby h 18h S. aon. My npaon bad, n pa, on h dan o h Chy Bdg na h hozon ay mo han a m dan. Phoo, ouy of Fank Pfuh and h Eaoad.og.. dmoon. Th dm of h E, aodng o S (2007, p.9)had odow h [ T] hd op n d h pdu o h1930 onom dpon and onoman poa hang pd hdoom of hmanha ane va d y m. Hpo n ou ha uvy ubway w ompd and opnd: In Dmb 1938, h 6h Avnu n od and wa ompy dmohd by Ap Th pamn ubway opnd n Dmb Af poad ngoaon, h Cy oband h IRTCo. n Jun 1940 and od h 9h Avnu n ouh of 111

134 155h S and h 2nd Avnu n noh of 59h S. Boh n w dmohd n [Th Cy-opad 8h Avnu ubway had opnd n 1952.] Th mand of h 2nd Avnu n wa appd n By h nd of Wod Wa II, ony h 3d Avnu n uvvd n Manhaan. (S, 2007, p. 9) Manm, hy a dbang h nd fo a ubway wh hy o down h E on h Ea Sd. Sond Avnu h pm ou and now I ad ha hy may y a onuon bu fah upown n h 60. In fa, I undand ha a fw gmn hav bn onud. Bu a fu-v ubway und 2nd Avnu ay dad away. So dn of my od nghbohood mu wak o Fouh (Pak Avnu) o ah h Lxngon ubway. No muh fun n h b od whn h Ea Rv wnd bow a you bak and now fang. Wo whn unng hom and h wnd n you fa! Dung ho ay ya whn I andd gad hoo, my moh dw pn and nk po adv ng Lou L nn au anov one.14h S. Th po w dgnd and u o uv and f u no h advng fam on h ubway. My boh and I woud po h gn on dffn ubway and ha on way I go o know a h ou. A a on vnng a wk, w go a f dnn a Lou.By hway, h au anwaon hf f ooofan od bownon apamn. Th w ab n h vng oom, dnng oom, n h ha and ju off h khn. I pobaby ound h ab and h ha and a on m oud you how many pop oud b ad a on m. My moh od u ha Lou and h pan had bn wa n om auan upown. Thy bam o-own and va of hm vd upa. Of ou, whn my moh dw a nw bah of po, w woud go ou and po hm 112

135 and fnd ha many of h od on had bn ovd ov w h om on ado h yw o ndown.su h bun, I gu. L m you a ad oy ha I moy know fom dng h ubway a a kd. A numb of mn, pobaby n h 40 ood, avd hough h a dng a fa whd vh ha hy puhd wh h hand. Th mn had o pa o boh of h g; hy had vd n Euop n Wod Wa I. Thy ad an o ma box o o on. I ud o gv hm a nk o vn a fw pnn. Bu I uppo byday nd, h yhadado ao wo.af awh, hy w a uoy, bu nonh I hav nv fogon h pn on h ubway. A vn o gh hn, wa qu af fo a kd o oam abou aon n h day m and o d h ubway o E. Tm hav hangd. I avd h ubway up and down Manhaan no o muh o h oh boough many on Sauday. Gon mo of h day wh an app, a andy ba, a nk phap, and a jak whn nay. Somm my boh and I wn ogh, bu mo ofn I had a buddy who kd o oam aound h y. W woud go a fa noh no h Bonx o h Tboough Bdg, bu many w woud g o 59h S and hn wak on h Qunboo Bdg, abou whh I w ay mo a a. 113

136 7.3 INTERIOR WAITING AREA: EL STATION Wh h a ho of an E aon on Coumbu Av and 72nd S, mgh ju a w b h 28h S aon of h 3d Av E. Th da Fbuay 1936 and pang a akng advanag of h poby ha. Th pho o ap onno ha h u n waa n nnovaon n I wn und ho un many a m. Phoo pa 76 fom Nw Yok n h Th: a phoogaphd by Bn Abbo (NY: Dov, 1939; 1967). Th ogna pn bong o h Muum of h Cy of Nw Yok. 114

137 7.4 THE 28h STREET STATION OF THE 3d AVE EL Th vw ookng a, a ay No h 1951 Fod and 1940 DSoo ax. Aodng o h ogna apon, Bvu Hopa n h dan. Th wa h mo fquny uzd aon by my famy and oh. No hoo gn; PS14 wa opang a h m. Phoo fom S, By h E, 2007, p. 52, and ud wh h pmon. 115

138 7.5a/b DEMOLITION OF THE 2nd & 3d AVENUE ELS Tang down h 2nd Avnu E, bwn 32nd and 34h S, dung On an xpn h mmda dffn bwn h dakn fom ovhad and h opnn of h avnu. Toy w ao movd. Phoo by Py Loom Sp, ID485727, Nw Yok Cy Pub Lbay dga phoo gay.. Th 3d Av EL wa dmand n Sn a 28h S and h ho Rgn Tha. Phoo by May Gogad, ouy of Ivng Ha.. 116

139 In ho ya, f you oud go und h un, you d dn hav opay. Idon a whn h poy hangd. Phap ony kd oud go und? Bu I do mmb pop dukng und h un o jumpng ov, o go f vn hough h ah a n a ma booh o by. On n a wh a op woud b andng aound, bu I nv aw anyon ad fo gng a f d. I hnk h ubway wa ony 5, a mo 10, n, and f you knw how o do, you oud onn fom on n o anoh and kp on gong whou any xa hag. A oagu mndd m ha Nw Yok gan om gogaph ngh no h ayou of h y by uzng ubway map. Thy may quky know how h boough a ad ou and whh an g hm h and h. Y hy pobaby know vy of h ufa aa n bwn. On h way o Cony Iand, fo xamp, I ou dn youmu habou Bookyn. A an adu I and mo whn I avd o Knndy Apo by bu fom h Ea Sd mna hn on 38h S o habou. I m m mb ng haund h E w oy n. W ud o jump on h bak nd and d hm a dan, un h onduo woud y a u, and w woud jump off and un a fa a w oud. W dd a muh om ya a on Mak S n San Fano wh gua oy un. No o ay o jump on h bak nd of a ab a! La bu no a, I houd a h a ha opad n h nghbohood. Ony 3d Avnu had a oy n my m. I hav a vvd mmoy of jumpng on h bak nd a oh kd (moy boy) dd un h onduo (f h a had wo aff mmb on ) yd a u. Somm pop 117

140 7.6 TYPICAL VIEW UNDER AN EL Phoogaphd n umm, 1938, h vw ypf y ova by h E. Th h 2nd Avnu E. No h many ma o. Boh 2nd and 3d Avnu n Kp Bay wa vy ma n h Phoo f om A Nw Yo kc yb o k, apho o ayofe.61 S n Augu 1938 by Wak Evan, a nod phoogaph hn wh h FSA (Fam Suy Admnaon). 118

141 aong h woud y a you, bu a a u many of u wn h fw bok w wand o. Bd h 3d Av., h had bn a 2nd Avnu n, bu wa gon bfo my m, a wa h 28h & 29h Coown Raway. No n phoo n hap 3 h vdn of fom ak. A w pavd, ho u dappad. Th a n, whh bgan n h 1890 and mnad n 1919, ad a h 34h S fy, wound way o 1 Av., and hn hadd w aong 29h S, pumaby n fon of my budng, whh xd a ay a Th un p, a h map how, wa aong 28h S. Aodng o My (2005), h xpanon of E and ubway pudd h fnana u of h a ou. By h md-1950, non xd n Manhaan. M y a o nf o m dm ha p o o hopnng of h Ea Rv Raoad unn o Pnn Saon, Ea 34h S wa a majo anpo mna wh h 34h S va d puandmany a n m na ng h Many Ea Rv fy n andd h. I am no pauay ang gound o vad fa mnang a h fy. Gnay, w a hung aound h ow 30. Bu I vaguy a a apan po omwh n ha oa. By h way, I nv xpnd fyng ov o Long Iand. 119

142 7.7 NYC SUBWAY AND EL LINES Th a h ow Manhaan poon of a 1930 map howng ubway ande.i b a h Rap dt a n MapofG a N wyo k. No nb u / g n wo n unn ngno h/ ou ho n h Ea Sd; hy pn h 2nd and 3d avnu E. Boh E w on down. To h w of hm, no n bu h Lxngon Av. ubway, whh funon a h ony ubway on h Ea Sd of Manhaan. Toy ou a no pnd on h map. Sou: Th Nw Yok Tm magpag, 9/3/

143 7.8 28h & 29h STREETS CROSSTOWN ROUTE Th oown a ou am aong by h m Nw Yok had dgnad oun and avnu a on -way. 29h wa wbound and 28h abound. Map pnd f om L nd,2002a nd he Ra oad A n,n. Y. 121

144 7.9a/b HISTORIC STREETCARS Th Thd Avnu Raway ao opad h 28h & 29h S Raway, whh an fom h a dad of h 19h Cnuy o Fom an mnu a h E. 34h S fy, a wound h way va 1 Av. o ommn a wwad ou aong 29h S. Th un wa va 28h S. Phoo fom h Sphn L. My Coon. (S ao h book, 2005, p.26). A Sond Avnu Sa. Th n had un fom Low Manhaan o h noh nd of 2nd Avnu. I opad un Thu wa no opav n h mdd 1930 whn I vd on 29h S. Phoo fom h Sphn L. My Coon. 122

145 VIII Dvoak Hou, Suyvan Pak and Oh Pak Ad fom Cna Pak, whh w vd ony oaonay, h ma pak d n my mmoy bank S.Gab,S uyv an,g am y and Abd ng on.s n mo bok a avy ho n Manhaan, va of u boy ud o wak up o h md-30 o hpa kas.va an ( S.Gab Pa k).th b a ywa naby. And w ud o wak downown on 2nd Av o Suyvan Pak a 17h S. Gamy bam a omm hangou n my a mnay hoo ya n Nw Yok, whn I vd on E. 22nd, and Abdngon, oad on Gnwh Av and 8h Av, oad n Gnwh Vag, wh I vd wo dffn ya n h I hav no good mmoy of havng vd oh nghbohood pak, bu pobaby dd on o w. Wha mpd u a Suyvan wa h Dvoak Hou on h noh d of 17h. Anonn Dvoak, a Czh (Bohma n h m) ompo wa nvd o h ouny n h md-1890 o d h Aman Convaoy of Mu oad fah w on h bok. H ayd mo of h ya and avd abou h ouny. Wh h, h ompod h N w Wo dsymphonyba d, npa,onm od and ong of h Souh, pauay mu of Bak Ama a h m. H ao nouagd Aman ompo o un o ou hn mu o dvop a pauay Aman dom n mu. W an ha om of ha n h mu of Aaon Copand, Vg Thomon and Cha Iv. H ao wo on 123

146 of h mo famou o ono wh h n B mno, a favo of mo vuoo nudng Yo-Yo Ma, who ha pfomd n on, on od and CD, a w a on TV. Anyway, Dvoak on h Ea Sd wa xng fo m n I apd o bom a ompo and pan. Dvoak go ony f oh hom and and u n d af h y a. Idon ang auay nng h hou ahough, I up, h w opn hou o ou h fay. Unfounay, h Dvoak hou dd no uvv ffo o pv a a ho andmak, ahough h y dd o dda. I wa on down by a mda goup ha had aqud muh of h bok; hy abhd a n fo AID, any a wohwh pupo. A au of Dvoak do and ao h n Suyvan Pak. Id dn n nd ov ook ngf qu nv up own o Cna Pak, bu ha way oud my nghbohood and do n n n o o aa v and v n.y on ou d ay ak h E o h Lxngon ubway o 59h and wak h fw bok ov. Today, h a ma pakk aa a h on of 2nd Avnu and 29h S. Th h Pnkon Envonmna Cn, a ommuny nau n abhd n 1979 fo h Madon Squa Boy and G Cub oad nx doo. I omwha on, f no my ondna, ha I wn on o bom an nvonmna, ahng onvaon and ad ou ud havng wokd n h Naona Fo. On h w d of 2nd Avnu h anoh ma pak, h Vnn F. Abano, J. Paygound and h May Con Payap, whh hono a ommuny av. Nh of h pak xd n my m and a uy womd opna fau n h nghbohood. 124

147 8.1 2nd AVENUE LOOKING NORTH FROM 14h ST. Vw of 2nd Av fom 14h S., ookng noh. Mdway on boh d of h avnu a pa of Suyvan Pak a 17h S. Way up h avnu woud b my od nghbohood. Th Chy Bdg vb a h fa dan. Phoo fay onmpoay, abn h E and n h avnu wa dgnad a on- way ouhbound hooughfa. 125

148 8.2 STATUE OF ANTONIN DVORAK: STUYVESANT PARK Th au of Anonn Dvoak, h Czh (Bohman) ompo who vd n Nw Yok fo h ya n h 1890, wh h wa do of h Aman Convaoy of Mu. Dvoak Hou, whh ood n h bakgound ao h fom Suyvan Pak, on 17h S, wa pad by a HIV n. Phoo wa downoadd fom Suyvan Pak Nghbohood An, In., Nw Yok. 126

