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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BicyTaxi
Historic Harlem Parks Film Festival
Honky Tonk (not from Tonk pianos)
Summer Play Festival (SPF)
Fresh Fruit Festival
HOT! NYC Celebration of Queer Culture
Midtown International Theatre Festival
“Way to Shop” (Macy’s)
New York City Tap Festival
Pinstripers (Yankees, from their pinstripe uniforms)
“The Actor’s Resource” (Back Stage)
“The World’s Greatest Newspaper” (SCREW)
Dine and Dash
Hell’s Half Acre (Sands Street; Chatham Square)
Bridge (card game)
“Makin’ Whoopee” (1928)
Grosstedes (Gristedes nickname)
Tuttorosso Pasta Eating Competition
Center of the Earth (Center of the World)
Food Hole (Whole Foods nickname)
Texas Pecan Pie
Superbas (Brooklyn baseball team)
Bridegrooms (Brooklyn baseball team)
Robins (Brooklyn baseball team)
“The Banking Alternative for the 21st Century” (NYC Check Express)
Screwdriver (vodka + orange juice cocktail)
Big Persimmon (summary)
Titans (professional lacrosse team nickname)
Spankees or Wankees (NY Yankees derogatory nicknames)
Conehead (SNL sketch and movie; Mets/Yankees pitcher David Cone; Con Ed workers)
Texas Toast
Slice (not piece) of pizza; Square pizza
Brooklyn National Anthem (“Spring is sprung…”)
Con Dead (nickname for a Con Ed power failure)
Hashbrowns (Hash Brown Potatoes; Hashed Brown Potatoes; Hash Browns)
Needless Markup (Neiman Marcus nickname)
Porkopolis (Cincinnati and Chicago nickname)
Pico de gallo
Snowbird (northern tourist)
Cuban Sandwich; Medianoche Sandwich
Fajita
Mutts (New York Mets derogatory nickname)
Big Burg
Lone Star State (Texas nickname)
Queens Topographical Poem
New York Run by the Swiss (summary)
Brooknam (Brooklyn + Vietnam)
BK (Brooklyn)
BX (Bronx)
Bucktown (Brownsville, Brooklyn or the borough of Brooklyn)
German Chocolate Cake