The Big Apple: BigApple2BigEasy (BABE) car rally

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.

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Entry from October 08, 2006

BigApple2BigEasy (BABE) car rally

The BABE rally (Big Apple 2 Big Easy) features cheap cars in a race from New York City to New Orleans. The first BABE was in 2006.

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About BABE2007

We leave in May! Again!

BigApple2BigEasy is a new type of event to the United States and it’s very easy to join in, just get yourself the worst looking vehicle you can for $250 or less and enter the Rally.

The rally is based around the same formula as our highly successful European rallies, Staples2Naples and Home2Rome.

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Sports/Games • (1) Comments • Sunday, October 08, 2006 • Permalink