Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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Unique New York (tongue twister)
Trylon and Perisphere (1939); Unisphere (1964)
“Big Apple” in the 1940s-1950s
“Big Apple” in the 1930s (Two clubs, plus song and dance)
Father Knickerbocker
The Four Hundred
TriBeCa (Triangle Below Canal Street)
Nolita (North of Little Italy)
Potatoes O’Brien
Melting Pot; Mixing Bowl; Mosaic
“We can kick your city’s ass”
Loisaida
Block Party
Rush Hour
New York Cut Sirloin Steak
Nesselrode Pie
Big Apple Fest (2004)
Frozen Custard
“Not chopped liver” (“What am I? Chopped liver?”)
Bagel; Bagel & Lox; Bagel “All the Way”; Everything Bagel
Yoots or Yutes (youths)
Greek Salad
New York Stud (stud poker)
Garrison Finish
Third Degree
Tabloid Headlines (“FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD”)
Cheesecake
Egg Roll, Won Ton (Cantonese Cuisine)
Moving Day (May 1st)
Chicken and Waffles
New York will be a nice town when it’s finished
“A nickel gets you on the subway, but garlic gets you a seat”
LES (Lower East Side)