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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Dog Walker
New York Film Festival; Tribeca Film Festival
New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC)
TLC (Taxi & Limousine Commission; Tender, Loving Care)
Ghost Yard (207th Street maintenance yard)
Potty Parity (Women’s Restroom Equity Bill)
Iron Triangle (Willets Point)
“Everything but the kitchen sink” (Jahn’s “Kitchen Sink” dessert)
Windy City, 2006 Update: Encyclopedia of Chicago “Windy City” entry
Bicycle Messenger
There’s a sucker born every minute (NY gambler slang, but not P. T. Barnum)
(Barnum’s) Animal Crackers
John Q. Public (Jane Q. Public)
Autism (summary)
Borough of Universities and Parks (Bronx)
“Eyes on the street” (Jane Jacobs, 1961)
Great Lawn (Central Park)
“Choking Poster” in restaurants
Doctors’ Row (or, Irish Fifth Avenue)