Sunday, August 23, 2009

Atheist Hit By Truck




Mr. Beller's Neighborhood put up one of John McNulty's best. Read it at the link below.


McNulty wrote terrific pieces for the New Yorker in the 1940s and 1950s. Most were based on authentic characters McNulty observed and overheard shooting the breeze in Costello's on 44th Street, a saloon under the Third Avenue El. If you're curious about New York City lore in the first half of the 20th century and you need a guide to the neighborhood and people who lived there, McNulty is your man.


I'm grateful to Lulu for turning me on to McNulty.


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color photo above by Joseph Frank

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