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Posted by MJF on Sat Apr 11 13:46:46 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by BrooklynBus on Sat Apr 11 12:30:16 2009. Do you remember Zum Zum? German lunch counters located around midtown. They had the hottest mustard I ever tasted. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 11 14:16:11 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by MJF on Sat Apr 11 13:46:46 2009. There's a company called, "ZUM" that's running it's logo on CMLL Lucha Libre. Now I have to find out what it is. |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Sat Apr 11 15:49:02 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Fred G on Sat Apr 11 12:36:40 2009. And the most of the Woolcos in Canada became Wal-Marts. |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Sat Apr 11 16:11:19 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Jeffx on Sat Apr 11 12:03:32 2009. Well, I did not care for their decepetive business practices. Never paatronized them for that reason. I'm glad you did not get burned by them, many did. |
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Posted by Karl B on Sat Apr 11 16:23:37 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by docstox on Sat Apr 11 08:18:38 2009. My first girlfriend worked in a Kresge on Fresh Pond Road in the early 1950's. I used to meet her after she got off work.Needless to say, my favorite 5 & 10 was S S Kresge in those days. |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Sat Apr 11 16:29:32 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by BrooklynBus on Sat Apr 11 12:13:31 2009. Actually, The "S Klein's on the Square" referred to the Newark New Jersey Store. |
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Posted by Dan on Sat Apr 11 16:36:11 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Fred G on Sat Apr 11 12:30:16 2009. People used to say that when a John's Bargain Store opened up in your neighborhood, it was time to move! |
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Posted by Karl B on Sat Apr 11 16:42:10 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Jeffx on Sat Apr 11 12:28:57 2009. My dad worked at that store on the second floor in the train dept. for eight years. He was technically the Lionel salesman, but sold all brands. He grew very fond of Marklin from working with them. He met a number of Hollywood celebrities in his job.IIRC, it was on the southeast corner of 5th Ave and 58th St. |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Sat Apr 11 17:41:58 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by SUBWAYSURF on Sat Apr 11 16:29:32 2009. Was there a square there too, or did it become part of their name. I always thought it referred to Union Square since that store also had an "On the Square" sign. |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Sat Apr 11 17:44:47 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Karl B on Sat Apr 11 16:42:10 2009. What does "IIRC" stand for? It's been bothering me for a long time. |
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Posted by daDouce Man on Sat Apr 11 18:54:32 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by MJF on Sat Apr 11 13:46:46 2009. I wonder how German style mustard compares to Chinese or Japanese mustard? |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Sat Apr 11 18:56:28 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by BrooklynBus on Sat Apr 11 17:44:47 2009. If I Recall Correctly |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Apr 11 19:18:59 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by MJF on Sat Apr 11 13:46:46 2009. Weinerwald was pretty good too ... also with the hot mustard ... |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Sat Apr 11 21:02:58 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Sat Apr 11 18:56:28 2009. Thanks. |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Sat Apr 11 21:07:34 2009, in response to Old New York., posted by 67th Avenue on Thu Apr 9 04:05:58 2009. This is a great link if you are intersted in this sort of stuff. |
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Posted by B53RICH on Sat Apr 11 21:38:22 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Dan on Thu Apr 9 14:05:02 2009. You mentioned Martin's, how about Martin's Paint Stores. Weren't they a sponser for Joe Franklin? Rememeber his show, Memory Lane? As what we are doing...lol.Lafayette Radio, I went to the Rego Park store a couple of times to buy blank 8 track tapes. TSS had a store in the Metro Mall in Middle Village which was originally a Robert Hall clothing store when it opened. |
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Posted by B53RICH on Sat Apr 11 21:45:49 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Dan on Thu Apr 9 14:41:35 2009. Remembering the past, the band Nektar had an album "Remember The Future."Across the street from the Rego Park Alexander's at Junction Blvd. was a Howard Johnson's. |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Sat Apr 11 21:52:21 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by B53RICH on Sat Apr 11 21:38:22 2009. Talking about Martin's Paint, if you watch the Honeymooners episode where Ralph becomes the janitor (the one where he gets stuck in the pipes) you'll notice he's wearing a Martin's Paint hat. I wonder what they got paid for that. |
