Sad news to report; Frank “Jim” Fields has passed away. He was 93.
Jim raised 8 boys on 16th street.
Outstanding family.
Service arrangements to be announced…
15 Wednesday May 2024
Posted Container Diaries, Steve Finamore
inSad news to report; Frank “Jim” Fields has passed away. He was 93.
Jim raised 8 boys on 16th street.
Outstanding family.
Service arrangements to be announced…
07 Tuesday May 2024
Posted Container Diaries, Maggie Hill, Steve Finamore, Sunday Money
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Basketball, BookMark Shoppe, Books, Brooklyn, Container Diaries, Maggie Hill, Reading, Schoolyard, She Got Game, Sunday Money, Windsor Terrace, Writing
Author Maggie Hill will be having a reading from her new novel, “Sunday Money.“
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 7:00 PM.
The BookMark Shoppe: 8415 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, New York (718) 833-5115
Here’s an overview:
It’s 1971, but for Claire Joyce and girls’ basketball, it might as well be 1871. Stilted rules (three-bounce dribbling, two roving players for full-court games, and uniforms that include bloomers) set their play unfairly apart from the boys’ basketball Claire’s older brother John has trained her in.
Basketball is the only constant in Claire life, and as she enters her teen years the skills she’s cultivated on the court—passing, shooting, and faking—help her guard against the chaos of an alcoholic mother, an increasingly violent younger brother, and the downward spiral her beloved John soon finds himself unable to climb out of. Deeply cut from the cloth of the Catholic Church, Brooklyn’s working class, and the limited expectations her world has for girls, Claire strives to find a mirror that might reflect a different, future self. Then Title IX bounces on the scene. Suddenly, girls’ basketball becomes explosive, musical, passionate, and driven—and if Claire plays it just right, it just might offer a full ride to a previously out-of-reach college.
Sunday Money follows Claire as she narrates her way through 1970s Brooklyn, hustling on and off the court and striving to break free of the turmoil in her home and the rulebook “good” girls are supposed to follow.
E-Mail: SteveFinamore@yahoo.com
06 Monday May 2024
Posted Container Diaries, Holy Name, Steve Finamore, Windsor Place
inDay 16 of 365 Images in 365 Days…
Staircase from the Windsor Place entrance to Holy Name.
Those were the days my friend…
05 Sunday May 2024
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1972, Brooklyn, Container Diaries, Holy Communion, Holy Name, Prospect Park, Schoolyard, Windsor Terrace
Day 15 of 365 images in 365 days…
It’s Holy Communion time. No better time than now to pull this classic photo from the archives.
From left to right: Finamore, Langton and Godfrey. Holy Name Communion. Circa 1972.
“The body of Christ…”
If you know, you know.
Those were the days my friend…
04 Saturday May 2024
Posted Container Diaries, Kentucky Derby, OTB, Steve Finamore
inDay 14 of 365 images in 365 days…
With the running of th 150th Kentucky Derby tonight from Churchill Downs, I thought a picture of OTB that was located on 12th street and 5th avenue would be ideal.
Gotta admit, I am not feeling, nor have I been feeling this iconic race for a few years now.
But back in the day, WOW! I was always juiced when this race came on TV.
I recall visiting OTB often and placing bets. It became addictive.
Do OTB’s even exist anymore?
Those were the days my friend…
03 Friday May 2024
Tags
228A Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, Container Diaries, Fire Escape, Roof, Steve Finamore, Window, Windsor Terrace
365 images in 365 days…
This was my back window at 228A Prospect Park West. And, the fire escape leading to the roof.
Those were the days my friend…
02 Thursday May 2024
Posted Container Diaries, Henry's Deli, Steve Finamore
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Brooklyn, Container Diaries, Fishcakes and Beans, Henry's Deli, Holy Name, Iced Tea, Ninth Avenue, Prospect Avenue, Prospect Park, Windsor Terrace
365 images in 365 days…
Best Iced Tea. Best Fishcakes.
If you know, you know.
Those were the days my friend…
01 Wednesday May 2024
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Brooklyn, Coco-Lee-Vee-O, Container Diaries, Holy Name, Schoolyard, Sports, Steve Finamore, Windsor Terrace
365 images in 365 days…
Holy Name schoolyard – oops, make that the “girl’s schoolyard.”
This place used to be a sports wonderland.
Stick ball, slap ball, punch ball, football, off the point, tag, manhunt, coco-lee-vee-o…
We even used it as a place to hang out morning, noon and night.
Those were the days my friend…
30 Tuesday Apr 2024
Posted Container Diaries, John Jay, Steve Finamore
inJohn Jay was a popular school located on 7th avenue. Lot of guys and gals from the neighborhood attended.
Tried Jay three times; 1978-80. It never worked out.
29 Monday Apr 2024
Posted Boys Schoolyard, Container Diaries, Howard Place, Steve Finamore
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Basketball, Brooklyn, Container Diaries, Holy Name, Schoolyard, Sports, Steve Finamore, Windsor Terrace
Boys schoolyard at Holy Name.
Howard Place homes in the background.
Those were the days, my friend…