“Screwston” is a modern nickname for the city of Houston. It’s not an official nickname, of course.
Urban Dictionary
1. Screwston
N.
Houston Texas!
Birth & Restin place of the WORLD changin DJ Screw!!! (RIP)
Original CITY OF KRUNK!
Home of an assortment of ORIGINAL words & terms which started here.. in SCREWSTON, Plexus
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by DuckSauce713 Dec 4, 2003
2. screwston
city of dank, syrup city, old H-Town HOUSTON TEXAS
by anonymous Sep 10, 2003
3. screwston
City of Syrup
by Skinner Sep 9, 2003
Google Groups: rec.music.hip-hop
From: Bay Way 41510
Date: Sat, Sep 29 2001 11:18 pm
I’m out here in that Oakland trying to vibe, but I can’t file-share no more, so let me know what’s goin’ on out in that Screwston.
Google Groups: alt.rap
From: Rodrigo
Date: Sun, Feb 17 2002 6:58 pm
Reppin Houston, 20 inch subs on 20 inch dubs Screwston, H Town, Hustle Town, whatever…
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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