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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“First to Conquer Living Space” (Castro Convertibles)
“I’m not only the Hair Club president, I’m also a client” (Hair Club for Men)
“We’re the King of Beef” (Old Homestead)
Yippie
“Pop. 208 Elev. 100 ft.” (Burritoville)
Mr. Big
Patrolio (NY Fire Patrol)
“Fitness for Women” (Lucille Roberts)
“I will bring you down to Chinatown!”
Never let them see you sweat! (Dry Idea commercial)
Wonder City of the World
“Supermarkets for Savings” (C-Town)
Orchid Show (New York Botanical Garden)
“We Know the Neighborhood!” & “The Meat Supermarket” (Western Beef)
“Wizard of Moving” (Oz Moving & Storage)
Corned Beef and Cabbage (Jiggs dinner)
Yankees of Chess (Hunter College Campus Schools & Murrow HS)
“World’s Most Popular Hotel” (Hotel Pennsylvania)
Hindoo or Hindu (handball term)
“We build futures one success story at a time” (Stanley Kaplan)
“We make money the old-fashioned way. We EARN it” (Smith Barney)
“When E. F. Hutton talks, people listen” (E. F. Hutton)
“Bullish on America” (Merrill Lynch)
“One client at a time” (Morgan Stanley)
Little Flatiron Building (Herring Lock and Safe Company Building)
Team Turmoil (1977 New York Yankees, 2005-06 New York Knicks)
Quinnipiac (“Q-poll”) & Marist polls
Bir Zeit on the Hudson (Columbia University)
“Getting there is half the fun” (Cunard)
Studio Apartment
Knickerbotchers (Knickerbockers or Knicks nickname)
Human High Tide
Gang Buster or Gangbuster
Big Raisin (summary)
Big Peach
Push-in robbery
Almighty Dollar
NY1 (“just one guy”)
Noo Yawk; New Yawk; Noo York
Marketplace for the World (Javits Convention Center)