Here Comes Summer

A slide show with images taken in late June of 2008 including the Harriet Tubman Triangle at 123rd Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, Fairway Brooklyn and a PS 397K retirement party.
Music:

"Here Comes Summer" was a 1959 song, which was written and performed by Jerry Keller. The song was produced for Keller by Richard Wolf. It reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #1 in the UK Charts. The song uses the opening quote from the Stephen Foster song "My Old Kentucky Home" ("The Sun Shines Bright"). It was also recorded by The Dave Clark Five in 1970, but wasn't as successful.
1 week at #1 - 14 weeks on chart
Here comes summer
School is out, oh happy day
Here comes summer
I'm gonna grab my girl and run away
Here comes summer
We'll go swimming every day
Oh let the sun shine bright on my happy summer home
Well school's not so bad but the summer's better
Gives me more time to see my girl
Walk through the park beneath the shiny moon
Oh when we kiss she makes my flat top curl
It's summer
Feel her lips so close to mine
Here comes summer
When we meet our hearts entwine
It's the greatest
Let's have summer all the time
Oh let the sun shine bright on my happy summer home
Here comes summer (here comes summer)
Almost June, the sun is bright
Here comes summer (here comes summer)
Drive in movies every night
(Double feature) Double feature
Lots more time to hold her tight
So let the sun shine bright on my happy summer home
Well I'll want to hold my girl beside me
Sit by the lake till one or two
Go for a drive in the summer moonlight
Dream of her love the whole night through
It's summer she'll be with me every day
Here comes summer, meet the gang at Joe's cafe
If she's willing, we'll go steady right away
Oh let the sun shine bright on my happy summer home
(Oh let the sun shine bright) here comes summer time at last

Joe Bruno's Find Big Fat Fanny Fast: Greenwood Lake Chapter 3

Find Big Fat Fanny Fast -Greenwood Lake Part 3
from Joe Bruno who gave me permission to post these chapters on the KV blog.

I'm writing a spoof novel of the mob in the neighborhood called Find Big Fat Fanny Fast. You can find several first drafts excerpts of Find Big Fat Fanny Fast on my FB wall. The book should be finished in a a few months. It will be available in ebook on the internet and in print a few months later. It can be downloaded to Kindle or any of the other ebook readers. It's much cheaper on ebooks.

Joe Bruno's Find Big Fat Fanny Fast: Greenwood Lake

Find Big Fat Fanny Fast - Greenwood Lake
from Joe Bruno who gave me permission to post these chapters on the KV blog.

I'm writing a spoof novel of the mob in the neighborhood called Find Big Fat Fanny Fast. You can find several first drafts excerpts of Find Big Fat Fanny Fast on my FB wall. The book should be finished in a a few months. It will be available in ebook on the internet and in print a few months later. It can be downloaded to Kindle or any of the other ebook readers. It's much cheaper on ebooks.

Joe Bruno's Find Big Fat Fanny Fast: Tony's Drugstore

Find Big Fat Fanny Fast- Tony's Drugstore
from Joe Bruno who gave me permission to post these chapters on the KV blog.

I'm writing a spoof novel of the mob in the neighborhood called Find Big Fat Fanny Fast. You can find several first drafts excerpts of Find Big Fat Fanny Fast on my FB wall. The book should be finished in a a few months. It will be available in ebook on the internet and in print a few months later. It can be downloaded to Kindle or any of the other ebook readers. It's much cheaper on ebooks.

Joe Bruno's Find Big Fat Fanny Fast: Murder in Knickerbocker Village

Find Big Fat Fanny Fast -Murder in Knickerbocker Village
from Joe Bruno who gave me permission to post these chapters on the KV blog.

I'm writing a spoof novel of the mob in the neighborhood called Find Big Fat Fanny Fast. You can find several first drafts excerpts of Find Big Fat Fanny Fast on my FB wall. The book should be finished in a a few months. It will be available in ebook on the internet and in print a few months later. It can be downloaded to Kindle or any of the other ebook readers. It's much cheaper on ebooks.

Joe Bruno's Find Big Fat Fanny Fast: Chapter Three- Part 1

Chapter Three- Part 1 - Find Big Fat Fanny Fast
from Joe Bruno who gave me permission to post these chapters on the KV blog.

I'm writing a spoof novel of the mob in the neighborhood called Find Big Fat Fanny Fast. You can find several first drafts excerpts of Find Big Fat Fanny Fast on my FB wall. The book should be finished in a a few months. It will be available in ebook on the internet and in print a few months later. It can be downloaded to Kindle or any of the other ebook readers. It's much cheaper on ebooks.

Joe Bruno's Find Big Fat Fanny Fast: Introducing Big Fat Fanny

Find Big Fat Fanny Fast- Introducing Big Fat Fanny
from Joe Bruno who gave me permission to post these chapters on the KV blog.