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Posted by B53RICH on Sat Apr 11 22:04:48 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by f179dj on Fri Apr 10 14:22:40 2009. Our corner Drug Store, which is long gone, had a tube tester. |
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Posted by B53RICH on Sat Apr 11 22:08:31 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by SUBWAYSURF on Fri Apr 10 05:41:48 2009. |
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Posted by B53RICH on Sat Apr 11 22:19:19 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Jeff Rosen on Sat Apr 11 21:52:21 2009. That's right, Ralphy Boy did have a Martin's Paint cap on. |
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Posted by B53RICH on Sat Apr 11 22:32:29 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Dan on Thu Apr 9 14:05:02 2009. Gimbel's TV ad:www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnC8M47tzG0 Also, used to shop at Gertz in Jamaica. They had something called the "Pie Club." Parents would bring in their children on their birthday or close to it and the children would pick out a book as a gift. |
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Posted by B53RICH on Sat Apr 11 22:40:32 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by 67th Avenue on Fri Apr 10 13:28:18 2009. This one's really for BusChat but speaking of "Up The Down Staircase," TA fishbowl 3630 pulls up in front of that school. |
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Posted by 67th Avenue on Sat Apr 11 23:39:17 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by B53RICH on Sat Apr 11 22:08:31 2009. Nice picture! I like the Fishbowl! |
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Posted by 67th Avenue on Sat Apr 11 23:41:53 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by B53RICH on Sat Apr 11 22:04:48 2009. Back in the 1970's there was Metro Plumbing And Heating on Lafayette Street. |
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Posted by B53RICH on Sat Apr 11 23:44:58 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by 67th Avenue on Sat Apr 11 23:39:17 2009. I forgot to give credit to Joe Testagrose. |
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Posted by f179dj on Sat Apr 11 23:45:33 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by B53RICH on Sat Apr 11 22:08:31 2009. Hey; I operated that route; known as the Q5AB in my day. Maybe even that bus in its last days, lol. Hillside and Merrick, turning south to the terminal after they had moved the statue of winged Nike (sorry kids, not the sneaker people). And Mays, yeah, 169 and Jamaica; bought a lot of records there until I moved up to EJK. (Operated the Q4 route in the background too). |
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Posted by 67th Avenue on Sat Apr 11 23:47:12 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by B53RICH on Sat Apr 11 21:45:49 2009. Do you remember Madison Hardware? They specialized in Lionel O Gauge Trains. American Flyer S Gauge converted to two rail track but Lionel kept their three rail track. |
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Posted by 67th Avenue on Sat Apr 11 23:55:06 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by B53RICH on Sat Apr 11 21:38:22 2009. I really liked Mr. Joe Franklin when he was on W.O.R. Channel 9. Those days W.N.E.W. 5 - Multimedia (Metromedia), W.O.R. 9 - RKO; W.P.I..X. 11 - The Daily News. |
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Posted by f179dj on Sat Apr 11 23:57:43 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by 67th Avenue on Sat Apr 11 23:55:06 2009. Joe Franklin, as in Nu, Nu, Nu, Nucco? ha. |
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Posted by 67th Avenue on Sun Apr 12 00:01:43 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by BrooklynBus on Sat Apr 11 21:07:34 2009. Thank you, BrooklynBus. I like the images. |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Sun Apr 12 08:44:41 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by BrooklynBus on Sat Apr 11 17:41:58 2009. The one in Newark is on the West side of Military park. |
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Posted by B47man on Sun Apr 12 10:03:33 2009, in response to Old New York., posted by 67th Avenue on Thu Apr 9 04:05:58 2009. I'm not that old but I remember a lot of these old stores:Alexander's Abraham & Strauss Korvette's Mays' McCrory's TSS Nedick's(good hot dogs!!) Crazy Eddie's the Wiz F.W. Woolworth's There's more but I can't remember them..the first 5 on my list I do remember because my mother always shopped in those stores. Until I reached high school that's where all my back to school clothes came from. |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Sun Apr 12 10:06:10 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by B47man on Sun Apr 12 10:03:33 2009. I remember these, as well as S. Klein, Woolworth's, Rockbottom, Whelan Drugs... |
