Sunday, May 3, 2009

84th Street ~ York & East End Avenue ~ 1942 & 2009


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Here are current photos of the 84th Street buildings shown in yesterday's 1942 Service Flag Dedication. Also shown, a picture of East End Avenue & 84th Street from 1945, and one more photo of the 1942 parade down 84th Street towards East End Avenue.
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As you can see, the block's barely changed. It was and still is one of the more peaceful in the neighborhood. When I was a kid, families on the block included, Menesick, Hannah, Grundstrom, Carroll, Bodnar, Henry Stern and Walter Cronkite. Delivered the Sunday NY Times to Uncle Walter and Mayor Robert Wagner at 605 East 82nd Street. Wagner gave me a quarter, Cronkite stiffed me. You don't forget these things.
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2 comments:

Tour Guide Bill said...

Well, Tom, I almost had a five room floor through on the ground floor, with two entrances, and a garden in the back - and an awful lot of work to do to bring everything up to date, but for $1800 per month (6 years ago) if my girl friend had had a little courage and taken the leap from the apartment she moved into in 1972 (in the Village, OK), I would be there now. As it is, I'm in the Cherokee on 77th Street. But, you're right about the peacefulness. Ahh.. I took my new girlfriend, from Franklin Lakes of all places, for a walk around Carl Shurz Park with her dog a week ago and boy, was she amazed at this wonderful neighborhood! Write on!

Thomas Pryor said...

Thanks so umch, Bill, plenty more coming!