Knickerbocker Village

Friday, May 27, 2011

Lower East Side Basketball Stars: 1964-5

Susie Essman Tells A Baseball Story

Here she is heard being interviewed in 2009 about her book

Her father was a son of the LES

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Richard Price Tells A LES Story

Richard Price tells his story as a part of our show in collaboration with The Paris Review titled Off The Map: Stories of Confabulated Geography at The Players Club in January 2008

Questions Over Location Of Lower Manhattan Republican Club

image directly below from the mcny collection

below, screen shots from a previous post

After many of the former LMRC players viewed the lost treasure Weiner film recently posted a comment was made about the location of the Lower Manhattan Republican Club. Howie remarked:

this stuff is awesome - better than the treasure trove from Abbottabad ... who needs a time machine? ... overall look is more like the '50s than 1960 .. great picking out some subtle stuff like that wall that was behind the 3rd base dugout with the cutout leading to the 177 schoolyard ... loved seeing Marty mess with me in the team photo - the price for being a batboy ... btw anyone who might have guessed the address of LMRC was 90 Market - please pick up your prize. Thanks Barry , Dave.

I remarked, using the above photos, as proof

I used to think it was on Market too, but that was the democractic club.
90 Market didn't exist at that time. That address was to the right of PS 177 and those buildings were torn down by that date.
lmrc was at 90 Madison

Murray made a good point, however

I remember the club being across from the A & P in the space that was the delli.
Marty & I held a New Years eve party their one year

My response:

I'm sure you are right. maybe it moved there after leaving madison street. that party probably was after the exodus to warbasse

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

East Broadway And The Garden Cafeteria

The Garden was recognized by place matters
a comment by Carol Foresta, a former KVer

I grew up on the lower east side. The Garden Cafeteria served as a meeting place both inside and out. My father used to wait outside of it for me each evening, when I was a student returning from college. He'd smoke his pipe and stand in front of one of its doors. There he would meet all of his friends and people from the neighborhood. They would be engrossed in conversation. Because my mother was an excellent cook, my father did not dare to eat at the Garden.The Garden always attracted a colorful assembly of people so very long ago. I believe the people who go there today are probably equally interesting. (Sept., 2007)

a comment from Mark, aka "The Cutter," aka "Shoom"
Thanks for the Garden Cafeteria memory on the KV blog.
For our family it was a big deal. We virtually never went out, or in fact, ate with Dad. So, it filled two voids for the family.
I remember we always ate in the back room. It was on a rare Sunday, and there seemed to be many other families there as well. I don't ever remember taking our time, and casually eating. We were probably out of there in less than 30 minutes. Tables were turned over and even if there was a small staff, there seemed to be at least one at our table every five minutes.

Michael Wang already has several locations of Hawa Smoothies (including a popular branch in Wall Street Center), and his latest storefront is now open at 181 East Broadway. The shop is named for Wang's native Hawaii and the interior is bright and inviting, with six cherry-red stools for perching.