Syndicated newspaper columnist Walter Winchell (1897-1972) wrote in a column in March 1949:
“Sights You Never See on the New York Map: ‘Glory Road’ (8th Avenue between 42nd and 44th) where a constant stream of roving evangelists hand out tracts warning passersby their sins will find them out,”
“Roving evangelists” still exist in the Times Square area, but no nickname is now used. The name “Glory Road” does not have any other known citations and is of historical interest today.
23 March 1949, Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger, “On Broadway” by Walter Winchell, pg. 25, col. 2:
Sights You Never See on the New York Map: “Glory Road” (8th Avenue between 42nd and 44th) where a constant stream of roving evangelists hand out tracts warning passersby their sins will find them out,
June 1949, Hearst’s International Combined with Cosmopolitan (New York, NY), “Winchell’s New York,” pg. 112, col. 2:
Sights You Never See on the New York Map: “Glory Road” (8th Avenue between 42nd and 44th) where a constant stream of roving evangelists hand out tracts warning passersby their sins will find them out,
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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