A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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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Entry from January 07, 2012
Addisonian (inhabitant of Addison)

“Addisonian” is the name of an inhabitant of Addison, Texas. The name “Addisonian” has been cited in print since at least 1983.
 
 
Wikipedia: Addison, Texas
Addison is a city in Dallas County, Texas (USA). The population was 14,166 at the 2000 census, and 15,737 according to a 2009 estimate. Addison is a northern suburb of Dallas. The city calls itself the Town of Addison but it is incorporated as a city.
       
D Magazine (Dallas, Texas)
Published 5.01.1983
THE REVOLUTION THAT FAILED
In tiny Addison, scare tactics and PR stunts win an election
Chris Tucker
(...)
Since residents of Addison use Dallas as an address, computers could not be used to serve up a handy list of Addisonians.
 
D Magazine (Dallas, TX)
Will Addisonians Flip Out Over Made-To-Order Crepes From a Drive-Thru? Watch the Video and Decide For Yourself
Posted on July 8th, 2011 11:21am by Sarah Reiss
Filed under Brunch, Coffee, crepes
In case you missed the Flippin’ Out Crepes teaser a few weeks back, back in June, we had a nice little daisy chain going on with Nancy reporting on Teresa Gubbins coverage of the press-release announcement of Flippin’ Out Crepes drive-thru creperie in Addison (for the record, Teresa Gubbins reported the story in May and added the press release when they issued it in June).



Posted by Barry Popik
Texas (Lone Star State Dictionary) • Saturday, January 07, 2012 • Permalink


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