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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Tweezer Food
Banana Breeze (pie)
Peach Puzzle
“If mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy”
“Don’t be gentle, it’s a rental”
Nature’s Bacon (avocado nickname)
Drunkorexia
Fashionista
Cyprused or Cyprussed (to have bank accounts taken)
Spring Roll Street (Spring Street)
“A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong”
“Where facts are few, experts are many”
French Fry Holder
“Chicks dig the long ball”
“Great teams don’t lose twice in a row”
We Piddle Around (Works Progress Administration or WPA nickname)
Cambodian Cheese (prahok nickname)
“No matter where you play, if you have the talent, somebody will find you” (football adage)
Eastern Media Elite
“Have a big time in Texas” (Texas slogan)
“Gourmet burrito is an oxymoron”
“Pack your patience”
GOOP (GOP nickname)
“Rain makes grain”
“Wins in April are just as important as wins in September” (baseball adage)
“Rich people ask ‘How much?’; broke people ask ‘How much per month?’”
“If it’s low, let it go; if it’s high, let if fly” (hitting a knuckleball)
“Nothing works unless you do”
“Don’t let your alligator mouth overload your hummingbird ass”
“If you’ve met one autistic person, you’ve met one autistic person”
“Game on”
“Family is like fudge—mostly sweet, with a few nuts”
“How do you make bourbon?”/“You take some moonshine, put it in a barrel…”
“People end up a skunk, monk, drunk, chunk, or hunk” (State Department saying)
“Your best thinking got you here” (Alcoholics Anonymous saying)
“You can’t make the club in the tub” (sports adage)
Random Acts of Pizza
Citadel of Chic (Condé Nast Building)
“America: The land where God saves and Satan invests” (anti-NRA slogan)
“Hockey is for everyone” (NHL slogan)
Fauxterity (faux + austerity)
Churnalism (churn + journalism)
“You can live three weeks without food, three days without water, but not a moment without hope”
“Defense never slumps” (baseball adage)
The Fashion Projects (London Terrace)
Cherpumple (cherry + pumpkin + apple)
Newszak or Newzak (news + muzak)
Neopolism (neologism + politics)
Cheapuccino or Cheappuccino (cheap + cappuccino)
Baconify
Baconize
Ghost Money
Twidiocracy (Twitter + idiocracy)
Bitcoinia
“The ear’s loss is the palate’s gain” (opening champagne)
Frogmageddon (frog + Armageddon)
Gold 2.0 (bitcoin nickname)
White Money
Blue Money