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Posted by Newkirk Images on Fri Apr 24 19:32:02 2015, in response to A vestige of old Park Row, posted by 3-9 on Fri Apr 24 17:37:15 2015. I remember Tinker's Paradise. What year did they bite the dust ?Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by 3-9 on Fri Apr 24 21:02:57 2015, in response to Re: A vestige of old Park Row, posted by Newkirk Images on Fri Apr 24 19:32:02 2015. No idea. It was only relatively recently that I went through Park Row regularly, and by that time, J&R was beginning to take over most of the storefronts. |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri Apr 24 21:56:31 2015, in response to A vestige of old Park Row, posted by 3-9 on Fri Apr 24 17:37:15 2015. Tinkers Paradise was originally near Radio Row. They were on Greenwich between Liberty and Cortlandt. They moved to Park Row, when the WTC was being built in the mid 1960's. |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Sat Apr 25 09:05:43 2015, in response to A vestige of old Park Row, posted by 3-9 on Fri Apr 24 17:37:15 2015. This picture was taken after the explosion that demolished a narrow building near the end of the block, two buildings after Hizzoners. You can see a small space between the buildings. It happened in 1974 or early 1975. |
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Posted by X-Astorian on Sat Apr 25 10:41:34 2015, in response to Re: A vestige of old Park Row, posted by BrooklynBus on Sat Apr 25 09:05:43 2015. "This picture was taken after the explosion that demolished a narrow building near the end of the block, two buildings after Hizzoners. You can see a small space between the buildings. It happened in 1974 or early 1975."You're right about the explosion (gas) but it happened on December 11, 1970. I remember that day because I was working on Church Street at the time, heard the blast and saw the smoke rising and had walked on Park Row earlier that day. |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Apr 25 15:24:15 2015, in response to Re: A vestige of old Park Row, posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri Apr 24 21:56:31 2015. I’m glad you mentioned that. I seem to recall Tinkers Paradise being on the west side in the early 1960s. |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Sun Apr 26 11:54:54 2015, in response to Re: A vestige of old Park Row, posted by X-Astorian on Sat Apr 25 10:41:34 2015. Thanks for the correction. Didn't realize it happened five years before I worked there. Wonder why I even remember it. |
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Posted by TerrapIN StatiON on Sun Apr 26 16:26:06 2015, in response to Re: A vestige of old Park Row, posted by BrooklynBus on Sun Apr 26 11:54:54 2015. You're often mistaken. |
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Posted by HART BUS on Sun Apr 26 18:58:52 2015, in response to Re: A vestige of old Park Row, posted by X-Astorian on Sat Apr 25 10:41:34 2015. I, too remember the blast. I went and graduated from Pace College which is a block away or Park Row. I think the blast was on a Friday and I had left the school at 11 AMI remember going to the school for an Accounting Society meeting the next day (Saturday). I walked to the site and couldn't believe my eyes. I remember seeing one of NY's Bravest gingerly putting a ladder against what remained of the north wall to mount a floodlight so the operation could proceed into the night. Another Fireman was "spotting" for him (like in gymnastic). The first guy must have felt something shift and he jumped off that ladder and moved away. Fortunately nothing happened. I think the street level contained a bar. One of the survivors told a reporter that he had his foot up on the bar rail and the next thing he knew he was holding onto the rail so as not to fall into the pit. |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Sun Apr 26 19:53:30 2015, in response to Re: A vestige of old Park Row, posted by X-Astorian on Sat Apr 25 10:41:34 2015. You're right about the explosion (gas) but it happened on December 11, 1970.And the photo was taken in March 1974. |
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Posted by Mr. Night Train Show on Tue Apr 28 14:38:11 2015, in response to Re: A vestige of old Park Row, posted by HART BUS on Sun Apr 26 18:58:52 2015. I'm also a Pace Graduate and remember the blast very well. I used to buy a lot of records at J&R .... 45's and LP's to play on the Pace University radio station. That is how the "Mr. Night Train Show" moniker was created. I got the music & train idea into one name for this sight. Regardless, The pix brings back a lot of great memories...just 40 years old. My playlist had "Long Train Following Me, Peace Train, Love Train, and Double Dutch Bus". |
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Posted by HART BUS on Tue Apr 28 14:48:05 2015, in response to Re: A vestige of old Park Row, posted by Mr. Night Train Show on Tue Apr 28 14:38:11 2015. I graduated in 1971. During my tenure at 41 Park Row, there was a record shop next to the building. I think it was called Bondy's. Wouldn't shock me to know that J&R put him and his high priced inventory out of business. |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Tue Apr 28 16:03:14 2015, in response to A vestige of old Park Row, posted by 3-9 on Fri Apr 24 17:37:15 2015. nice |
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Posted by Mr. Night Train Show on Wed Apr 29 12:39:39 2015, in response to Re: A vestige of old Park Row, posted by HART BUS on Tue Apr 28 14:48:05 2015. It was Bondy's. I did shop there too. It was on the corner. |
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