I am trying to find a manufacturer…
Original author: Cary [e-mail]
I am trying to find a manufacturer of tops. Any suggestions? Thank you.
Category Archives: Street Lifestyle
Growing up at Inwood Hill…
Original author: Charlie
Growing up at Inwood Hill Park, at 204th and Vermylea, the king of all bikes was the Ross Apollo 3 speed; courtesy of Wonderama. We had our share of Stingrays and Crates, but the Ross Apollo had the neat frame, the 3 speed shifter, the slick tires, it was the bike with the mean looks! Add baseball cards to the spokes, the high sissy bar with leather tool pouch, a dogbone wrench,and a Screecher( that thing on the handlebar post with the crank that made that screeching noise;;see Pee Wee’s Big adventure, the bike used there has one!)and you were king of the block!
The Spaldeens would break…
Original author: Ed Conseri [e-mail]
The Spaldeens would break more easily, but they were real. The Pennsy Pinkies? They bounced great, but we couldn’t afford them–Phil’s Candy Store on 36th St & Clara sold plain ol’ “pinkies” that were pink, yellow, or blue! They were 15 cents when the Spaldeen was 25 cents. But the pinkies were awful. Where can I buy a Spaldeen? I swear, I have taught 5 kids in Vermont to play stickball (we pitch in against my brick chimney), and they love it! With a tennis ball, no less! Help–we need a real Spaldeen!!!!
Back in my neighborhood…
Original author: Liz Gui
Back in my neighborhood in South Brooklyn, no one had a pool — not even the kiddie pool. The park in our neighboorhood, Carroll park, was divided into 3 sections and covered an entire block. One end section was the kiddie section — with kiddie swings, slides, and seesaws. There was a large rectangular section in the middle that was two steps down and surrounded by a wrought iron fence. At each end was a sprinkler. Everyone who didn’t hit the beaches in the hot weather, hit Carroll Park to play under the sprinklers and splash around. The easiest way to cool off if the johnny pumps weren’t open!!
I HATED those wooden seesaws!…
We also had “Lenny’s” ice…
Original author: dclemans [e-mail]
We also had “Lenny’s” ice cream truck. This was in Queens – anybody else remember?
I grew up in Astoria and…
Re Turkish Taffy– The…
Original author: Anonymous
Re Turkish Taffy– The bag of small assorted Turkish Taffy that we used to buy at the movies, had an additional flavor called molasses mint. We used to have a heck of a time trying to discern them in the darkened movie theatre so that we could throw them away–they had stripes on them, which helped….
Picture a shallow wooden…
Original author: babs
Picture a shallow wooden box sitting on the floor, say three feet wide by six feet long, with a slot carved out at either short end. In front of each slot is a wooden block which does just that, serves as a goalie of sorts to block the puck from coming through the slot (goal). The two players sit on the floor at either end, behind each goal. In their hand they hold a knock hockey stick, which looks like a miniature of the real thing. The players vie for possession of the puck to start. Whoever has control of the puck uses the hockey stick to hit the puck at strategic angles against the sides of the board, the object of course being to get the puck through the slot (goal) with one whack. If the player doesn’t succeed, the other player gets a turn, hitting the puck from wherever it landed last turn. If you keep hitting it in the goal, you keep going. The amount of points to win is determined at the outset of the game, usually 25.
any one play 3 steps from…
Original author: rlamkay [e-mail]
any one play 3 steps from Germany in bensonhurst in the fifties? my hubby was from 69th st. I played statue, red light, red rover and ball. but my bike and roller skates gave me freedom. the streets w4ere so much safer then. noone watched us, they just called us in for dinner. what great days those were.