“Went to the bathroom without my phone… Just like my ancestors used to do”

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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.

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Entry from May 21, 2022

“Went to the bathroom without my phone… Just like my ancestors used to do”

Some people cannot be without their phones. “Went to the bathroom without my phone…Just like our ancestors used to do” was posted on Twitter by Amish Super Model on April 12, 2022.

“Went to the bathroom without my phone.. Just like my ancestors used to do”—“my ancestors” instead of “our ancestors”—was posted on Twitter by Bob Kostic on April 21, 2022.

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Amish Super Model 🇺🇦
@AmishSuperModel
Went to the bathroom without my phone…
Just like our ancestors used to do.
10:30 AM · Apr 12, 2022·Twitter for iPhone

Facebook
Ron Hill
April 19, 2022 at 9:29 PM ·
Went to the bathroom without my phone…
Just like our ancestors used to do.

Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
Went to the bathroom without my phone..
Just like my ancestors used to do.
6:01 AM · Apr 21, 2022·Twitter Web App

Twitter
andy o’connor
@andyoconnor7
Went to the bathroom without my phone..
Just like my ancestors used to do.
12:28 PM · Apr 21, 2022·Twitter Web App

Twitter
Danny Antell
@dannyantell
I just went and used the restroom without my phone…
Just like our ancestors used to do…
9:05 PM · May 1, 2022·Twitter for Android

Twitter
LexMuffin Top 38%
@lexsisbrynn
Went to the bathroom without my phone. Like my ancestors used to do. Cause I am tradish like that.
2:48 PM · May 17, 2022·Twitter for Android

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May 20, 2022 at 5:59 PM ·
Went to the bathroom
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Just like my ancestors
used to do.

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