As we continue our tour of the neighborhood, I had to step back from my keyboard and take a deep breath and put on my thinking cap for a moment. (Do teachers still ask kids to do that today in school?)
You often hear it used in the movies, ‘he’s from the other side of the [...]
Archive for April, 2008
WRONG SIDE OF 9TH AVENUE?
Posted in 9th avenue, Windsor Terrace, tagged 9th avenue, Windsor Terrace, Wrong side of the tracks on April 30, 2008 | 33 Comments »
STANDING IN THE SHADOW OF LOVE
Posted in 7th avenue, Frank's Pizza, Windsor Place, tagged 7th avenue, Frank's Pizza, Windsor Place on April 29, 2008 | 12 Comments »
These past few days I have taken you on a tour of Windsor Place starting from 9th avenue all the way down to 7th avenue. The odd thing you notice is that Windsor ends right there - boom! No more Windsor Place!
Along 7th avenue all you see are apartment buildings.
How come Windsor didn’t continue down [...]
HARVEY KEITEL
Posted in Harvey Keitel, Smoke, tagged Harvey Keitel, Post office, Smoke on April 27, 2008 | 10 Comments »
We can all agree that Mr. Keitel is a solid actor and has been pretty popular over the years. Keitel, for those who are unaware hails from Brooklyn, New York. In the early 90’s, he made a film ‘Smoke’, with William Hurt directed by Wayne Wang. The filming took place [...]
WINDSOR BETWEEN 8TH & 7TH
Posted in Frank's Pizza, Stickball, Windsor Place, tagged Add new tag, Frank's Pizza, New York Giants, St. Savior's, Stickball, Windsor Place on April 26, 2008 | 27 Comments »
My tour of the ‘Nabe’ continues…
Windsor Place between 8th and 7th avenues: What a ‘live’ block. Lots of energy!
The people were fantastic. Always smiling (most of them anyways)
Very warm, friendly and down to earth.
But first, remember the Bodega on the corner of Windsor and 8th? Who owned that joint?
I met a hispanic [...]
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Posted in 11215, Brooklyn, Don Kent, Windsor Place, tagged The Home, Windsor Place on April 25, 2008 | 28 Comments »
I received an e-mail from someone who reads Container Diaries and they couldn’t believe how many people I mention on the blog day-to-day or how many people contribute leave comments.
This individual informed me they lived in the neighborhood for years but didn’t recognize some of the names. (hey buddy, don’t feel bad, our memory gets [...]
WHAT’S A CHEESE DOODLE?
Posted in Blog, tagged Add new tag, Cheese Doodles, TV on April 23, 2008 | 12 Comments »
As many of you know, my nine year-old daughter Taylor is a work in progress, as with most kids her age. But every now and then she surprises the heck out of me. (Like most of your kids).
The other night I was at my father in-law’s house while he was away on [...]
O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!
Posted in Bonalli's, Holy Name, Red, Windsor, tagged Around the World, Bonalli's, Holy Name, Ice Cream, Red, Steve, Windsor Terrace on April 19, 2008 | 66 Comments »
It’s late Saturday night, slash-Sunday morning, I made it around the clock once again! My wife and daughter are enjoying the weekend in Chicago (I couldn’t make the trip, we are in the process of putting next years team together by having workouts for potential recruits at the college).
As most of you know, this [...]
CRUSH ON YOU
Posted in Blog on April 17, 2008 | 47 Comments »
This morning while driving Taylor to school (picture that, me driving my 9 year-old daughter to school? I walked across the street every day to H.N.) an old school disco song came on the local radio station sung by a group called, ‘The Jets’; how crazy is that? The nickname for the college I [...]
JEWELS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Posted in Frank the Ace, tagged Chuck Berry, Frank Gorshen, Frankie the Ace, Jerry West, Pete Maravich, Rocky, Stickball, The Blue Man Group, The Riddler on April 14, 2008 | 26 Comments »
We can all agree that our neighborhood was filled with colorful characters. That’s one of the things that makes Windsor Terrace so unique. It seemed like they were all over the place. Each block had one. Or, they hung out in the schoolyards; Holy Name, P.S. 154, P.S. 107, P.S. 10, [...]
SULLY FROM SHERMAN
Posted in Jim Sullivan, P.S. 154, tagged PS 154 schoolyard on April 13, 2008 | 39 Comments »
Every now and then I will throw up some of the comments from readers on the front page of the blog just in case you missed it…Today, Jim Sullivan and his memory of P.S. 154 located on 11th avenue and Windsor/Sherman.
The new folks in the neighborhood probably look at it and don’t see much, but [...]
