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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Chile con Carne
American Riviera
H-Town (Houston nickname)
“Life’s too short to live in Dallas”
“Summer on Yams, Winter on Yankees” & “Three seasons—orange, vegetable and invalid”
“Miami Beach is where neon goes to die” (Lenny Bruce)
Little Havana (Miami) & Little Havana on the Hudson (Union City, New Jersey)
Cigar City (Tampa nickname)
SoFlo (South Florida)
Derby Daiquiri (and Derby Daiquiri Pie)
Key Lime Pie
African Diaspora Film Festival & African Diaspora Summer Film Series
Florida Room
Grits and Grunts
Hush Puppies
“Florida—Land of Good Living”
“World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” (Georgia Bulldogs vs. Florida Gators)
“Go east until you smell it, south until you step in it” (Texas directions)
Q: Why doesn’t Texas fall into the Gulf of Mexico? A: Because Oklahoma sucks!
“Texas—You can see farther and see less than any place on earth”
Chalupa
Texas Champagne (hot sauce)
Live Music Capital of the World (Austin nickname)
Panchos
Texas Crabgrass or Texas Crab Grass (a spinach and crabmeat dish)
Big Apple Triple (thoroughbred racing)
“How many Aggies/Texans does it take to eat an armadillo?”
Texas Caesar Salad
Texas Wedge (golf putter)
“Hoover Hog,” “Poor Man’s Pig,” “Poverty Pig” (armadillo nicknames)
“Welcome to Texas—Now Go Home” & “Beautify Texas—Put a Yankee on a Bus” (bumper stickers)
Texas Torpedo (stuffed jalapeños)
Texas Sunshine (citrus-ade)
Texas Tumbleweeds (snack)
Texas Cow Chips
Cowboy Cookies (Laura Bush’s Governor’s Mansion Cowboy Cookies)
Cowboy Caviar (bean dip)
Texas Philly (sandwich)
Texas Toothpick (onion and jalapeño strips)
“Remember the Alamo!”
Texas Panhandle (or, Texas Pan Handle)
Guacamole
“My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos” (Merc.-Venus-Earth-Mars-Jupiter-Sat.-Uranus-Nept.)
Corn Dog (or Corndog or Corny Dog)
Drive-In