149 Gamy Pak I wa awa of Gamy Pak ong bfo I ndd up vng on E. 22nd S, vuay aound h on fom h pa k.i wa n g n a y opn o nghbohood kd, bu on o a on, hga waop nandww n d v nof f.ihav no bad oon. I a ma pak, hn ny fnd n, and uoundd by mo upp mdd a apamn and hom. On w movd o 22nd S, af I und 9, w fqund h pak a ofn a w oud g away wh. I pay wan o oun an xpn I had n onnon wh omng o h pak on a Sauday GRAMERCY PARK A pak, nomay no opn o nghbohood kd. Nonh many of u vd h pak, and I dd mo ofn whn w movd o E. 22nd S. Phoo downoadd fom nwyokbd.f/f/manhaan/gammy.(spng h). 127

150 In my uua dhvd gab, I wa appoahd by an dy woman, phap w no h ff. Sh und ou o b an a; by nam, Van Dyk. I do no a h f nam. Sh wa a poa a. Sh akd m f I woud po fo h o h oud a a poa of m. I woud an n n an hou. Sn I had muh xpn pong fo my moh, ao an a, I xpd muh nhuam. I wa o po bak h foowng Sauday a on of h apamn o fa on h pak. My moh, of ou, go m ady, and m up, dd m b. W boh wn. M. Van Dyk wa dappond and n m hom. Sh akd m o om bak h foowng wk ookng h way h found m n h pak dhvd, a ypa kd of h. So I dd. I do no know how many on I a, bu vnuay h poa wa don. W a kd. Sh ook h Gand Cna Gay, and ya a I and ha my gandfah had d o buy h panng bu h a wand $ fo. To h day, I hav no da wh h poa ndd up. And I know amo nohng abou h a. Nonh I hav fond mmo of h pak and my a ya a a gad hoo udn n Nw Yok. I andd P. S. 40 ov on E. 19h S, and I n ha h pnpa h wa ao a M Foy. In ay umm, 1938, w movd o Chago. Whn I und o Nw Yok, dung h Sond Wa, w vd n Gnwh Vag and I wn oown o Swad Pak Hgh Shoo fo my nh gad. By h way, mo of ha ya on 22nd S I pn mo f m up on 29h S, wh I had fnd. Bu my boh and I dd hm ha w had bn o Cafona. Wha owboy pu w do fo you! 128

151 IX Qunboo Bdg, Oh Bdg and h Ea Rv A favo avy on a Sauday dung h hoo ya and any day dung umm vaaon o hoday, I and h my boh o a fnd woud ak h E upown and nd up wakng h Qunboo Bdg, bu ony hafway ou o Wfa Iand (oday, Roov Iand). In h 1930, h y pnnay (ja) wa oad on h and. Th w a down ha w woud ak, vn f w w md wh w mgh wak on h and. Th f m, I wa omwha a a d, ( a ang omb na onofaf a dand a d,andi don know f hwo dwau dag ad abui m mb, amo fondy). Anyway, wa a p dop o h and, ahough u. W w nv appoahd by h po on h bdg, bu, on on oaon, I wa od off h Tboough Bdg and pu on h E and n hom. I nv wn bak. W a ao njoyd wakng on h Bookyn Bdg. Whn I ad o hun fo a uab phoo of h Qunboo, I dovd ha h onn ony howd h un bdg, akng h a. And, I nound ony ndvdua who a muh, muh young han I, who, of ou, do no know n fa ha h wa a aa. Evn h NYC Budng Dpamn am up bank! Thn I wo h NYC Coon Dpamn and go a py fom h hoan/ahv, who n aong h x and a phoo wh h a! My m mo yhadn fad m af a. Of ou, 129

152 9.1 QUEENSBORO BRIDGE WITH STAIRS Qunboo Bdg nkng Manhaan (aound 59h S.) wh Qun. Mdway Wfa (now Roov) Iand. No h a on h ouhd; hy no ong x, havng bn on down n h md Today h a paa bdg fom Manhaan ju o h and whh omp apamn and ondoand o.n wyo kc y p n n a ywa o ndown n h Toy oppd on h bdg o pop ou a h a and h vao. Mopoan hopa wa ao abhd on h and. Th w ao hug vao fo ambuan, paddy wagon,. V hp:// oo2.hm. omhng dd ou. In 1955, I am od, h y o down h od pnnay whn hy bu h nw ja on R k I and,wh hhaga n d om nf amyonva outv how u h a La w a nd O d. Y a a, n w dvopmn oud, nudng h onuon of apamn and o, and a ho bdg dy o h and, wh a am ovhad, on ha how up oaonay on TV. 130

153 Of ou, wh I had h oaon mo han on o wak h Bookyn Bdg a h way o Bookyn, aa I mu adm o no havng wakd h Wambug o Manhaan ov h Ea Rv o h Gog Wahngon ao h Hudon. By h way, h Vazano Bdg a Th Naow (bwn h upp and ow Nw Yok Bay), on on d da f owh h on u on ou dn happ n,wa bu ong af I wa no ong a vy good Nw Yok. I dov ov wh my famy n h 1960 fo h f m. You know, a wh Hudon, Vazano wa ao an xpo. By h way, I am a bdg wak by nau, I gu; I hav wakd ao h Godn Ga mo han on. To ad, h Ea Rv bam a ma dung good wah. In h umm, many of u hadd fo h v and jumpd off on o anoh whaf omwh bwn 31 and 27h.Id ov d an ad f o hmu a D ad End, bud d no ap u a opy op nh. Bu howd kd jumpng off a p wh a nmn andng bhnd hm. Evn hough h ogna oy wa n h upp 50 on h Ea Sd and fmd n a udo n Cafona, h pu n h ad oud w hav bn of h upp 20. Th v a a fo fm udo an vn of modn m, a pod n hap 8 of h Ea Rv. (S E. Baad a n h bbogaphy.) Thn, h v wa mpy dy; oday, ad o b n wo hap owng o ndua pouon. Th Qun Mdown Tunn a wa u hough h upp a 30, adng o h dmoon of S. Gab Pak banh bay and akng a wah ou of h pak on h ou h d, wh h oday a ds.va an. 131

154 9.2 EAST RIVER & SEAPLANE PORT Vw fom 31 S a h Ea Rv, ookng noh aong h hon and owad h Chy Bdg. Many of u woud wak ov o h, ahough w woud b nouagd o ay away. Abou a bok o o ouh w wam.off on of h whav. Phoo: Nw Yok Pub Lbay Dga Phoo Gay, Py Sp, phoogaph, 1939, F. 132

155 9.3 APPROACH TO QUEENS MIDTOWN TUNNEL Qun Mdown Tunn. Th a nad akng pa of ha agof hs.gab Pa kandb an h bay, oad a E. 36h S bwn 1 and 2nd avnu. Loaon ju a fw bok noh of Kp Bay. Map downoadd fom MapQu. 133

156 9.4 BROOKLYN BRIDGE & VIEW OF LONG ISLAND CITY Th Bookyn Bdg pannng h Ea Rv; Bookyn n h dan. A wakng bdg, a wa h Qunboo fah upown. Sou:.ah.o.uk. no da. Aa, I mu adm ha dp njoyng h wak on many a bdg, h many m I wakd h h Qunboo o h Bookyn, I nv vnud no h nghbong boough and oday I an no ay muh abou hm. Bu, wh a b mbaad, I am y amud, fo my Bookyn fnd adm o knowng abou Manhaan. I up ha on gow up n a pa of h y any y and may o may no om o know oh pa n aduhood. My xu ha I movd w. I do hav a ompn n knowng h Lo Ang mopoan aa. 134

157 X Tp o Jy: F and Tunn Evn vo o Nw Yok w you ha qu ay o g aound n h y. Of ou, oday many ou a advd agan akng ubway, o hy ha a ab, om of wh hwon akyou ju vywh. Bu Nw Yok ha a knd of anpo ubway, E (a n h Bonx), bu, a, ab, and fo om, you own a f you an affod pakng, muh fnd a pakng po. Som ya ago my un, who an an advng bun n Manhaan, bough a fv- o y on - oomw dbu d ng( Iv d h m h )on a 35h na Lxngon Av. H wand h pakng a h bak aong wh a pa n own (hy guay vd on Long Iand). H an h advng bun a ha add. Anyway, a p o Jy fom h Ea Sd wa qu mp. W oud ak h 2nd o 3d Avnu E o 42nd S and anf o a oown hu. Bu w pfd wakng o 28h and Pak (4h) and akng ha ubway up o 42nd and hn hung w o h fy. Sva ya a, whn vng n Gnwh Vag, w ook h 7h Av ubway o ah a bu a 40h S. Cong h Hudon Rv by fy wa away xng; w wn up fon a fa a aowd. In mo bu no a a, h w a pakd a h pow. Md-v wa h a bounday; who know xay wh bu I pum h w buoy ngyou.idon a wahng fo hm. To m, a 7 o 8, a fy d wa k gong o an amumn pak. Bu my gandfah hough ohw af ya ommung ha way fom Jy o ow Manhaan. 135

158 10.1 GREATER NEW YORK: BRIDGES & TUNNELS No a bdg o unn appa on h map, ony ho und h managmn of h MTA. Engn and pann, vn wh ga onuon dffu, obvouy hav ovom h oba of h of dp wa, and, and md pa. Map downoadd fom h NY Mopoan Tanpoaon Auhoy,

159 10.2 VERRAZANO BRIDGE & THE NARROWS Vazano Bdg a h Naow of h Upp and Low Nw Yok bay. Bookyn n h ow gh; San Iand n h dan. Th bdg no ony v o onn h wo boough bu nk h ga hghway onnon of Nw Jy, Nw Yok and Connu. Phoo downoadd fom NY MTA Tanpoaon Auhoy. On on h Jy d, aound a haf hou a, w ook a bu up h wndng paad o Whawkn. (Ea on, I hav ony a fan oon of how w go o Hobokn, bu I up w wn va h Hoand Tunn o a fy fah down h and.) Whn w od va h Lnon Tunn n h ay 1940, w ayd on h bu a h way o h. Dd I you h vw fom h paad mndou: you h man pa of Manhaan wh a hgh budng, h Emp, h Chy, and oh fa. I away m fah, bu aodng o map, h dan ao h v o 137

160 md-manhaan avag om 8000 f o appoxmay 1.5 m. Fom ou apamn wa a b mo han x m o myg andpa n f a! Tho Jy own w ma, unowdd a I a, and o dffn n uh a ho dan fom owdd, noy, ofn dy n Nw Yok. Rny, I dd ad ha Nw Yok hav dovd h ma own, and nw apamn ompx and hoppng n kp pngng up, fov hangng h buo nau of h paad ommun. Whawkn wa mo han a ommu: wa a ma jouny, a womd vn (pay, bau I woud g o p aymyaun p anoowo k ng andpa ga d n on). Sn w had no av on Long Iand un many ya af w movd away,wj u d dn mak ha p phap on o w I a gong o Cony Iand and on I dd g o a baba gam a Ebb Fd my oon ha I andd a Wod S gam bwn h Yank and h Dodg and, a my gandon akd m ju ny bau h gav an oa po on baba a hoo, I pobaby dd Lou Ghg n aon!. A mo xng p wa o Long Iand wh ou un n h onvb. And h bu p aong h Connu oa o and fom Ivoyon, wh h Chap of Inanaon (Th Good Shphd) had hn, and ha, a umm amp. Thy w FaCoun y f o h ygououo f h y, p a y dung h ho, uy day of h umm. Suh dd mak you az, vn fo a bf m, ha h wa a wod byond h on and hgh- of Nw Yok Cy. A bahp k n my mnd bau a a gad hoo a (a?), w ook a aunh fom h Bay ou o Sandy Hook, mbd phap wo dozn o mo a up h 138

161 d of h hp and m h apan. W go o ou h v, and w a a ak unh up on dk. I up h vn TYPICAL FERRY: DOCKING AT STATEN ISLAND Th Dongan H fy, Nw Yok Cy, a 1945, ppa o dok. Spf po no known. Many f ad vh bu h on m o b ony fo pang. W avd on boh knd bu mo ofn h w vh up fon and h aa fnd off. Phoo fom Wkpda, f nyopda. 139

162 oud n 1936 o 1937, and unfounay I do no know h nam of h hp. A no on h Hoand Tunn, whh wa bgun n 1920 and opnd n Novmb Th hoa aoun nda ha offa and dgn f had n mnd h onuon of a bdg. Howv, om 200 f of aan fo hp wa na and ha oud no hav bn ahvd bau of h nd fo a ong appoah fom Manhaan, and and aa wa dfn.. Th unn da ook hod n 1913 and Cffod Hoand am on h n n A a kd, I away hough h unn had bn h n h ay pa of h nuy. My gandfah wn by fy fom Hobokn o Wa S and a fom Whawkn o Lby S, a ho wak o wok a an ngn n h nuan bun. A om pon n m, h ao ook advanag of a a on h Jy d and hn by ubway o bu va h unn. I mu hav akd hm. I wa away my noon ha gaaon had avd a vy dp v and mad bdg onuon dffu. I am unu f h any nf vdn o uppo h vw h n onnon wh h onuon of bdg o unn. Bu h am quon mgh hav bn ad wh p o Th Naow and h uma onuon of h Vazano Bdg, whh opnd n Co pnd a vy mpoan don-bak. Bu gaaon appany dd no pud h aon of h bdg. 140

