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The Ball Games of the Back Alley

I was originally going to call this “The Ball Games of the Back Yard” because that is what we called the long, narrow, city block long cement area behind our apartment building in Queens. The one long side was bounded by the six story apartment building itself. The…

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The Haircut

I had occasion to be in Manhattan the other day, and my daughter had invited me to come see her new office near Columbus Circle. I thought nothing of planning to walk up to 57th street from Penn Station on 32nd street, especially because it gave me a chance to stop in at one of my favorite New York City…

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Grandma Eva’s Firsts

We all get different windows of opportunity to get to know our grandparents. Location and proximity play a role. Genetics impacts longevity. Generational demographics help shape the ages that our grandparents and parents may have chosen to have their children. The least fortunate among us…

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The Courts

Approximately 200,000 automobiles travel daily on New York’s Long Island Expressway (LIE), and I doubt not one driver or passenger ever pays any attention to that small odd shaped block of the city on the south side of the expressway, just west of the 108th Street exit in Queens.

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A Flipper’s Paradise

If you grew up in the outer boroughs of metropolitan New York City in the postwar era of the 50’s and 60’s, then there was nothing special at all about 63–89 Saunders St. where I lived until the age of 13. For anyone unfamiliar with that environment, though, a peek inside is like taking a…

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