Winter Olympics With Famed KV Skating Pair

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Probably from the The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. It's Leonard Michaels and Mario Fox

The Foxy Ms. Fox

I met the Assistant Borough Historian of Manhattan yesterday and got a copy of this treasure. It's Marion Fox in the early 1950's with two of her admirers. The one on the left is Leonard Michaels, the acclaimed writer of short stories, novels, and essays and former KV resident. They are in Washington Square. Leonard was attending NYU at the time.

Catania

Marion mentioned the store known as Catania that was on Monroe Street opposite the East Court. She suspected its owners originated from this city in Sicily. Map below

Marion's KV Memories: Part 6

Marion here talks about the historic church on Market Street Church and the other historic churches and houses of worship in the area, Transfiguration Church, St. Mary's, St. Teresa, Mariner's Temple, St. Augustine and the Bialystoker Synagogue. We also talked about Morton White and his father's shoe store.

Marion's KV Memories: Part 5

Marion continues with her discussion about the stores on Monroe Street. She mentions the mysterious "Catania," Dave The Cleaner's and the local supermarket "trio", Dave's, Kremo's and Gogol's. Marion and her family were friendly with the KV Dr. Bogart but she went to Doctor William F. Herzig, whose offices were on 9th Street and 5th Avenue. She spoke of her friend Ann Erde, whose family owned the famous Moshe's Bakery on East Houston Street. She mentions PS 177 and remembers her 6th grade teacher Miss Moran and her 4th grade teacher Miss Sterling. We discussed John Lamula and the reason why the square was named after him. I learned the mystery of 49 Market Street and the reason there is a horse head protruding from its facade.
The doctor who Cliff went to was Dr. Sussman
He's also mentioned in this installment of Cliff's KV Notes
The candy store that Sal Barone mentioned was discussed here
About Catania, Italy

Marion's KV Memories: Part 4

Marion talks about some of the stores and the store owners including the book and toy store on Catherine Street owned by her friend Judy's mother's sister (Perlman was the family) the bakeries like Hanscom's, Savoia and St. Joseph's, the A&P and the Patrick Henry/Ramos' Bar and Grill.

Marion's KV Memories: Part 3

Marion tells the story of her "sleepover" with Leonard Michaels and the "spying" of Mrs. Leef from the D building across the court. She mentions the taboo of going out with her generation's peers which was in opposition with the "inbreeding" of her older sister's generation. Interesting, she talks of how many of her friends grew up in single parent families. Once again I tried to pursue the lost trail of the beautiful Cookie Orvis along with my strange fascination with the Solerwitz's

My Sister Eileen

From the 1955 film

My Sister Eileen originated as a series of short stories by Ruth McKenney that eventually evolved into a book, a play, a musical, two films, and a CBS television series in the 1960-1961 season.
The autobiographical stories originally were published in The New Yorker, then collected and published as the book My Sister Eileen in 1938. It centers on two sisters from Ohio who move to a basement apartment in the Greenwich Village section of New York City in order to pursue their careers. Older, sensible Ruth aspires to be a writer, while Eileen dreams of success on the stage. A variety of oddball characters bring color and humor to their lives.
In 1955, Columbia remade the film as a musical comedy with a score by Jule Styne and Leo Robin. Richard Quine and Blake Edwards wrote the screenplay, and Quine directed. The cast includes Betty Garrett as Ruth, Janet Leigh as Eileen, and Jack Lemmon, Bob Fosse (who choreographed the musical numbers), Kurt Kasznar, Dick York, and Tommy Rall in supporting roles. Richard Quine, who had played the drug store clerk, Frank Lippincott, in the 1940 stage play and the 1942 movie, directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Blake Edwards.
The score includes the songs "Atmosphere," "As Soon As They See Eileen," "I'm Great," "There's Nothin' Like Love," "It's Bigger Than You and Me," "Give Me a Band and My Baby," and "Conga." In the KV production Marion played Ruth

Marion's KV Memories: Part 2

Marion talks about Mr. Frohlich and the Epstein's from the Normandie Pharmarcy, Leonard Michael and his family, the Grossmans and the mysteries of the basement. There was the package room, near Cherry Street, an auditorium in the K Building,and a bowling alley in the G Building. Marion was in a production of My Sister Eilenn and, no laughing now, Cox and Box

Marion's KV Memories: Part 1

Marion Fox is a long time Knickerbocker Village resident going back to 1937. The daughter of Irving and Anna Rosenbaum she attended PS 177 and Hunter High School and College. She has two older sibling's, Rhoda and the late Morton Rosenbaum. A member and officer of many Community Boards she is also an Assistant Borough Historian of Manhattan. I was at the Public Advocate's office today at the Municipal Building and took the opportunity to meet her at Scott Stringer's office in anticipation of the upcoming reunion. She was gracious enough to consent to be interviewed. Here's Part 1