My Dad's best friend, Walter, 93 years old with severe memory loss, moved two weeks ago from his 1942 railroad apartment (yep, linoleum as old as Methuselah) to a beautiful one bedroom in Yorkville. Walter, 93 years in the neighborhood. St. Joseph's, Commerce High School, NYU, Navy, 48 years with Pan Am Airlines ending with a long ride as the Director of World Wide Maintenance. He's travelled to 35 countries with photos to prove it.
After losing most of his memoryWalter hoarded. His clean organized new space is unusual to him but he's getting use to it. The guy loves our neighborhood. 93 years in Yorkville. More to come.
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| Walt with chums on roof of St. Joe's @ 1936 |
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| east river |
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| 517 E. 83rd where I grew up |
Here are photos of Walt at St. Joe's in the 1930s, Carl Schurz, his favorite park and 83rd Street where I grew up.
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Walter had a Sister Beatrice. No kidding.
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My Dad graduated from St. Joseph's in Jan '38 and Commerce in Jan '42, then went into the Navy. He's in two of Walter's photos. His name was Robert J Paul and would also be 93. He lived at 235 E 89th St. in those years. He had a little brother named Leo (born in '34). Thank you for posting Walter's photos and info.
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