I'm writing a spoof novel of the mob in the neighborhood called Find Big Fat Fanny Fast. You can find several first drafts excerpts of Find Big Fat Fanny Fast on my FB wall. The book should be finished in a a few months. It will be available in ebook on the internet and in print a few months later. It can be downloaded to Kindle or any of the other ebook readers. It's much cheaper on ebooks.

Joe Bruno's Find Big Fat Fanny Fast: The Fulton Fish Market

Find Big Fat Fanny Fast - The Fulton Fish Market
from Joe Bruno who gave me permission to post these chapters on the KV blog.

I'm writing a spoof novel of the mob in the neighborhood called Find Big Fat Fanny Fast. You can find several first drafts excerpts of Find Big Fat Fanny Fast on my FB wall. The book should be finished in a a few months. It will be available in ebook on the internet and in print a few months later. It can be downloaded to Kindle or any of the other ebook readers. It's much cheaper on ebooks.

Joe Bruno's Find Big Fat Fanny Fast: Chapter 2

Chapter Two --- Find Big Fat Fanny Fast
from Joe Bruno who gave me permission to post these chapters on the KV blog.

I'm writing a spoof novel of the mob in the neighborhood called Find Big Fat Fanny Fast. You can find several first drafts excerpts of Find Big Fat Fanny Fast on my FB wall. The book should be finished in a a few months. It will be available in ebook on the internet and in print a few months later. It can be downloaded to Kindle or any of the other ebook readers. It's much cheaper on ebooks.

How You Become King Of The Lower East Side

A compilation of stills and video encompassing the scavenger hunt destinations for the King of the Lower East Side contest.
I had a lot of trouble because I thought Lasky's Shoe Store
and Sosinsky and Sons Shirts would be on the tour and I couldn't find them.
from Newsies

A pair of new shoes with matching laces!
A permanent box at sheepshead races!
A porcelain tub with boiling water!
A Saturday night with the mayor's daughter!
Look at me I'm the King of New York!
Suddenly I'm respectable staring right at ya lousy with stature.
Nobbin' with all the muckety mucks I'm blowing my dough with gowin' deluxe.
And there I be aint I pretty?
It's my city I'm the King of New York.
A corduroy suit with fitted knickers.
A mezzanine seat to see the flickers
Havana cigars that cost a quarter
An editor's desk for the star reporter
Tip your hat, he's the King of New York.
How 'bout that! I'm the king of New York.
In nothing flat he'll be covering Brooklyn to Trenton, our man Denton.
Makin' a headline out of a hunch.
Protecting the weak and payin' for lunch.
When I'm at bat strong men crumble.
Proud yet humble.
I'm (He's) the king of New York.
I gotta be either dead or dreamin'
'Cause look at that pape with my face beamin'
Tomorrow they may wrap fishes in it
But I was a star for one whole minute
Look at me I'm the King of New York.
Aint ya heard? I'm the King of New York!
Holy cow
It's miracle
Pulitzer's cryin'
Weasel, he's dyin'
Flashpots are shootin' bright as the sun
I'm one highfalutin' son-of-a-gun
Don't ask me how
Fortune found me
Fate just crowned me
Now I'm king of New York
Look and see
Once a piker
Now a striker
I'm the king of New York
Victory!
Front page story
Guts and glory
I'm the king of New York!

Pride Goes East: LES Special Scavenger Hunt, June 19, 2010

Tamara Greenfield tells all about this new and unique event that's part of Pride Goes East. The event was coordinated by the Fourth Arts Block.
see the character who would later win the scavenger hunt

I'm Sitting On Top Of The World

I tried to get a shot of Knickerbocker Village, but Confuscius Plaza was in the way.
At The Year of the Tiger Party for Fourth Arts Block
Cooper Square Hotel, June 17, 2010

For years, Manhattan artists have been fleeing to the outer boroughs, chasing the ever-receding rainbow of affordable rent. The artistic community on E 4th St, however, is still vibrant. In 2005, Mayor Bloomberg designated the area as an official Cultural District, and sold eight properties to various arts organizations for one dollar each, including the New York Theater Workshop, La MaMa and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Tonight's party in the penthouse of the Cooper Square Hotel benefits the so-called Fourth Arts Block, with performances by Sidra Bell Dance, palm readings, a fortune-cookie raffle, a silent auction and hors d'oeuvres from Faustina.

I'm sitting on top of the world,
Just rolling along
Just rolling along
I'm quitting the blues of the world
Just singing a song
Just singing a song
Glory hallelujah, I just phoned the parson
Hey, par, get ready to call
Just like humpty dumpty,
I'm going to fall
I'm sitting on top of the world
Just rolling along
Just rolling along