New York City memories (Naples, Bolton: apartments, coop, movie theaters)

[analyticalkeys]

Remember when no one had a cell phone, some people had a beeper/pager, and everyone's internet was 56k?

[Jungle George]

I remember when Manhattan shut down on Sundays!!

The only things open were the churches, the bakeries, the newsstands & the Jewish section downtown where you could find ANYTHING!! My dad would take me down there & get some pastrami, salami & mustard to bring home from Katz's Deli & he'd buy me these pods called "St. John's Bread" (now they're known as carob) off the street vendor!!

I grew up on the upper east side in an old rent-controlled tenement!! When we left there in '73, the rent for the 2-bedroom apartment was $68.00 a month!!! (the landlord didn't charge extra for the rats & roaches...)

Aaaaahhhh....memories....

[Jungle George]

Originally Posted by id3ntidycrisis

I don't know if it's just me but Mr. Softie's trucks are hardly around anymore here in flushing queens. Where'd they go? =(

The owner probably got tired of being ridiculed!!!

NO man likes to be called "Mister Softee"!!

[Pete Piper]

Originally Posted by id3ntidycrisis

I don't know if it's just me but Mr. Softie's trucks are hardly around anymore here in flushing queens. Where'd they go? =(

I think they all went to the Bronx. They're practically swarming around here in the summer.

Anyone else old enough to remember the commercial for the Milford Plaza from the seventies? That was on all the time at some point.

[bmwguydc]

Originally Posted by Pete Piper

I think they all went to the Bronx. They're practically swarming around here in the summer.

Anyone else old enough to remember the commercial for the Milford Plaza from the seventies? That was on all the time at some point.

Yes, the Milford Plaza...that was so annoying a commercial, but catchy jingle. I also remember the commercials for the Poconos resorts, especially Caesar's with the champagne glass or heart-shaped tubs. LOL

[bmwguydc]

I remember when cabs were yellow and 99% of them were Checker Marathons.

[K 22]

I remember the multi-colored borough specific street signs before they switched to the standard green.

The Bronx had Blue. Manhattan yellow. Brooklyn brown. Queens white. Staten Island I think had black.

I also remember the old redbird #2 trains that you can look out the front window.

[Rachael84]

Originally Posted by Minus

Anyone remember when it seemed like every other bodega, pizzeria and laundromat had arcade machines in them? Kids would crowd around them after school. I used to play Marvel Super Heroes all over the city

The laundromat by my apartment in Astoria has an old school Packman/Galaga machine in it

[Rachael84]

Originally Posted by Pete Piper

I think they all went to the Bronx. They're practically swarming around here in the summer.

Anyone else old enough to remember the commercial for the Milford Plaza from the seventies? That was on all the time at some point.

Mr. Softee's are everywhere in Astoria. I always see them around Steinway/28th ave and 31st street/Ditmars blvd. Other areas too. I hear them driving around sometimes too.

[jax78]

Originally Posted by analyticalkeys

Remember when no one had a cell phone, some people had a beeper/pager, and everyone's internet was 56k?

ahh beepers. i loved beeper messages. 143- i love you, 43- f u. and then we would spell out words with the numbers. i remember i love you and i miss you, and other ones. fun fun. beepers were cool back in the day.