The Big Apple: “Be honest, you haven’t even walked a mile in your own shoes”

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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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

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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Entry from May 04, 2015

“Be honest, you haven’t even walked a mile in your own shoes”

“Don’t judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes” is an old proverb. “Be honest, you haven’t even walked a mile in your own shoes” was printed on an ecard and was first cited on Twitter on January 29, 2013.

The jocular saying was illustrated on the website I Can Has Cheezburger?. However, a subsequent Cheezburger illustration showed that the average American walks 2.47 miles a day.

Twitter
Sara
‏@SaraDOTibbz
Be quiet. You haven’t even walked a mile in your own shoes.
12:10 PM - 29 Jan 2013

Twitter
zi
‏@ziyandamag
Be honest, you haven’t even walked a mile in your own shoes.
12:23 PM - 29 Jan 2013

Twitter
Santos Akhilele
‏@SantosTHEBOSS
Be honest, you haven’t even walked a mile in your own shoes.
2:42 PM - 29 Jan 2013

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