Thank you, to the LaSalle administration and the current student body for taking your Saturday and giving us a great party that brought back warm feelings and deep memories.
Most of my published high school stories were stirred up by Patrick Cullinan's amazing photographs from 1968-1972, my four years at the school. Thank you, Pat, for inspiring many LaSalle alumni to carry on and share the memories of this grand school. We will keep the light burning and hope in the near future the school returns to its home on Second Street.
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All the old photos in this album including the Fillmore shot above were taken by Patrick Cullinan between 1968 & 1972.
Here is Pat's collection, take a look: pcullinan.smugmug.com
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| LSA gym |
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| view from vice principal office |
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If you are in the city next Saturday, big show! Read on!
Stoops to Nuts "The Beatles White Album" Show,
Ryan's Daughter@ Saturday, November 21st @ 7-11pm.
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| Adam Wade |
Our Stoops to Nuts artists:
Walter Michael DeForest (NYC Fringe Festival & The Moth)
Colin Dempsey (Supersmall & The Liar Show)
Joe Dettmore (Daily Show, Creative Director)
Nicole Ferraro (NYTimes & Cornelia Street Cafe)
Daniela Schiller (Supersmall & The Moth)
Supersmall ("Silent Moon")
Amanda Thorpe (Bewitching Me: The Lyrics of Yip Harburg)
Adam Wade (comedy best seller The Human Comedy & two time GrandSlam Moth winner)
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| "Silent Moon" Supersmall |
"The Beatles White Album" show
Stoops to Nuts @ Ryans Daughter
350 E. 85th St.
Saturday, Nov 21st @ 7-11pm
Free show
Thomas Pryor, Yorkville author and historian, (I Hate the Dallas Cowboys ~ tales of a scrappy New York boyhood) presents: "The Beatles White Album" a Stoops to Nuts production. The double Lp with 30 songs came out Thanksgiving week 1968 ($5.99 at Alexanders on Lex and 59th). My fourteen year old life at home, school and in the street was a mess. That record took me through a dark period. We'll flexibly explore it's influence with stories, songs, drinks, and showcase three terrific new records, The Human Comedy, Silent Moon and Bewitching Me: The Lyrics of Yip Harburg.
Countless walk-up tenement buildings between 72nd Street and 96th Street are coming down as the Second Avenue subway speculation drives developers to assemble sites, destroying Yorkville's unique and historic character and take away precious street light.
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| Colin Dempsey & Daniela Schiller |
One way to keep the memories alive is to talk about them, and I'm taking photos of every local building that is part of planned and current demolition in our area. Stoops to Nuts will continue to bring the history of the neighborhood to life in pictures, words and humor until I kick the bucket.
Thank you, to The New York Times for choosing "Yorkville: Stoops to Nuts," and listing it on your Blog Roll for eight years. We will continue to keep the old NYT City Section alive.
Thank you Ryan's Daughter, Jim, Mick, Walter, for letting us play in your attic. hugs, Tommy, and the three Ryan daughters from 86th & York, my mother, Patty Ryan and her two sisters, Joan Ryan and Barbara Ryan.
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| Amanda Thorpe |
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| Joe Dettmore |
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| Nicole Ferraro |
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| Walter & teepee @ Ryan's |
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| art by Joe Dettmore |
"The Beatles White Album" Stoops to Nuts show
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| George |
Ryan's Daughter 350 E. 85th St.
Saturday, Nov 21st @ 7-11pm
Free show
Do you like old New York City photos and street life stories? Then check out my 1960s memoir,"I Hate the Dallas Cowboys - tales of a scrappy New York boyhood."Available at Logos Book Store and online at Amazon or Barnes and Noble.
The book has 112 Amazon five star reviews out of 112 total reviews posted. We're pitching a perfect game. My old world echoes TV's "The Wonder Years" ~ just add taverns, subways and Checker cabs.
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