163 10.4 LINCOLN TUNNEL: MANHATTAN TO WEEHAWKEN Th Lnon Tunn n 1937, oon af opnd. In a ya 1945 and 1957 wo oh ub w onud and opnd. Th onp fo h unn wa o nk up wh a Qun Mdown Tunn onnng Manhaan wh Long Iand Cy, a pa of wha bam US 495, nay agnng 38h S ao Manhaan Iand. Phoo downoadd fom hp:// MANHATTAN SEEN FROM WEEHAWKEN, NJ Vw of Manhaan fom h paad of Nw Jy a Whawkn. Lookng ov o abou 40h S. Phoo fom h onn oon of Andw Poko. 141

164 In ookng bak, I hav fond mmo of bdg, E, ubway, phap vn a, bu no h unn. I ad h ov of bdg o San Fano and vn o a mno xn o h oup of bdg a h Lo Ang-Long Bah habo. W do no hav E bu hav bn dvopng a ym of ubway n h Lo Ang Mopoan Aa. I do m h od Rd Ca, h a of my youh n Souhn Cafona. 142

165 XI In Lu of an Epogu No doub, I hav pad myf numou m. Bu I om away fom h xpn n vng Kp Bay af mo han vny ya wh a an amoun of aw and amaz m n.man apa y o hang hf a of h a h onnu o b vy dynam, av, and a m duv. Th Ea Sd a mdown ha vy undgon uban gnfaon ha mak h nw manmad nvonmn a dffn wod fom wha I a a a kd. Fo ho who hav vd whn h hangng nvonmn, h dynam of hang movd mo owy, y hav had monumna mpa on h v. I am mndd how oo ofn h dpad fom uban nwa ay g o om ba k o nj oy (?) h ma kab hang.th y abh wh and, n many a, hy an no affod h nw o of houng and oh v. Af a wh, of ou, hn wn do w ao f f,and f mov on.i v n ha n pa of Souhn Cafona fom h ng hgh of downown Lo Ang, o h mav and ompx fway ym. Wh I v, w hav n mo han foy ya of h dpamn of famand, an xpn my gnaon woud no ong know fo mo of Nw Yok Cy, xp phap fo h fa dan magn of Long Iand o San I and.manha a n a f a m,a o d ng otm om ya ago, ndd un n Ou w ou af my m. Th ha bn a pona naav mbhd wh ando bu ao nabd by om pofona ang. A a 143

166 gogaph, I hav d o daw anon o h a of nvonmna hang. And I hav wand o nouag anyon adng h ponazd mmo of my youh n Kp Bay o gan and o na h gogaph bang whh hy v n a ag mopoan aa, a ma own, o n ga ua Ama. I hav vd a a of h v a w a wokd n a naona fo and n h d. I ha Ma x Pa m no ogy f owhahab n happnng o Nw Yok: Cav Duon. Th gan, h ao o. Effo o pv hoay gnfan uu and md opn pa a pak o pv onnu o onnd wh h d nd of day xn ang fo mo houng, b hoo, mda fa, and h k. I fnd nng, and no h fom h wok of Ahu Doka, ha vn pub v fa an b mo han funona fhou an b av xpn. So an n nghbohood. To m, Kp Bay ha mpovd a an nauab magnud n my youh. I ba h pn pobm of no and ongon, bu ha vad dn fom h dab, han hahy nvonmn of nmn, noy E and h k. A uh, a ad off a h uban wod mov fowad n m and pa. On h oh hand, o h od gnaon, uh wpng hang n h uban pof of a nghbohood an b dvaang. Bu a who nw gnaon ony know h un man-mad nvonmn. I am no phooph n h daogu. o0o 144

167 No: Onn & Oh Sou Inoduon o h No Th on un paa o h hap qun of h book o ha ad an foow aong and hoo o v any of URL wh I gahd nfomaon. Ao, fom m o m, I du how I gahd ha nfomaon. Som xua fn (book, a, oh) ao appa n bf fom h, bu hy a fuy d n h Sv Bbogaphy. No ha om URL w ony opn wh a poon of h add; whn h ou, you mu b nvnv and fnd appopa n o k on whn h. A of h URL w ad n Spng, 2007, o ha ubquny om may hav bom phma.., h oday,gon o mo o w. Mo of my ad hav ondab k n ahng fo f a,p a,and ou on hi n n.soiwon b you aby o hnk up way o fnd nfomaon. Howv, I do ugg ha, n my xpn, you hav o b dgn and y agan and agan o oa wha you nd o know. Fo xamp, hoa ou whh on h wb o n ba and oh pa, abound. La I gv you om xamp of how o hun ju o fnd a ng an w oaqu on: WaI gh n a ng a do wnf o m h hqu n bo ob dg ow f a ( Roo v )I and? Y,buon y af muh ahng and ndng ma o a o of onn pon. Pon muh und xy n ag, hav no mmoy of a aa and doubd my nn ha a dd x. Ao, I hav dovd ha you nd o mak a od of h ah n hmv bau om of h wb do no ady opn and you mgh hav o go bak o h ogna nk onn, on ha wa found by nng a ubj on h navgaon n. Kp n mnd, oo, ha you an ah, a I dd, on AOL, Yahoo, Mn.om, Qua, hoa.goog.om, and oun oh gna ou. Ty ompaav ah: dffn ou ofn podu a numb of dffn n ony found on on! URL nud boh ho pfay ad o h xhb n h book and o oh ha xpand h duon o off anav nfomaon. Som m, I mpy g poupd wh a ubj and xpo a numb of wb. g., wh fn o phoogaph ovag of od Nw Yok. So ba wh m. Nw Yok a fufu ana o xpo and n I njoyd h ak, I wan o ha my nhuam fo hunng down nfomaon and xhb. Sn map and phoogaph a h wo majo xhb n, m un o hm paay. And hdy, I nd o ay 145

168 omhng abou nuon, pay h Nw Yok Pub Lbay. I kp ha bay on my bookmak fo nan onnon. On Map L m ju bfy om majo wb fo hng gogaph: wo nk: map, ah. Map ab vn f you da up a I do, ah qu boadband o quvan. Th a xn ou fo map and aa phoo. Fo Nw Yok, ao y Nw Yok Cy Map Poa. In h nan, you nd a and, mo hpfu, woud b an add, bau, bouvad and avnu an b qu ong and you wan o fou you ah. In a duon, I w nodu oun wb of muh uy. You w b ovwhmd by h numb of onn pho o ga, ha,wh you w n o un pho o o f budng,, pa pa,., a I dd fo Nw Yok. A m, w b had, vn mpob, o fnd xay wha you nd, and I uffd ha fa. Mo pazd a h Sanbon F Inuan Aa. Fo Nw Yok Cy, v h N. Y. Pub Lbay, onn aaog -*ZE-14 (ao *ZE-40) Th map po dad popy nfomaon, bu unfounay, no map ovd Kp Bay o fo h m pod of n. hp:// (V: Th opn up a of wakng ou map; on hm you an fnd o many Nw Yok of n. I up ha Jm Nauka, h auho of ongn, ppad opy a a a dad ago and may o may no hav updad an oaon. Th a ao bank po. Nonh, I found daa fo my and naby, and ha povd ufu. hp://nyp.og/ah Th wb opn o h Map Dvon of Nw Yok Pub Lbay. My ah n Nw Yok dovd a mo ufu 1930 don of a a nfomaon, o by o, bok by bok, wh om oaon dnfd a ha, mak, hoo,. H a good ou fo map oun of d of N. Y: hp:// Iha vu z d M d a C y and K pba y. Thou n n udnam o f and av nu. Th a ao map of pak, ubway, apo, ada, gud o budng numbng, po pn, Manhaan nghbohood, and oh gogaph fau. 146

169 Abou Phoogaphy V: Vy ufu. Bu you hav o pay o aqu a phoo h by downoadng o va po. On an vw a oaon by zoomng n o ou a dd, mov n anyd on,f o uon oa oahou,bu hwo d g oba x p o w und a gona ymany m ov hmag. Thu hy po hmv fom f downoadng. Bu fo ah you an fou n oy. Mo phoo I xpod a fo 2004, om n ay I odd on. I appa on h book ov. Boad n on h navgaon n uh a Ho Phoo of Nw Yok S y d dva houand n; fou n on H o Pho o o fk pbay,n wyo k.. A h foowng a no of a onfn on h wok of Rob Mo and uban nwa n Nw Yok Cy and ou nud phoo of h 1960: S K. T. Jakon n h bbogaphy: Th NYC Dpamn of Rod, Munpa Ahv, wa ab o povd m wh an xn phoo of 315 E. 29h S., wh I vd mo han 3 ya. Th phoo wa akn n 1940, h ya af I had movd away. Appany, h Madon Squa Boy Cub wa onung a nw budng ju w of h apamn. I do no a ng h on m I vd h od nghbohood n h ay Bu I ognz my budng, fon p, h ma fn, fap,. Un I fnd a pa of pu of my mmda nghbohood, ad w fnd ma ompaon of pa and pn by pung Hoand,.Th Way I Wa. Th book nud ompaav phoo of od nmn and nw houng ompx, a oung n Cha a naby nghbohood on h w-, bu ma hang hav oud n Kp Bay. Th anoh ufu ou, wh n, and a phoogaph poa, phoo by P Bnn. Non vy appab o my nd. V Und uh hadng, fa oo many nk bu fw a good fo ho ou xp wknown pa and budng. S fo n, NYC phoo gay, om of , bu no n Kp Bay. hp:// opn o NY PubLbay pho o o on;a o w do wn o andbu d ng, o do wn o wo n on Manhaan on nud Py Loom Sp phoo of Manhaan; h oh, Bn 147

170 Abbo pho o.v hn w Yo k Pub L b a yw b f o phoo by Bn Abbo: hp:// Ao fnd Abbo n h bbogaphy. Gamy Pk phoo; mdown, Snffn Cou,. w known bdg. Mo phoo a h of h Muum of Nw Yok: -- nghbohood and budng: phoo of bdg and n. Non of h 29h S phoo om 121 w ufu; a fo a pod o abou Fo pod , of u. (Ck on Nw Yok, hn on pu. Long goup by numb; a boom dpon. #28 ook up 2nd Av fom 14h S. No nangy hgh budng. No o many n my m.) H o Pho o o fnyn ghbo ho od N.Y.T m,1 7 pp of phoo. Phooofodama.om/ndx.fm/Nw_Yok_S_ bdg, pak, n,. Whn you v h Nw Yok Pub Lbay Dga Gay, wh houand of phoo of ho Nw Yok Cy ook pay fo h phoogaphy of Py Lumm Sp. H phoogaphd budng and oh fa n N. Y. C. un h dah n Foow h p: 1) Ck on NY Dga Gay 2) Upp f, k aow o C & Bdg 3 )S o do wn o Pho ov wo fnyc )Th n kon on n 5) C konano h Pho ov w 6 )Th n kon Manha a n 7) In ah box: yp n o avnu (bu no wo a a m); k GO. V h oh fo mo on Sp: hp:// ak you o a ng of h phoogaph wok; a phoo of hp,. h URLw a oop n osp o h pho og aphy a h, : 148

171 Py Loom Sp wa bon n Coumbu, Oho n 1889 and gavad o Nw Yok Cy af og omm n An auho by ho, h bgan o ua h ay ambon wh phoogaph and hn dovd h phoogaph w n ga dmand han h wng. Sp od nough phoogaph o manan a vhood bu vnuay opnd and managd a ond hand booko un h dah n Sp bam know a h o f f a pho og aph o f N w Yo k C y, pho o g aph ng ommuny av and vn. H phoogaph bun ad ad A gowng oon of ov 30,000 vw of: Nw Yok Habo; hp; od and modn, Sky-n, dok n, kyap, Od Hou, Fogn Qua, Puha, Fam, Od Nw Yok Sn. H h f n b a m h wa f on and h pho og apho f n ho w h p ma andha bo n j ux apo d n h bakgound n agan h owng y kyn. A p (3) fo h NYPL Dga Gay, you oud hoo o o do wn o Chang ngn w Yo k( B n Abbo ) Th n k on on n. A ma o on buv y u f u. S bbogaphy fo book fn. Look n bbogaphy fo n o Wak Evan, anoh phoogaph, on who ad an ay of phoogaph of E. 61 S n Th a many ma wh E. 29h S a w a oh : [A wh om oh URL, you w nd o yp on o hghgh and mov h on o h navgaon n.] Abou Inuon & Oganzaon I fy ou yp n N w Yo kh o aso y, ( 17 0C n a Pak W, NY 10024), you w fnd an ny o Exhb and Coon. And you an ao k on: fo a o a numb of onn aaog, nudng ha of h NY Hoa Soy. Ak a baan a quon a N. Y. Pub Lbay. Muum of h Cy of Nw Yok. Phoo oon; hkd h Byon Co, bu ovwhmngy a n m and a b w a 29h a Boadway, fo x., hp://db.nyu.du/affa/ WPA and oh fda od. 149 Gud o

