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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ULURP (Uniform Land Use Review Procedure)
Edifice Complex
“Hooverville” (1930)
Bicycle “Dooring”
Crossing Guard
Bouncer
“She’s a Latin From Manhattan” (1935)
SCRIE (pronounced “scree”) and SCHE (pronounced “she”); DRIE
SRO (Single Room Occupancy)
Acropolis of America (Morningside Heights)
Wall Dog
Waldorf of Harlem (Hotel Theresa, now Theresa Towers)
Perfect Manhattan (cocktail)
Copperhead (Civil War nickname)
Gold Coast
Flatiron District (Flatiron Building)
Heeler (Tammany Hall politics)
Millrose Games & Wanamaker Mile
NYC Grand Prix (at Icahn Stadium)
River-to-River Festival
Harlem Week
Gay Pride Week (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender PRIDE March; Moment of Silence)
“Wait ‘til next year!” (Brooklyn Dodgers)
U. S. Open (tennis)
Skee-Ball
Puerto Rican Day Parade
Dominican Day Parade
Pulaski Day Parade
Steuben Day Parade
Salute to Israel
“Difference between NYC Council and rubber stamp is that a rubber stamp leaves an impression”
Landlord of Last Resort (New York City)
Black Car
XYZ Buildings
Blue Zone
Big Lychee (summary)
Magnet School
Taxi (the word “taxicab” and the “yellow” color)
Taste of Times Square
“Take to the Water” (NY Waterway)
Charter School
Battle of the Bands (Savoy Ballroom)
Gothamland
Why I am running
“Manhattan—The Heart of the Big Apple”
What the Manhattan borough president does
What the community boards do (and do they really represent the community?)
Land Use (“It is much easier to defeat something in New York City than to build something”—Donald T
Transportation (Second Avenue Subway; Lower Manhattan link to JFK)
Technology (Free wifi!)
Education (Charter Schools; Vouchers)
Dolphins (College of Staten Island teams)
Hawks (Hunter College teams)
West Indian Day Carnival; “Murder Day Parade”
Mermaid Parade
New York Is Book Country
Greek Independence Day Parade
Turkish Day Parade
Norwegian-American Day Parade
Lapskaus Boulevard (Eighth Avenue, Bay Ridge)
Westchester: Wedge Sandwich
“Like No Other Market” (Fairway)
Contextual Zoning
Term Limits (yes, it’s an issue again)
Brainstorm
Chocolate Show
Lava Lamp (Hearst Building)
Parabuilding
AIDS Walk
(Gate) Crasher
Wall Street Run (and Heart Walk)
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
2005: Statement from a co-worker of Charles Gillett
Lulu (or Looloo)
Central Park SummerStage
Restaurant Week ($19.92…$20.12)
Uptown Arts Stroll
Manhattanization
Bus (slang term for ambulance)
Scullers’ Row
The Great Saunter (32-mile walk around Manhattan)
Skyscraper-Harlem Cycling Classic
Finntown
Circle of Taste
No pork on my fork
Brownstone
Mostly Mozart
Big Apple Grapple (arm wrestling)
Taste of the Village
CHUD (Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers)
“Food Lover’s Market” (Balducci’s)
Shakespeare in the Park (New York Shakespeare Festival)
Reggae Carifest
Rucker basketball tournament (“each one teach one”)
SoBro (South Bronx)
New York City Biathlon, Triathlon
Flip Tax
“Bubbles are for bathtubs” (housing bubble)
FIRE (Finance, Insurance, Real Estate) & ICE (Intellectual, Cultural, Educational)
Lindy Hop