“In the binary system, we count on our fists instead of on our fingers”

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. 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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Entry from August 29, 2017

“In the binary system, we count on our fists instead of on our fingers”

Entry in progress—B.P.

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Murray Bourne‏
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Daily Math Tweet: In the binary system we count on our fists instead of on our fingers. ^_^
8:00 AM - 27 Apr 2009

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TheAlgebraOfData‏
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In the binary system we count on our fists instead of on our fingers. ~ Anon
4:50 PM - 5 Jun 2017

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