172 Vo Pag of Book Fowod o Book pag x-xx Th fn o Bn Gazzaa o h doumnay fm, B o adway:thgo d nag by hl g ndwhow Th, a fm by Rk MKay (DADA Fm,.), boada on KCET, Ch. 28 (PBS n Lo Ang), D. 16, I ao on DVD. Rad w fnd ondab onn nfomaon abou Bn Gazzaa. On of h mo hoough: hp:// Inoduon o h Book: 1-19 Th Ra & Vua Nw Yok Fo gna ou, v om of h foowng: k o C andbu d ng ; o do wn o Pho og aph Vw of Nw Yok Cy ; h n Con n.th oon nud many phoo ha podu pooy fo vaou aon, nudng h mag z and quay of opy. Wh fn o map and aa phoo, a good way o g a d bygo ngonyahoo. om., kon Ma p,hn povd an add, and k agan. Up om a map ha pa a a a h (av o h a of h map). I now gv you a b da of h uoundng. In my a, I wo n 315 E. 29h S., N. Y and found my od nghbohood, whh I of ou aady knw muh abou. Th way, I oud hoo o bok n an : fom 34h S. o 27h S., 3d Av. o h Ea Rv. Th h na a ao fk pbay. You ana o h f ov o Sa, whh w opn an aa phoo and you an zoom n o ou. Now and hn I hav found ha h a o aow ndao no xay on h o budng, bu vy o. On an ao v h Nw Yok Cy Pannng Dpamn, Map Po a and ha w g vy ou amap o fn ghbo hood o #6. Map Poa w oa map by o up. I akd fo 315 E. 29h S. and h map vad an aa fom 33d S. ouh o 26h S., and fom 2nd Av o Av, wh om adjan daa omp. V You an g o o h Ea Sd va any of h h and phap oh. 150

173 Fgu In.1 and In.2 a dvd fom h Auomob Cub of Ama map ; hy a no onn ou. Of ou, phoogaph may b dovd n h au. Fo xamp, h a fn a by a young oagu on Loada (panam Puo Ran ndon of Low Ea Sd), whh nud ufu phoo of h mpy o on h Low Ea Sd ha a u z d a ma ga d n. Ka n S hm z kopf, U ban Commun y Ga d nacon d Spa, Gogapha Rvw, Vo. 85, No. 3 (Juy, 1995): Whn I und o Nw Yok n 1942, my boh and I vd h od nghbohood. I xd bu ju ouh w dovd Suyvan Town, whh oup muh of h aa boundd by 20h S.,. Av., 14h S. and h Ea Rv. A oon of 15 oy apamn uu wh andapd opn pa. Aodng o h wb, pannd houng poj fom h nd of Wod Wa II ((1945) and h md-1950, povdng apamn fo ow-and mdd-nom dn of NYC. You an yp n S uy v anto wnand f nd oun n. Th phoo I ho o downoad fom a book by Max Pa, Th Cav Duon of Manhaan, (Chago: Unv. of Chago P, 1999). And you an yp n Sou hb vuu ban R n wa andf ndva ou a on. Fo vaou aon o andmak, and fo n o h Pvaon Common, v: and h n kon andma ko fnyc.fova ou ou on h hoy of NY, v ; Th xamp of 19h S, wh od budng, and! Typa of om n, bu od. S onan many phoo of abandond, dmohd,. Suu, and oh daa; ao ubway,. pu of 2nd Av E and Qunboo pu, S off many phoo moy upown of ubway and E, nd of v n Bonx n hp:// Exn oon of od phoo (N. Y. Dp of Rod). On an oa by ax bok, o and add a paua phoo. Th y phoogaphd vy budng bwn 1939 and wa a ax bok 935, o 13., and I odd phoo va ma. Va Boy Cub, I onad E. DBnado who vd on 29h 19? ao h. Sh andd h Cam Paoha Shoo, no ong on 28h and 1. H moh wa h up ao h. 151

174 Th wakng map a of ou oown, up/downown, govnng moy and avnu n ow Manhaan, a ay 1990 (?). Muh ufu ho, ahua, and oh nfomaon. Som daa nd updang a I hav don fo E. 29h S. Th h NY Po Dp, wh you an fnd pn nam and oaon. V k on map --- fo map, a phoo, and ovap (hybd) of,. If you hav boadband, ao k on ah. I dovd hawh I ou dn p nan n a g d mago fagoog a a phoo, woud pn ony h 81/2 X 11 z. Whn I wa ab o av h aa phoo a a bmap, I oud hou n My Pu (whh nud In). Thn I oud and kp xpandng, akng a o kp h a/w and noh/ouh popoon o a. I fd h pag, and n fa I wn bak o annng a pn opy and makng down o o n on my nghbohood. I mad a b mag ha woud nag vn mo! Now I am no ung boadband o oh nw oo, ju ba ompu hnoogy. A no on ho d and nghbohood. Ahough I hav no mmoy of knowng ha I vd whn a d ad Kp Bay, bound do mba my od nghbhohood. I hav d o fnd onn ou bu hav no had a o of good uk. On n a wh h aa nudd n an adjan d uh a Gamy Pak, Muay H o Suyvan Town. A I ahd fo h aa, I nound phoo, map, ou,. wh fn o mo gnfan ho d. I hav wn, fo x., h Ho D Coun o ak fo adv on fndng oh ou. Phap hy w m why Kp Bay no pod. O I an gu! A numb of y upon pubaon uh a h Enyopda of Nw Yok Cy (Knnh Jakon, Ya 1995), hu h daa may no b anyhng addona. I had hopd o fnd a oy o goup quvan, fo x., o h Gnwh Vag Soy fo Ho Pvaon. I found nng of od map of NY,., a U. S. Ho Ahv, bu no of 1930 Ea Sd. Wh fn o and u, h a oo many, bu I d mo; fo x: Th ago of and u wh nk o x; fundd by Czn Unon Foundaon. Bu I dd no fnd anyhng ufu fo Kp Bay. H anoh wb: Som ou an b hpfu. Td many; found, fo x., Low Ea Sd a Dd nud nk o Gnmak whh a ov NYC. A map povdd nfo and found on a 2nd Av and 33d. Wh fn o ommuny gadn: Kan Shmzkopf, U ban Commun y Ga d na Con d Spa, G og aph a Rvw, 85:3 (Juy 1995): Aa of Loada: Av A o Av D, 14h S o Houon. NYC. an b oband onn hough vaou unvy o oh duaona and bay nuon; avaab n fu fom JSTOR. 152

175 By h way, oun pub ba ao ubb o v ha pm paon o a fu a fom jouna onn. Abou oh budng, ao v Th op n obu d ng ; h n nkon app a onandp m and hn n an add n NYC. I w povd you wh ho and pn daa abou uu on gvn o. Th w g you o ho phoo and o h NYC Map Poa. 315, vn f no ava dadd,w p o du da aby ng Manha an, h n k on go. By h man, you an fnd h a and o numb na o odng a phoo of a paua budng. A good avw of h Ea Sd appa n Wam Fd, Nw Yok n Aa Vw (NY: Dov, 1980), p. 26, whh dnf h Kp Bay Paza on E. 30h S, and ay how fo 1974 h hangng 29h S. Thank o h Banh Manag (Lbaan) of Kp Bay P. L. on 3d Av a 31d S, I hav vd a dozn phoo ha h ook n h nghbohood. Mo va nw hgh- budng, andapd wh,. 20- o o mo; andng nx o om od uu of 5 o 6 o a on 1 Av. na Bvu Hopa., Fhou on 29h nw (1967), nx doo o wo o mo od apamn. Lo of ma o on gound foo of hgh apamn. Rpo a a on ap bg wh goy ompx n bamn. Som od uu novad and updad. Mo oofu, o mo a unnng and pakd, apamn wh baon; om bok, a on 33d wh hoo, od budng, nudng hoo bu wh nw annx fo po,., wh nw hgh ap nx doo, down h. To gan a ompaon, on nd ao o v -- o do wn o d mo h d budng, ov 100 pho o o fho uu. A ga many xamp a of nmn of an a pod. Ao v Th T n m n Mu um and ad Th T n m n a H o y and Hou ng, by Ru h L mm and And w S.Do ka. No a dmonaon uu wh 20 3-oom un, 4 p foo, hn 5 oy. 4-6 o qu ommon fo od bdg. Ahough no a andmak, h Hny Gog Shoo of Soa Sn, oad on E. 30h bwn Pak (4h) and Lxngon, a famou nuon bad on h phoophy and onom of popy poud by Gog n h a 19h nuy. Th a va naby andmak. g., h Chuh of h Tanfguaon, on E. 29h S. bwn Madon and 5h avnu; and Eonan Hou on 34h S. bwn 2nd and 3d avnu. S Damonn, 2005, pp. 147,

176 Fo ommn on S. Sphn Chuh and panng, 28h S and ffo o andmak h, v: If gon, Goham Gaz, 8/22/2005 o ona Gay Papuh, hn ha, Pak and Landmak Comm of Communy Boad 6, Manha an Ea S d.papu hw ha h Ro man qub o wn on hu h wa dgnd and bu fom 1850 o 1854 by nod ah Jam R nw k Hgo on o ay: h n o ha u y makab. Lgh pou hough 100 and g a w ndo w Sp ak ngo f hpa n ng : h nud mua uh a a ag ufxon n ov h aa and panng dpng a vay of g ou h m. A o d ng ofa h S anha o w,pa oo fs. Sphn (5/23/07), h andmak au ha bn abd. Tm pod (9/15/30 and n a pa n h 1970) ha In Manhaan, M. Jo Bndo wa no oy o an ha h y bok a 213h S. and Boadway whh h a and un a a uk fam wh h huband and nn hdn w b od, hby pung an nd o h a fam on h and. Sad h: "Thng hav no bn vy goodf o hf a m h y a. V On Fmng n Nw Yok FoMayo o f f o ff m, h a andb oad a ng, v : hp://ny.gov/hm/fm/hm/ndx/ndx.hm..@ Ngav pon; abhd n 1966, no daa bfo hn. S ao Shoo ng nnyc, a nk. Fo h1930, I houghp hap hf m D adend had bn fmd on oaon on h Ea Sd. So I onad h ndvdua a: [email protected]. H pondd ha h f m D adend waa ua yf m dona ound ag. A numb of book v a x and amana ng fo houand of fm;.g., n h bbogaphy, Chuk Kaz, Manha anonf m,2v o.( NY:L m ghed on,1999 ; 2 002) and Tony Rv, Th Wodwd Gud o Mov Loaon (Chago: A Cappa Book, 2001). Td va n on h ompu,.g., Gang mo v f m d on h o fn w Yo k no u f u u.t d N w Yo k S a F m Lo a on f ound f n o D ad End,193 7,w h Bog a, MCa,. bu no fn o a pf o oaon n NY. Fona ng, I undand, wa n h upp 50 on h Ea Sd. Bu oud ay hav dpd h ow 30,. Boh voum onan a wah of daa abou pa and fm oaon n Nw Yok. On o wo om o o h aa of h book, bu non oad whn. My oon of wnng h fmng of a pu n h 1930 off by om ya; I am pobaby 154

177 ang omhng a, bu phap ad o om omma advng fmng. I wa no vng n NY on TV wa p om n n.i nka z ondvo um, hn a Pa kav Souh a 28h S ubway nan (p. 162) fo h fm Takng of Pham On, Two, Th (1974). Th am of dgn pobaby on bv you a ay h, a n n n Dad End (1937), pang E. 56h S o naby. In um, I dd no un up any van xamp of fm o on o mo fm n ha uzd Kp Bay. Th uaon mngy u ao of phoogaph wok of ndvdua phoogaph. Wak Evan, who wa wokng fo h Fam Suy Admnaon, wa n o Nw Yok o dvop an uban phoo ay and ho E. 61 S. S a fuh duon wh x and u n on 9 bow. Th fa abou h Lby Iand (and E Iand) om o m fom h Pak Rang a Sau of Lby Naona Monumn: A pa n 1834 bwn boh h Govno of NY and Govno of Nw Jy agd upon h. I wa afd by h U.S.Cong. I ad (paapha) n pa ha vy and abov h wa' dg n NY Habo woud b ondd o b n NY. Thfo E and Lby Iand, a hy w hn, a ondd o b n NY. V. DPo Supvoy U.S. Pak Rang Sau of Lby Naona Monumn & E Iand Dvon of Inpaon & Vo Sv 3/27/07 Th a many wb fo h Naona Monumn. Fama Gound I 29h S, Kp Bay and h Nghbohood Tnmn/Apamn A good avw of h Ea Sd appa n Wam Fd, Nw Yok n Aa Vw NY: Dov, 1980), p. 26, whh ab h Kp Bay Paza on E. 30h S, and fo 1974 ay how h hangng 29h S. A good fo phoo of budng no ong andng n NY, : Kp Bay no pfay ngd ou, bu ovappng d a dnfd. And fo budng andng: hp:// 155