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Posted by B47man on Sun Apr 12 10:13:52 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by BrooklynBus on Sat Apr 11 12:11:04 2009. After 3 name changes(Consumer's, Met Food & Pioneer), now it's a Key Food. |
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Posted by Jeffx on Sun Apr 12 10:26:07 2009, in response to Old New York., posted by 67th Avenue on Thu Apr 9 04:05:58 2009. Anybody remember Wetsons fast food place? IIRC, it was somewhere near the northern end of Prospect Park. As a child, I remember a few friends telling me that they all heard the stories of someone else's friend who took the bun off of their burger and found a dead fly.Not sure if that story was urban myth or not, but it went out of business not too long thereafter. |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Sun Apr 12 11:09:43 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by MJF on Fri Apr 10 06:34:49 2009. French Connection movie trailer. Snack stand at 1:10.Hollywood better not remake this flick or it's all out WAR !! Bill "Newkirk" |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Sun Apr 12 11:19:51 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by B53RICH on Sat Apr 11 21:45:49 2009. Remembering the past, the band Nektar had an album "Remember The Future."REMEMBER THE FUTURE. Bill "Newkirk" |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Sun Apr 12 11:21:53 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Jeffx on Sun Apr 12 10:26:07 2009. WETSONS |
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Posted by B53RICH on Sun Apr 12 11:24:58 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Jeffx on Sun Apr 12 10:26:07 2009. There was a Wetson's on Hillside Avenue south side just east of Queens Boulevard. |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Sun Apr 12 11:25:10 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Dan on Fri Apr 10 09:08:11 2009. think there was on Nostrand Ave near Newkirk Avenue.It was south of Newkirk on Nostrand across from St. Jeromes R.C. church. Bill "Newkirk" |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Sun Apr 12 11:26:53 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by B53RICH on Sat Apr 11 22:08:31 2009. I used to take that bus to visit my sunt in Rochdale. |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Sun Apr 12 11:29:53 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by BrooklynBus on Sat Apr 11 12:12:23 2009. And William B. Williams, the pitchman for Genovese.Left to right; Willam B. Williams, Edie Gorme and Peggy Lee. Bill "Newkirk" |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Sun Apr 12 11:39:08 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Jeffx on Sun Apr 12 10:26:07 2009. It was on the southeast corner of Empire and Flatbush. It became a Nathan's and I believe now a Wendy's.Coincidentally, they had another one at the other end of Empire (Lefferts) at Utica Avenue. It had been a vacant lot and for about three years there was a sign that Orange Julius was coming. It never came and a Wetson's was built instead right next to the White Castle which is still there. Wetson's charged 19 cents a hamburger compared to White Castle's 12 cents. Wetson's was in NYC before the first McDonalds. There were probably at least 20 of them. |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Sun Apr 12 11:40:03 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by BrooklynBus on Sat Apr 11 21:07:34 2009. Great screen saver photos.Bill "Newkirk" |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Sun Apr 12 11:43:40 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Jeffx on Sun Apr 12 10:26:07 2009. Bill "Newkirk" |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Sun Apr 12 11:54:59 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Newkirk Images on Sun Apr 12 11:25:10 2009. Remember when the neighborhood started changing someone opened a "Black Castle" (hamburgers) around Newkirk and Nostrand? It only lasted a couple of years. I think it was in the late sixties. |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Sun Apr 12 12:04:56 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by BrooklynBus on Sun Apr 12 11:54:59 2009. Remember when the neighborhood started changing someone opened a "Black Castle" (hamburgers) around Newkirk and Nostrand? It only lasted a couple of years. I think it was in the late sixties.I wasn't from that part of Newkirk Ave. My aunt, uncle and cousins lived on Nostrand across from the Brooklyn Public Library between Farragut and Glenwood Rds. Bill "Newkirk" |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Sun Apr 12 12:32:13 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by BrooklynBus on Sun Apr 12 11:39:08 2009. 70 |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Sun Apr 12 12:38:47 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Newkirk Images on Sun Apr 12 11:40:03 2009. What is that slanted area they have their feet on?? |
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