178 Vaouy on Hny Phpp dvopmn, Th annua po f o pogam by Phpp Communy Dvopmn Copoaon fo hdn and no, n. av a Paza W. Ao v: whh an a abou Phpp Hou, nudng h on on E. 31 S, by Ch oph G ay,au hoo f h S ap oumn (2003) fom h NYTm. S ao bbogaphy. H a om d a f o m G a y a : Wo k ngw he gn R. L. Goud, an advoa fo mod nmn, (Hny) Phpp abhd a $1 mon fund fo budng h mod nmn ha woud b ad Phpp Hou. H ad h wand a 4 pn annua un on h nvmn bau h wand o dmona o bud of onvnona nmn ha mony oud b mad podung houng wh aonab andad of vnaon and omfo. A h m h w 80,000 nmn n Nw Yok Cy. Th f Phpp Hou w a Ea 31 S, h x-oy nmn bwn Thd and Sond Avnu (h wa od n h nx wk' oumn o "bwn F and Sond Avnu"), ompd n 1906 and dgnd by Govno Abuy, who had ao dgnd Phpp' ogna 87h S hou (now h Ldkanz Cub). A a ypa n of $1.25 a oom p wk, o $14 a monh fo a h-oom apamn, hy w mo xpnv han h uua $10 a monh oh nmn nan w payng. Abuy' 31 S ompx had 142 apamn of fom wo o fv oom, ah wh own bahoom, and a fnhd ouyad o mpov vnaon and avod h ypa dank bak-ay ook of uh houng. Ea mod nmn had bn pa n xo xpon, bu Abuy, wh h goa of b vnaon of h no ou, gav h a ho fou-oy-hgh ahway. H budng pooyp, wh vad bkwok and wndow pan, ovhangng oof and aboa na oof pgoa, wa ny nw fo Nw Yok. Th gound-foo nan ou w dgnd o v a oa n, o kp h dn away fom h oupng nfun of h. Bu Phpp Hou mad vy amp o avod h aua of hgh-mnddn. An ay bohu ad: ''Th np no a hay. Tnan a no akd o ap anyhng f. A ha hy pay fo n h n hy w v.'' Whn I onad h Phpp oganzaon, I vd h py: Wdonohavanyh o pho oo f hk pbay nghbohood. W hav on mag of ou budng on Ea 31 S, whh I w aah. Suan Angm, Do of Dvopmn Phpp Communy Dvopmn Copoaon 902 Boadway, Nw Yok, NY Th apamn ompx wa onud n 1906, bwn 1 and 2nd Avnu: Ea 156

179 31 S. I wa on down a pa of h Kp Bay Paza poj n h nud fou phoo of Snffn Cou. Th andmak, dgnad n 1966, a ho d. S p. 382 n Babaa Damonn, n bbogaphy. Snffn Cou ju noh of Kp Bay, ay n Mu ayh ;ov app ng bounda y d p nd ngonwho a k ng.. Abou h Kp Bay Paza, v -- whh a wb fo P Cobb Fd & Pan, ah who dgnd h ompx. Mo on h nghbohood, v hp:// Th an a by T. Hffnan, b b og aphy. S a o K pba yp az a1962, f om Ba on and Jakon, Rob Mo, 2007, n bbogaphy. To oa an ho phoo of an od budng, nudng on ha ha bn dmohd, : A h, I oad bok # (935) and o # (13), and hn odd a phoo of my od apamn budng. Ho Nghbohood Anoh dpon of Kp Bay (ou o): On h Ea Sd of Manhaan h a w hddn a a kno wn a K p Bay. I o a d n h 30 I makd by om of h mo xpnv a a n Manhaan, and h mo dynam omopoan onnaon of auan, hop, nanmn, vng and uu. On-way. I am pobaby wong abou h don of aff on 29h, xp ha on fn uggd ha h poy wa abandond on h Ea Sd fo a m n h pa, phap muh bfo I vd n h nghbohood. Od phoo (a 1930) ay how h and oh odd numbd on a wbound and vn numbd a abound. Avnu wn boh way pobaby un af h Sond Wa and hn ony vy bam on way. Anyway, h a ou o om anw: Nw Yo k T m v a P oqu. On -Way Ru Ad n Cang T a f f, 2 / 1/ 1 916,p.9, a ypo yb gan n1 915w h19 and n mo w addd. In Sup S nn wc yt a f f P an, 12 / 21 / 24,p.1, wap opo d oabando npo yb w n 59h and 23d w of 9h Av and a of 3d Av. No nd a onpo y hango u d. I n On -Way S fo A Manha an, 2/ 2 5/ 2 7,p.1. ndad poy aady ovng ouh of 59h, una f poy hang xd o no. Thn pa poy ha vn-numbd woud fow a, odd on w, hn 29h a w fowng a of oday. Popoa fo on-way avnu 157

180 pobaby ad n h 1930 and abhd by h md N w CodP ann df o C yd v, 11 / 1/ 1936,p.47.Wh niw non P o Qu,u d ng n y: On -way nmanha an. I d o dpho og apho fnyc ;anumb o fgood f o on npho o, h onop n oa opyo fabbo pho o( na m n bbogaphy), nudng h nwand on 3d and 32nd. Th opy nud x. A good oon of phoo of h 1930 bu non of E. 29h S,. To oa an ho phoo of an od budng, nudng on ha ha bn dmohd, : A h, I oad bok # (935) and o # (13), and hn odd a phoo of my od apamn budng. Two ufu u fo oang ho pa on h naona gy: hp://n.wkpda.og/wk/l_of_rgd_hopa Th ond Rgd Pa n Nw Yok Couny, fom Wkpda: If you v: ad up on and down anoh and h avnu n h am way. I nod ha, fo x., fo wha woh, ha Ch Ahu, whn h bam pdn n 1881 wa won n n a budng on Lxngon Av bwn 28h and 29h S. Tha fo on ya Dah Hamm, who wo dv o, vd on 30h S bwn 3d and Lxngon. I hnk Fankn and Eano Roov, whn f mad, vd on h dg of Kp Bay. W hav a oup of budng dgnd by w known ah uh a Sanfod Wh and Jam Rnwk. Th wa an od L Ga of Phoo Son a 30h and Madon and/5h avnu wh a wok by Pao, Czann and oh w nodud. W ao hav h Wh Wood Hou, bu n 1870, a 29h bwn 2nd and 3d avnu. I on h Naona Rg. Th od Madon Squa Gadn wa oad a Pak Souh bwn 26h and 27h. I had a au on h oof by San Gaudn h nam fo P. S. 40 ov on 19h S. And o go. Wha houd w xp of a nghbohood? Th ho map wa onud fom daa povdd by h 1936 Yow Pag, a mofm opy puhad fom h Nw Yok Pub Lbay. I an nomp map fo va aon: f of a, many bun oud no affod a phon no pay f fo nuon n h Yow Pag. So whn wakng dan, nghbohood n nau, pobaby dd no k uom fom a ga aa, hn, dd no nd a phon. Condng h voum of pona bun, I oon oppd dnfyng vy goy and oh mak. ong ago, I fogo a of h o w fqund. I 158

181 wa ookng fo fa I mmb and ho oh oad whn o poxmy o my apamn. I hav nudd hoo, gou n, bak, go, ha. I hav ao poond h vw of many of h oh phoo n h voum. Th man fn : Manhaan Cafd Tphon Doy, Fa/Wn 1936 (od o Juy 22, 1936). Th Nw Yok Pub Lbay appany fmd own mofm oon. R ad w f ndhomb g Hoa Aa of Nw Yok Cy (1994/2005) of muh n. I nud (pp ), n a duon of h hn y, a 1920 map ha how ha 29h S mgh w hav bn h upp m of Iaan on h Ea Sd and ha Ih w dn n muh of h aa of Kp Bay ha bod Muay H on h noh Bu my own oon ha h nghbohood wa vy muh hnay mxd n h md I do no a h Puo Ran nob a k,bup hapa oup of o dspan h f am. My gandfah -- a d Guzman fom Pu bongd o ha hn goup n h m. Tanon o h Pn Duon of h Bvu Souh Uban Rnwa poj: Nw Yok Tm, Juy 14, 1968, R1. Sum aan had bn a annound n Phpp wa among ay pann, and oa uppo am fom h PTA of PS 116 and h Tamud Toah, among oh. Poy fo om poj wa fo dpad nan. Th md-1930 map of Kp Bay dvopd many fom h u of a 1930 Cy adaa map and h Yow Pag: In h Yow Pag I ahd by ubj my od nghbohood n Kp Bay fo md1930. Boh h adaa map pa and h Yow Pag am o m va h Nw Yok Pub Lbay. Howv, m no ha I nv vd any pon fom h Yow Pag va ha wb. Nw Yok Cy Tphon Do, Manhaan, 1928/ *R-*ZAN-13682I. Sva p a nay o ah h aaog opy; ad w nd o xpo h. Map and Ky Map onuon of h nghbohood bad on Yow Pag, a phoogaphd by h Nw Yok Pub Lbay; my opy a 2006 pn. I hav vy ahd fo vaou bun and pub v fa n my od nghbohood. I ad, of ou, ha h w a oup of ha, a nwand, 159

182 many o uh a go, opn-a podu mak, ma mak (paa a ha m), hadwa, ho, ba and g (omm d a avn), dugo. I vn found wo pano o va bok away. I wa pay hopng o fnd bak, f-and-n-n o (uh a Woowoh), aund, bank, bab, booko, ga o, and oh. Suh a map an no ay b omp bau, dung h Eonom Dpon of h 1930, many bun oud no affod phon v. Ao, no a o nd d o b n ou h w h wa k ng u o m f o m whn a fw bok. A a way o g phon v, a o (I a a dy an o aundy, and appany h andy o ao h ) onad o hav a pay phon ha hy oud fo h bun n h Yow Pag. Bau of h ag of h mofm and h dffuy adng vy ma pn, a numb of bun w nodoubm doov ook d.id dn f nd h ho pa I hough wa on my bok, bu I dd dov h Impa ba (d a a avn) aound h on on 2nd Avnu. I know ha aon o wh my moh o boh, w wakd va bok n any don a on Avnu down o 25h o 26h and may on 2nd and 3d avnu. Th w vaou o on h avnu and oh. Iha vno o ono fv ng hp ano o.wd dn g a pano un w movd o Chago n Tha I a w oad on 3d Avnu bwn 30h and 32nd. Bu I anno ha maqu n my mnd. Th Supo I do a and oh onfm vn h. Whn w add nfomaon fom y map, vaou phoo and oh ou, h nghbohood bgn o f n. Chuh and hoo oday a pa of h pa. Th f hou movd fom 28h o 29h a b I an. Th wa no po pn aon naby. My map wa ao nabd by h u of a 1930 don of a a a map, whh wa podud fom a oon a h Nw Yok Pub Lbay. I a adaa map of mup pa, howng ony om pop uh a hoo, huh, a fw o, hopa,. Howv o many pona omma o pub fa a no dnfd. Bu by oang h map wh h Yow Pag mad pob o f n om bank pa. Condng h voum of pona bun, I oon oppd dnfyng vy goy, ohng o, ga aon,. I wa ookng fo fa I mmb and ho oh oad whn o poxmy o my apamn. I hav ao oad h of h oh phoo n h voum. Th man fn : Manhaan Cafd Tphon Doy, Fa/Wn 1936 (od o Juy 22, 1936). Th Nw Yok Pub Lbay appany fmd own mofm oon. Land Book of h Boough of Manhaan, Cy of Nw Yok, Human Map: Map Dv. ++ (Nw Yok Cy) (Bomy, G. W. & Company, 1930). [F pubhd n 1916 und Aa of h Boough of Manhaan] 160

183 Conmpoay Kp Bay Bau I had quond h gny n h xpandd nghbohood, I wo o h NYC Pak Dpamn, whh, fom wha I dovd onn, ponb fo. My quy akd abou way o dmn h pn of n h 1930 and mo nfomaon abou panng n ha m. A of u know ha uban nwa d o muh panng and uh how up on phoo and aa phoo I go h foowng ma (9/26/05) whh off om hpfu adv: Unfounay, h f uvy ondud n Nw Yok wa n W a n h po of ounng agan (and no a modn daaba ym). Th ony way I an h nko f oa omp hwha you a k ngwou db o ook a ho phoo and f h a pand. Of ou you oud f h a any 67 ya-od on h nu [h w pojd fom my hon da of 1938], bu ha do no aoun fo a 30 ya od pand n 1908, ha woud hav bn mau n 1938 and oud hav dd n Good uk wh you ah and hank you fo wng h Pak Lbay. John Maa, Pak Lbaan In gh of h abov duon, Tm (7/2/07, pp ) an h foowng a,da n C ay, Up oo d.t Hav A wa y S ugg d osu v v nc,andno w Th y Lo ng hf gh. Tha Bad f o Th m and f o U. Tha mpha z h ma f a o o f ;.., du ono f h a and,h p ng o oo down h ond nvonmn. Ao, h o of anop on apung paua and abon doxd. T ao an du foodng. Thy no ha mo fa ho of h nd. Th noon ha an houd ap o 40% ovag wha Nw Yok maud a 20.9%. Of ou, a a onvaon, I uppo h nvonmna goa bu I ao appa h ah vau, whh a onvaona n a dffn way. A ompaon of od phoo and un on, nudng aa phoo, an u a ga da abou -panng ffo n Nw Yok and wh. Fo oh gaph ndng n map fom, v: Soundmak and Landmak Bd h Snffn Cou, whh ju byond h adona bound of Kp Bay, h a va ho pa. ThHou a 203E.29h S, o h w hwh WoodHou on h Naona Rg of Hoa Pa, bu no d a a andmak by h NYC Landmak Pvaon Common. Th y do m o b dong om fuh vauaon of h budng. I found a phoo n h Py L. Sp oon of h Nw 161

184 Yo kpub L b a yand h a : A Hou Tha Shyabou R v a ng I Ag, by Ch oph G ay, 4/ 2/ V : Hou a203 Ea 29 S ( addd 1982 Budng ). Bu v fo oh oaon: Map Pa 57 (modfd fom): Th Land book of h bo ougho fmanha an,c yo fn w Yo k ( NY:G.W.B o m y& Co., 1930). I houd n h Nw Yok Pub Lbay. [email protected]. O. 27, Th gap bwn h da of h map and h Yow Pag daa of mad dffu o dd f an omma o pub av n h nghbohood pd no h mdd On xamp ugg h pobm of oang daa: h NY hoo ym nv pd o my quy abou P. S. 14 oad bwn 2nd and 3d avnu and 27h and 28h. I appa on h 1930 don bu I hav no oon of a hoo a ha ; f had xd, how I andd PS 116 many mo bok dan fom my? Howv, n May 2006 Ivng Ha, hoan fo h Madon Squa Boy and G Cub and fom dn a a youh on E. 27h, od m h andd P. S. 14 and ha xd no h Two n om va h Nw Yok Pub Lbay Dga Gay. Wh fn o h quay of budng, h mannan and h k,i m m nd do fa o a gu h yo oy a ago d u ng hbank up yandpub adm n a onof abandon d apamn. H fn wa o Chago, bu oud ay appy o Nw Yok and wh. S h dooa udy, Aun Suvan, 1973, n bbogaphy. A ommn abou Suyvan Hgh Shoo. I hoy an b found a Th hoo wa oad on E. 15h and wa abhd on h w d wh a vw of h Hudon and h upp habo n 1992 (Chamb S.). Th od fay bam h Hgh Shoo fo Hah Pofon. and Human Sv. Of ou, I pn on ya a Swad Pak Hgh Shoo, fah downown a Gand (whn vw of h Wambug Bdg). In 2006 od a a paa hgh hoo and fay now oupd by fv o mo ma pazd hgh hoo. 162

185 Th Noman Thoma Hgh Shoo on E. 33d a Pak Av Sou hd dn x n ha a n h1930.onmay an mo abou h hoo, namd fo h oa ad who an fo pdn om fou m; v hp://hoo.ny.gov/oushoo/rgon9/m620/abouu/ovvw II Th S a Paygound; Madon Sq. Boy Cub Th a va ufu wb fo gam: hp:// I may no b pob o opn h byond om f o, o down ng fo oopba. Ao, oh gam. Ao v: A fo baba ad, h a numou wb ng;. g -an xn wb wh ay houand of n phoo, p ay na m, am na m,da. Pho o anb n a g d. Fo anyon nd n adng h hoy of baba ad ong, v: Madon Squa Boy Cub On oud ona h xuv do of h Madon Squa Boy and G Cub a: [email protected] W had on h phon and I and a good da abou h hoy of h ub and h fa ha uny Ivng Ha wng a ub hoy and woud b nd n xhangng nfomaon and hough. You nv know who gong o bom a ufu ona. H and I a now n a daogu. III So, Sv, and Tha & Mda Cn If you w ookng fo fhou, and h wa on on my bok o h nx, hn you mgh bgn by ahng fo NYCF Dpamn o of n onn! I ho va, bu had b uk wh on ha pfay bough m o h un fhou n h 200 bok of E. 29h S. Bu I wo o Engn 16 fo mo adv b au I dovd ha add 7, whh onodad wh n 1967, whn h budng wa onud, had bn on E. 28h S. Manm, I dd ak h NYC F Muum fo adv and hy od m of a book: Ban R. MCaffy, FHNY Fhou n Nw Yok (whh wa advd on h F Dpamn wb n h pa): Ao y: hp:// opn You an v fhou bu no ky b ab o dy h : hp:// 163

186 En ony h ho pa of h URL h ough o m--thn y h f o o w ng : on hom pag, o do wn o a h ; yp n f hou ; kon n ho mpag ; o do wnund Manha an o ThF,ThaT m.cuouy, h vw a fhou on W. 29S, a bok w of 5h Avnu. Th wa no po pn n h nghbohood. I hav no aon o a h oaon of pn bu dovd ha on wa oad on E. 22nd and anoh a E. 35h S, boh o nough I uppo. Ao: Ck on pub a m I n o w gh ; h n a f, x pan on o fpub a m ; h non n ghbo hoodbu d ng ; h no n any o a : hoo, f hou, po,and b a. Onau ho y P o f. Andw S. Doka a Coumba Unvy; ook n bbogaphy. Fo a dffn vw, v: hp:// Th a d vw of h fhou on 29h S, w of 2nd Avnu. Th wa a Coa Coa pan a 1 Av and 35h/34h, bu whn I wo h ompany, hy pond ou ha mo bong pan ona and f hy hav gon ou of bun, no way o oa any ho phoo. I daw anon o h agnmn of oy ak on E. 29h S. na 2nd Av. Th an xn oy wb: A pon o my nquy (7/5/07) a ha wb uggd h wa ky a oy n 1930 on 2nd Av.I wa n h oon 29h S. by 1935 o a, a I a. IV PS 116 and Oh Shoo In ookng fo hoo, I vd and oh o an ha h a va P. S. 116 (oh numb a dupad a w), bu ony on n Manhaan. I found h nam and add bu no ma. A fo oh hoo, I dd hav om budd who andd Th Cam Paoha Shoo ao h fom my apamn budng. I wa opad by Ou Lady of h Sapua fah down h bok. Th aff, I undand fom Fah Afd Iaon [ ] a Mddown, NY, oad o S. Sphn, aound Had I ayd n h nghbohood, I woud ky hav andd Suyvan Hgh down on 15h S. To u z hurl, kon OuS hoo ; h na f f nd g on9 whh nud Kp Bay. You an ook up a hoo f you hav nam o numb. 164

187 V Rgou Cn L u n o hu h a nd y nagogu. I n d ynago gu nmy n a a h,and addo wno n v a pa g and found wo on h Ea Sd: Conggaon Adh E Tamud Toah, oad na Lxngon on E. 29h S. I wo hm. Sdny Kman, abb ; ao Cao Shaon, a [email protected] h oh ynagogu on E. Sd. Gaz z a a omm n onj w n hn ghbo hoodapp aon p. 143 of In h Momn. Thn I ahd fo Epopa huh and nound Th Chuh of h Good Shphd, whh dnfd f a fomy h Chap of h Inanaon, h huh I knw, and I go h ma add I wo hm and go a n pon fo h Rvnd Davd Caon, who od m ha my mmoy wa a fau bau h wa no hoo ao h, whh mad m hnk wh my gad hoo wa. I ao wa n a opy of a mon by Rv. Noa M. Fnga, who wa n hag dung my ya n aoaon wh h huh. H vd h od pah on Jun 9, Th opy wa mad avaab o m by M. Ma Foay, who ha wokd wh h Inanaon Camp a Ivoyon, CT. Chuh and ou a uanab man-mad wok n h nghbohood, whh gnay u mo pa. Th S. S ph n Chu h,d gn dbya h Jam R nw k,j. n185 4, wa andd by va fam fom my bok. Thy had h own hoo on 28h S. I knw va Amnan kd and pumd h ya nd ds.i um na o A m n anapo o Chu hon27h nd d bwn 2 and 3 avnu. Papuh, 2005, du S. Sphn, ffo o gan andmak au, S No hamu a yh do n a y mb a K pba ybu f d os.s ph n wh h ou dmh.idonof ndak p Bay wb of ma onuon. Woud b mo ufu. Fo oh phoo of Kp Bay, S. Vaan Cahda, Kp Bay Paza, Ou Lady of h Sapua, Eonan Hou, L Chuh Aound h Con, and Snffn Cou, v: Addona nfomaon abou h Amnan huh: S Vaan: 165

188 ao: hp:// m S. Ggoy: Whn I wo o h Cam Chuh n Mown, N. Y., Rvnd Afd Iaon pondd by aknowdgng ha I wa o n dnfyng h paoha hoo on 29h and h Chuh of Ou Lady of h Sapua on 28h and 1 Avnu, whh xndd o 29h. H od m ha h aff had oad o S. Sphn. I mgh pon ou ha mo of h hang on ho fw bok bwn 27h and 33d oud n h VI Lba, Booko, and Nwand Phoo of h nwand ao appa a Th ou nda ha oday an apamn wh h and ood. Sn I dnfd h Nwak Sa-Eag, m mnon ha my f a h f nd and o po, a an d o,wa Mo on Sonhm, whom I fondy gad a my oh godfah. H wa h on who dov my moh o Manhaan h ngh bfo I wa bon. Sonny movd o San Fano, wh w umay foowd hm n Som ad mgh fnd h book of muh n: Nwpapman: A Book abou h Bun (N. Y.: Why Hou, 1941). Fo ba, I hav d h ma fo Kp Bay. Th oh naby bay Epphany on 23d S., whh I fqund whn I wa 9. I hav no ma add fo onmpoay booko, bu, fo xamp, h a Bod on 2nd Av na 32nd S; anoh booko n h ompx a pa of Kp Bay Paza. I hav no mmoy of any ud booko whn ho wakng dan. Fa & Fah Couny Thpho oo fh a dsqua andma y n1936 f om Lv (2005):129. S bbogaphy. I pad fom anoh vw akn n

189 VII E, Subway and Sa Af o he,if f Ck onmap n hm nu; h n,on N w Yo kc y an ; h non ubway.th on howd m ha h ony Ea Sd ubway h Lxngon (Fouh Av. Souh), whh xd n my m. I d o v d n ad ng John A.Kouw nhov n Th Co umb a Hoa Poa of Nw Yok, 1953, bbogaphy -- ha h fou E n Manhaan a a gon; ha h 2nd Av. E wa dmohd n 1942 and h 3d Av on n povd a dad, ay o ad map of ubway fo Ga NYC. A fo a duon of h ffo o onu a 2nd Av ubway, v: Evn bfo I had h da o w abou h Ea Sd, h a appad, JohnJ.Go dman, Phan o m SubwayMa yf na y Run, L.A.T m,7,2 9,2004:A25. I a m h f nk, f onud, woud b way upown bwn 63d and 96h and nkd o h xng Lxngon n. On ubway and E, Map do how abandond 3d Av. E (1955 d.) On an h manng upown E on 3d Av, on 1964 ym map onnu fom 149S. In fa, ook a f on oud anf fom h Lxngon ubway a 149h S o h 3d Av E. (by h way, h xng 3d E pobaby wha hown n h TV, D.B k. ) To da,no 2nd Av ubway ha bn onud. A good wb fo map: Many map qu pdf opnng. Bu h oon go bak o h a ya and h x po whn E and ubway hav bn dmohd,. Map how h 3d Av E paay opav ouhwad o Cy Ha, a n 1951, and by 1959, howng h E opav fom 149h noh n h Bonx. Od map how h wo E n 2nd and 3d Avnu whh mgd way upown a h dg of h Bonx. Gnay ufu abou aoad, nudng NYC. I onad Fank Pfuh H pd wh fn o h 3d Avnu E : Ia m no u ha h 2 3d S. If you do u h phoo, p d E Ra oa d Aoaon - Spagu Lbay Co on. Th aoaon manan an xnv oon of away au of a ah nau a Fank Juan Spagu Mmoa Lbay. M. Spagu, ERA mmb No. 1, ngnd and opad h f paa a n and a nvnd paa mup-un ono. Th f book and pap n h bay w donad o h ERA by Ha (M. Fank) 167

190 Sp agu and on do f m n o fm.sp agu p ona oon. I fng ha h va and gowng oon of hoa, hna and onom daa on away namd n h hono. (phoo ahv). I v onf m d ha hbu n on h f Sgmond Kn, and I pum wa a gymnaum bau h d n h 1936 Y o w Pag a op a ng an n na ona yf a mou gymna um. Ho w v, wa o a da48h S. Thu I anno onfm ha h phoogaph wa andng n h 14h S E aon. Th a 2nd Avnu ubway poj n h pannng, bu ha bn popod, dgnd,., fo a oup of dad o ong. I onuon woud appany bgn fah upown n h 60. Bu v h fo duon: hp://nwyokmo.om/nymo/nw/fau/n_10109/n An xn a on 2nd Avnu ubway poj by Gg Sagn, Ap 5, 2004 n NY Magazn. Ty fo gna nfomaon. Bau I nudd a phoo by Wak Evan and ommn on h phoo ay of E. 61. m om fn o h wok a d n h bbogaphy. Ao v h ay: In Fhhau and Bannon (1988) h anoh opy o f h N wyo kc yb o k bywa k Evan whh off mag of E. 61 S n h 1930, nudng h E a 61 and 2nd, n, ma o, puha,. Ufu fo ompaon. Ao Tahnbg, hp:// map_ca3.ady.hm.@ Th Rapd Tan map of ubway wa downoadd fom a NY Tm ou. A fo po a, h a phoo fo ha a: ( k on map ; h n, o down o RMP hrad omo o CaPa o.th op n o oun pu of vaou po a of h Thpho oo fh a d Squa and Ma y n fom Lv (2005):129. S bbogaphy. I pad fom anoh vw akn n Hoan Sphn My m (O. 2007) : Du ngww I I, hka Shpyad a Rhmond, CA had many wok and anpoaon. Th U S Mam Common akd h KEY SYSTEM (h Ea Bay an opao) o obb ogh a ommu a n o v hpyad--on a o-p uba Anyhow, hpop akyw v yad o and 168

191 dovd h a, and ovhad of h ny abandond Souhn Paf ommu a ym, found anfom and manou a gnang and anmon qupmn fom h Lo Ang aa and bu an away fom Emyv (a h a nd of h Bay Bdg) gh o h doo of h hpyad ompx. Th ony hng mng wa ong ok. Thy h h bonanza n od Nw Yok wh h Inboough Rapd Tan Dvon of h NY Cy an Sym wa ng kn dp n vad a du o h ny donnud 2nd Av n. So a da wa uk and h IRT od hm 80 moozd ANCIENT vad a (h f wa bu bwn 1881 and 1891!!). mo of whh w quky bu fom hd a pow o ovhad pow and pu no v a h U S Mam Common' Rhmond Shpyad Raway. I wa h Toonv Toy of Wod Wa II. Aho wa a hgh apay opaon, h wok avodd n dov and, fo mo of a ( mnad wk af h wa ndd), an a und 20 % of apay and ndd up a a pan-wa boondogg; an magnav ffo ha ju ddn' wok. Oddy nough, a San Fano aa aoad muum oband wo of ho a and un on on a day ba. I ha o b h od opang an vh n h Und Sa! A numb of ya ago I had h pau of dng and a n yb oughbakomf ondmmo. Wh fn o ang down h E (Fgu 7.4a/b), Ivng Ha po ha a May Gogad who vd on 3d Avnu ao fom h Rgn Tha (a 28h S) phoogaphd h dmoon of h 3d Avnu E. fom h ond foo wndow. VIII Dvoak Hou; Suyvan Pak On Anonn Dvoak n Ama, Hoowz, 2005, pp S ao: pag bu dffn phoo of au. Anoh wb, dung h hom, dmoon and mov fo h nw budng, a mda fay. Th du aon fo dmoon, ffo o pv,. Ao du h vn of bngng h Dvoak au o pak and h hoy of h o of andmak au fo h hom. Th a a numb of ho uu n Kp Bay, uh a Snffn Cou; v: hp:// Howv, h andmak uu,. Wh Wood Hou may b d on h naona gy and on nyongn, no on a wb wh x and phoo. Th phoo uzd h wa found amo adnay on h NY Pub Lbay Dga Gay. 169

192 IX Qunboo Bdg; Oh Bdg, & h Ea Rv Fom [email protected], I vd x and phoo howng h vao and a fom h Qunboo Bdg o Wfa Iand. I vd vaou pop, bu nudng vo o h od pnnay ha wa muh a dmohd af NY had ab h dan wf a yar k I andup v.idon kno w n wha ya h a w movd, phap a ay a 1955 o a a a hp://oonhoy.og/oovand/hm/oovandou Th nud h bdg wh h a. A m, you may hav o opy o h navgaon n and o h w on y yp h p.. o g / Thadd ona u op n o mo hoy of h bdg and and n f haf of 20h nuy. hp:// Thoma C. MCahy of h NYC Hoa Soy wo m ha n h _ a m. h m hda h ang o wh nund o ng nvovd. Thu, I ugg, ha on yp n h add on h navgaon n. Whn you go onn and ah by pon, pa, ubj, whav, kp n mnd h nd o nk on many n, nudng up o fou o fv pag und a gvn ny. I wn ahng fo nfomaon abou fm oaon on h Ea Sd fo pu mad po o Many pag, many n, foowd up on om book, kp a! Sam fo dmnng ha I wa gh n mmbng a fom h Qunboo Bdg o Wfa (Roov) Iand. In ha a, vn h f a abou op n ngd dno v a hf a [ : Qu n bo ob dgop n o T a f f, NYT m,ma.31,1909,p.2.no, y og a o PoQu n od o uz h NYTm onn.] I ahd und Qunboo Bdg, Roov Bdg, Ea Rv, Bdg and Ea Rv,. Conad ndvdua a vaou wb, and whomv hy uggd. Fnay, wa h NYC Coon Dp, whh opad an od pnnay on Wfa Iand, and n 195 5R k nw pnnay opnd. Thy povdd x and phoo. You won a wayha v u hg ood u k n a h n an. V : Coonhoy.og/hm/hon/nydo/hm/qnboo2.h Th u opn a duon of h hoy of h and, pnnay, whh wa od down n 1935 af h Rk Iand fay wa onud. I ao du ffo o abh a Fankn D. Roov Mmoa. Fo an nng phoo/x ay abou Roov Iand, nudng om of pa, You 170

193 n d of nd S S n and h n Roo v I and. (Fo mo adv abou h, Son 5, abov.) Rfn o h Qun Mdown Tunn. V S nud x a w a nw and od phoo. A map of h a o h unn fom h Manhaan d an b found a: Th yd a Mapqu map of h Ea Sd of Manhaan n h upp 30/ow40, howng h a o and fom h unn. X Tp o Jy; F & Tunn Fo h Dongan H Fy, 1945, yp on h navgaon n : pho oo f hdong anh f y,194 [email protected] ou humbna pho ow app a ; konanyo f h m.( No :Id dn p k h fy bau of h da ha uk n Ju a good xamp of a fy.) Fo kyn of Nw Yok fom Whawkn, v: On unn, v: S nud x a w a nw and od phoo. Fo h map of bdg and unn: ; whh houd opn d y o hmap;o h w, kon map ; h n b dg and unn. V az anob dg pho of o m Ba onandja k on,2 00 7,p XI In Lu of an Epogu Wh fn o Jan Jaob, h a oun onn nk. Th on pay ufu; onan duon of h da and wok and nud a nghy bbogaphy of h book and a: Onn Bbogaph Daa Many book aon am fom Shoa.goog.om. Bv o no, I found a fw aon a Amazon.om and vn puhad a oup of book ha way. In h nan, f you know an auho o a, you an yp n ha nam. You an ao yp n ubj. Bu fo book, you houd go o and hn k on mo, h non boo k. 171

194 Phoo and Map Cd Exhb 1.5, 1.7, 3.1, 3.3, 3.6, 3.7, 4.3, 4.5, 5.3, and 9.2 hav bn nd fo my non-omma u by h Nw Yok Pub Lbay, Phoogaph Sv and Pmon; Lnng Agmn (10/16/2007). A of h phoo bong o h Dga Phoo Gay, whh an b ad onn: h p: / / www. nyp. o g / d g a.c k qu n a yo n: NYPL D g a Gay, C & Budng, Phoogaph Vw of NYC , Conn, Phoo Coon NY, Manhaan. Thn avnu o, no ubj ma. Bn Abbo, phoogaph (ph); May Aaff (ph); Aada Pubh; Gog Chnn (ph); Epopa Chuh of h Good Shphd; Coonhoy.og; B. Dmonn (auho, Landmak of Nw Yok);.ah.o.uk; Wak Evan (ph); Fd and Waon (auho, NY n Aa Vw); Goh Gaz; Goog.om; Hamhab (?); Inanaon Cn (Ivoyon, CT); Ivng Ha (hoan, Madon Squa Boy & G Cub); Fah Afd Iaon; K Young Od Vnag Baba Cad; D. Lv (auho, Nw Yok Changng);Lv.oa.om; Sphn L. My Coon; M. Mondn and R. Mad (auho, Book Row); MTA Bdg and Tunn, Spa Ahv; Nw Yok Cy Budng Dpamn; Nw Yok Hoa Soy; NYC Munpa Ahv; NYRoad.om/ong; Paa Pado (Banh Manag, Kp Bay Pub Lbay); Hny Phpp Dvopmn Copoaon; Fank Pfuh and Eaoad.om; Andw Poko,(ph); Py L. Sp(ph); S. Vaan wb; Spay.om; Suyvan Pak Nghbohood An; Wkpda. Lawn S (auho). Auomob Cub of Ama; Baon and Jakon (auho, Rob Mo);Land Map of Boough of Manhaan, va h Nw Yok Pub Lbay bu opd fom a puhad p n ;B na dl nd ( au ho, 28h & 29h S Coown L n ) ;MapQu ; W am Mu gan ( H n yph ppp az a W); NY Map Poa; NY MTA Tanpoaon Auhoy; NY Pub Lbay; NY Songn.om; NY Tm magpag; NYU Mda Cn; Unqu Mda Map; Yow Pag. Caogaph: Smon Wgh, gadua udn n gogaphy, Cafona Sa Unvy, Long Bah, ompu-ppad Ho S map. Daa bad upon h Yow Pag, 1936/37, dvd fom a puhad opy of h mofm fom h Nw Yok Pub Lbay. 172

195 Sv Bbogaphy [Ony a ma on of book and a a nudd h. Som auho and a nudd n h No on. No a of h ou povd oo ufu n onung h o aa of Kp Bay.] Bn Abbo, Nw Yok n h Th (fomy d Changng Nw Yok) (NY: Dov, 1939, 1967, 1973). [Many wb xhb v phoo of h wok, nudng h nwand on 2nd Av a 32nd S. V Th Nw Yok Pub Lbay n h No.] Rhad Aman, N wyo k:thmov Lov Gu d Th Uma Ind Tou of Mov Nw Yok (NY: Boadway Book, 2005). Ek Baad, Thoma Jakon, and Rhad Mnk, Th Ea Rv, Imag of Ama (Chaon, SC, Chago, IL, Pomouh, NH, and San Fano, CA: Aada Pubhng, fo Ga Aoa Hoa Soy, 2005). [many, many ufu phoo of v and fonag, bdg, bu no pf fo my nd] Hay Baon and Knnh T. Jakon, do, Rob Mo and h Modn Cy: Th Tanfomaon of Nw Yok (N. Y.: W. W. Noon, 2007). May Bak, Od Nw Yok n Eay Phoogaph: 196 Pn, fom h Coon of Th Nw Yok Hoa Soy (NY: Dov, 1973, 976) : Maom Badbuy, gna d., Th Aa of Lau (N. Y. : Swa, Tabo and Chang, 1998; London: Gffn Hou, 1996). ]Gnwh Vag, Ham, Boadway (map p. 245 a of upown fom u), Manhaan (map p. 315 mo of h a byond Kp Bay). Ewh Dah Hamm vd fo a m nyongn.om] Pau E. Cohn and Rob T. Auguyn, Manhaan n Map, (N. Y.:Rzzo, 1997). [No ufu a h v.] Babaa Damonn, Landmak of Nw Yok: I u a d R o d ofc y H o Bu d ng (Hay N. Abam, 1988, 2005). 173

196 Wa k Evan, n y nenyopda of Phoogaphy, Innaona Cn of Phoogaphy (NY: Cown Pubhb, 1984). Wak Evan: Phoogaph fo h Fam Suy Admnaon, : A aaog of phoogaph pn avaab fom h Fam Suy Admn Coon n h Lbay of Cong (NY: Da Capo P, 1973). [Conan h 61 S phoo ay]. [S ao Tahnbg, 1989] 400 2nd Av., #12G, NYC, NY F d aw P oj,nw Yok Cy Gud (N. Y.: O agonbook,19 70; p nof1939 d. )[ Gamy Pak D, pp ] Ca Fhhau and Bvy M. Bannan, d., Doumnng Ama, (Bky and Lo Ang: Unv. of Cafona P, 1988). [300 phoo fom Lbay of Cong oon., nud Ev an E.61 Eay fo 1938.] Wam Fd, Nw Yok n Aa Vw (NY: Dov, 1980) Sphn Gamy, Gamy Pak: An Iuad Hoy of a Nw Yok Nghbohood (Nw Yok: Baam P, dbud by Kampmann, 1984). Bn Gazzaa, In h Momn: My Lf a an Ao (N. Y.: Cao & Gaf Pubh, 2004). Ch oph G ay, S ap / H n y Ph pp and Ph pphou ;M o na Ef f o oi mp ovhou ngf o hpoo, Nw Yok Tm, 11/23/2003. Ivng Ha, Wom o h Cub: A Phoogaph Hoy and Mmo of a Pa On Cad h Madon Squa Boy C ub,andi o d Ea S dmanha ann ghbo hood (Fohomng) Dan Hak, d., Manhaan Map, a oopav (Nw Yok: Th Nw Yok Pub Lbay, 1931). T m H f f nan, C o -UponK pbay, Vagvo, Ap 20, Hoy of Houng n Nw Yok Cy: Dwng Typ and Soa Chang n h Aman Mopo (NY: Coumba Unvy P, 1990). [Rf. o Kp Bay Paza, pp. 288=89.] 174

197 John Hoand, do, Th Way I I (N. Y.: Haou, Ba and Wod, 1969). [nud Cha, ouh and w of Kp Bay. [Show ang down od and pang wh nw; nud ompaav ho, pp ] E Hombg, Th Hoa Aa of Nw Yok Cy: A Vua Cba onofn a y400y a ofn w Yo kc y Hoy (N. Y.: Hny Ho, 1994; vd/updad, 2005). Joph Hoowz, Caa Mu n Ama: A Hoy of I R and Fa (N. Y.: Noon, 2005). [nud duon of Anonn Dvoak n Nw Yok] J. K. Hudon, Th Unanpad Cy: Lof Convon n Low Manhaan (Amh: Unv. of Ma. P, 1987). F. Jak Huy, Poa of a Dad: Roy Syk and h Dvopmn of Doumnay Phoogaphy n h Th (Baon Roug: Louana Unv. P, 1972). Knnh T. Jakon, Th Enyopda of Nw Yok Cy (Nw Havn: Ya Unv. P; NY: Hoa Soy, 1995); K pbay, p.638. Hay Baon and K. T. Jakon, Rob Mo and h Modn Cy: Th Tanfomaon of Nw Yok (NY: Noon, 2007). Chuk Kaz, Manhaan on Fm (N. Y. Lmgh Ed on,p o n um Pub.,1999, v d2004;andmanhaan on Fm 2; Mo Wakng Tou of Loaon S n h Bg App (NY. Lmgh Edon, 2002).. Bu Kayon, Rada Wakng Tou of Nw Yok (N. Y.: Svn So P, 1999, 2003). Jff Koff, You Mu Rmmb Th: An Oa Hoy of Manhaan fom h 1890 o Wod Wa II (Bamo: John Hopkn Unvy P, 1989). John A. Kouwnhovn, Th Coumba Hoa Poa of Nw Yok: An Eay n Gaph Hoy (N. Y.: Doubday, 1953; 1972). Lay Langman and Dan Fnn, Gud o Aman Cm Fm of h Th (NY: Gnwood P, 1995). [Exn umma of fm, bu no fn o oaon, f 175

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201 Sv Indx [Th ndx no o-d wh h No on, and ony dnf a fw phoo and h apon] 1 Avnu, 72 2nd Avnu, 61, 81; ubway pannng, 112 3d Avnu, 47 29h S, v, xv, xx, S, 24, E. 29h S, 21-24, Fgu 1.0 * * * Abbo, Bn, phoogaphy by S Fgu 6.2, 7.3 Adh E Tamud Toah, 39, 89, 93 Aa phoo, n bbogaphy: Fd Abano, Vnn, Paygound, 57, 124 Apamn, 3, 21, 62 Ah, P, M.; Rnwk, J. Amnan, 69, 95; ao S.Va an A & awok, Bumd, C. Aa and map, n bbogaphy: Badbuy; Cohn & Auguyn; Hak; Hombg;Tauana Avnu, by nam o numb * * * Baba ad, 63 Bvu Hopa, 6, 38, 78, ao Mda Row Booko, 72, 101; Book Row (4h Av.), 103 Bdg, ah by nam:bookyn; Gog Wahngon; Qunboo;Vazano.

202 B oadway:thgo d nag, 24 Bookyn Bdg, 131 Bumd, Conanno, a S. Sphn, Fgu 5.5 Budng, 62; ah by nam:dvoak Hou; Emp Sa; Wh Wood Hou * * * Camp Ivoyon, CT, xx, 91 Cam Paoha Shoo, v, xx, 47, 85 Chap of h Inanaon, xx, 82, 89; ao Fnga, Fah Noa. Chnn, Gog, phoogaphy by, Fgu 5.3 Chuh of h Good Shphd, xx, 89 Chuh, ah by nam Cam; Chap of h Inanaon; Chuh of h Good Shphd; Ou Lady of h Sapua; S. Sphn; S.Va an Ca h d a. Chuh Shoo, v Con, May, Payap, 124 * * * D adend, f m,131 Dmoon, of E, 17; 111, 131; of bok, 36, 47; of huh, 96, 103; Fgu In.5; 7.5a/b Dpon (Eonom), 23 Dvoak, Anonn, xv, ; Fgu 8.2 Dvoak Hou, 123 * * * Ea Rv, xv, 5, 131; a a a, 6-7 E, 41, 109; & oundmak, 13; vw of y, 13; 2nd Av, 5, 14; 109,135 3d Av, , 135 Emp Sa Bdg,

203 Envonmna hang, 17, 56-57, Epphany Lbay, 103 Evan, Wak, 107, phoogaphy by, Fgu 7.6 * * * Fao: Coa Coa, 27; Fdo Bwy, 29, 47 Fnga, Fah Noa, xx, 89, 92 F, 8-9, 12, 135 Fm, xx; a Madon Squa Boy Cub, ao B oadway:thgo d nag, ; D adend Fap, 63 Fhou, 72; Fgu 3.2 FDR Dv, 17 * * * Gazzaa, Bn, ao, v, xx-xx, xx, 24, 29, 47, 49, 62, 73, 89 Gnfaon, Uban Rnwa Gogaphy, xv, xv, xv, 10, 93, 117 Hom Gogaphy of NYC, xv Gog Wahngon Bdg, 8, 12 Gogad, May, phoogaphy by, Fgu 7.5.b Gomy, Jo, phoogaphy by, Fgu 1.3 Gamy Pak, xv, 127 Gk, 69 Gnwh Vag, xv * * * Ha, Ivng, v, xx, 67-68, 73, 87 Hny Gog, Shoo of Soa Sn, 55 Hoand Tunn, 9, 12, 136, 140 Hopa, Bvu, Mda Row, Nw Yok Unvy h Hou a203e.29 S., Wh Wood Hou Hudon Rv, 6, 12,

204 Hungaan, 69 * * * Ibox, 65 Inuon, ah by nam NY Pub Lbay; NY Unvy; Yhva Unvy In h Momn: My Lf a an Ao, xx Ih, 69 Iaan, 69 * * * Jam Rnwk, ah Jwh, 69, 93, 95; ao Adh E * * * Kp Bay, x, x, 45-46; bounda of, xv-v Kp Bay Banh Lbay, xx, 105 Kp Bay Paza, 39, 45 * * * LaGuada, Mayo Foo, 6 Landmak, 50, 55, 124; ah by nam Dvoak Hou; Snffn Cou; S. Sphn; Wh Wood Hou; S ao n bbogaphy: Damonn; Landmak Pvaon Common, NY, 34 Lxngon Av. Subway, 14, 41 Lba, 102; ah by nam Epphany; Kp Bay; NY Pub (Man); S.Gab Pa k. Lnon Tunn, 10, 137 Lof, 56 Long Iand, 138 Low Ea Sd, xx, 41 * * * 182

205 Madon Squa Boy (& G) Cub, v, v, xv, xx-xx, 47, 67-69; S ao Ha, Ivng Map poa, Fgu 1.15 Map, xv, 1, 6, 55-56, 57; Land Book of h Boough of Manhaan, 31, Fgu 1.7 Mda Row (1 Av), 79 Mo, Rob, pann, 36 Moon pu, Dad End, Muay H, xv Muay, May Lndy, & PS 116, xv * * * Naow, Th, Vazano Bdg Naona Convaoy of Mu, 123 Nwand, 5-6, 71, 83, Nw Jy, 135 Nw Yok Cy ubj and govnmn by nam Nw Yok Pub Lbay, Dga Phoo Gay, 105 Nw Yok ongn, 55, Fgu 1.20 Nw Yok Tphon Company bdg., Fgu 5.1 Nw Yok Unvy, Shoo of Mdn, 39 * * * Ou Lady of h Sapua, v, 89, 96 * * * Pado, Paa, phoogaphy by, Fgu 1.2, 1.19, 2.5, 3.1, 4.1, Pak, 66; ah by nam: Gamy; Pnkon Envonmna Cn; S.Gab ;S.Va an ;S uyv an. Paoha Shoo, Cam P, I. M., ah,

206 Pnnay, Roov I. (Wfa I.) Pon, ah by nam Conanno Bumd; Noa Fnga; Bn Gazzaa; Ivng Ha; Foo LaGuada; Rob Mo; I. M. P; Hny Phpp; Nahan Sau; Evan Wak Phpp, Hny, & hou, 24, 45 Phpp Paza, v, x, 39 Phoogaph, ah by nam Bn Abbo; Gog Chnn; May Gogad; Paa Pado; Py L. Sp; Evan Wak Phoo, n bbogaphy: Abbo; Fhhau; Huy; Lv; Thompon; Tahnbg; Wak Evan Pnkon Envonmna Cn, 57, 124 Pay, n, 62-63, 65-66; ao S gam Paza, apamn; Kp Bay Paza, Phpp Paza Poko, Andw, phoogaphy by, Fgu 10.5 PS 14, 85, 87 PS 40, 5, 128 PS 116, xv, 5, 81ff, * * * Qun Mdown Tunn, 103, 131 Qunboo Bdg, 113; & a, 129 * * * Rgou n, 27-28; 89; ao by nam Adh E; Chap of h Inanaon; Chuh of hgood Shphd; Ou Lady of h Spaua; S.S ph n ;S.Va an ; Rnwk, Jam, ah, 40; Fgu 1.12 Roov, Fankn D., FDR Dv 184

207 Roov Iand, 129 * * * Sandy Hook, 138 Shoo, 63; ah by nam Cam Paoha; P. S. 14; P. S. 40; P. S. 116; Swad Pak Hgh Shoo; Suyvan Hgh Shoo. Swad Pak Hgh Sh, xx Shabba goy, 93, 95 Skyap, Snffn Cou, 45, 55 Songn, NY, onn, N wyo k Soundmak, 13-14, 50, 78 Sp, Py L., phoogaph by, Fgu 1.5, 1.8, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5, 3.6, 4.3, 4.5, 5.6, 7.5a, 9.2 S. Gab Pa k,123 S.Gab b a y,102-03, 105 S.G go y,95 S. Sphn Caho Chuh, 96 S.Va an Ca h d a( A m n an),95; Pak, 103, 123 San Iand, 12; ao Vazano Bdg Saon, E, Fgu 2.1, 7.3, 7.4 Sau of Lby, 16 Sau, Nahan, hou, 57 Sa, Coown, 119; Sphn My, 55 S gam, 6 Soopba, 65 S, by nam o numb Suyvan Hgh Sh, xx 185

208 Suyvan Pak, Suyvan Town, 34; Fgu In.5 Subway, 10, 13, ; ah by nam 2nd Av; Lxngon Av Summ, 89; amp, 91 Supbok, Fgu 1.9 Synagogu, Adh E; ao Jwh * * * Tnmn, 21, 24, 41, 45, 144 Tha, 72-74; 34h S, 74; Rado Cy Mu Ha, 73 Rgn, Fgu 7.5b; Supo, 69, 72, ao Fgu 3.4 T, 41 Toy, Sa Tunn, 9-10; ao by nam Hoand; Lnon; Qunboo Mdown * * * Uban Rnwa, 17, 34, 85, * * * Van Dyk, a, 128 Vnd, S, 55 Vazano Bdg, 11, 12, 131, 140 * * * Whawkn, NJ, 9, 137 Wfa Iand, Roov I. Wh Wood Hou, 31 Wn, wakng and now, 81 * * * Yow Pag, Fg. 122a/b; Yhva Unvy,

209 Th Gogapha S 1. Indan Affa & Gogaph: Th Rah Vay of Land Tnu and Toay Im Suon (2004) 2. Aman Indan Toay: A Rah Gud Im Suon (2006) [Th m ao appa a hp://hop.ou.du/a.hm.] 3. Bak o E. 29h S: Wh Fa and Fon Rv Kp Bay, N. Y. Im Suon (2008) 187

210 Bak o E. 29h S: Wh Fa & Fon Rv Kp Bay, N. Y. Manhaan Ea Sd ha undgon nay onnuou uban hang ov h pa xy ya. Kp Bay, a vy ma d o nghbohood n Nw Yok mdown, wn fom od nmn and of o a hgh- ompx of apamn and, aong 1 Avnu, o Mda Row domnad by Nw Yok Unvy and Bvu Hopa. Vuay andng unhangd, xp gh on 29h S, a h nghbohood gou n and h auho gad hoo P. S Th auho vd n h 300 bok on E. 29h fom 1934 o 1937, vng h nghbohood now and hn. H a movd w. Whn h und o h y fo a ya, h andd Swad Pak Hgh Shoo n ow Manhaan. Havng f Kp Bay o young ag 9 --, h dd no an any fnd. A a d pofo of gogaphy h nghbohood onuon and pona mmo hav d on nw noun, h Inn, and, a m, h uk. Of h va dozn phoo, nay haf w downoadd fom h Nw Yok Cy Pub Lbay Dga Phoo Gay. 188