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Thats chinese handball! or…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 3, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
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Thats chinese handball! or ace, king, queen. I dont remember it being called slug. Names of games changed in all areas of ny in the 1960’s.In QUEENS it was,hey you wanna play ‘chinese’. We played in the school park against the brick wall of a park bathroom building.We used a spaldeen.It was a very fast game,played low to the ground,and wore out alot of Keds sneakers. You had to find a good place with a wall or fence in back of you,so you didnt have to chase the ball.

Posted in Ace King Queen, Brooklyn, Other Spaldeen games, Queens, Street Fashion | Tagged Chinese handball, Keds, slugs (the game), sneakers

PS 186 bellerose,glen oaks,…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 24, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
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PS 186 bellerose,glen oaks, queens 1950’s 1960’s.We played it behind a small brick school park building.Only enough room for two players.Thats the only way i played,one on one,a very fast game,one side of your sneakers allways wore out.And scrapping you fingers on the cement didnt help.The big kids had the little black hand ball,rock hard,with a glove,that was what every kid wanted,that ‘BOSS’ hand ball and special handball glove.And a ten speed bike too!

Posted in Ace King Queen, Other Spaldeen games, Queens, Street Fashion | Tagged sneakers

This is a South Bronx tale:…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on November 18, 2006 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
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This is a South Bronx tale: the setting is mid to late ’60s, Kelly Street 10 hundreds block = longer than most with wall to wall five story tenement buildings. We played stickball starting from the second fire-hydrant sewer lid (homeplate) towards the end of the block. Anything over the “wire” not caught was an automatic homerun. Only two guys ever hit the ball onto the roof of 1069 thanks to a favorable wind: Manny and Junior. We seldom played pitch ball but rather bounced the ball before hitting it or hit it in the air. Balls stuck on fire-escapes or on the roof before the “wire” were outs, down the basements were doubles. sidewalks were all you can run. The wire was a cable hanging across the street behind the second sewer lid which was a few feet behind second base. Only players from our street were allowed to toss their sneakers onto the wire. Those trophies were never taken down. When there weren’t enough guys to play a game, two guys with bats would hit the ball back and forth one from homeplate and the other from the third sewer lid towards homeplate. Spaldeens were the prefered ball, used also for slugs off the wall of Mr. Friar’s building 1045 Kelly Street; or hitting off the stoop of 1048 Kelly Street. Louie, Jorge, Mickey, Augie, Joel, Victor, Junior, Moses, George Pinocchio were the regulars. Stickball on Kelly Street died in 1978 when the whole block was nuked for redevelopment. We also played a mean game of skelzies and had the best aerial kite battles between glass-cord diamonds and razorblade sneekies. Those were the days!

Posted in Ace King Queen, Bronx, Brooklyn, Other Spaldeen games, Skully, Stickball, Street Fashion, Wallball / Off the Wall/Point | Tagged Off the Wall, slugs (the game), sneakers, South Bronx

I remember my friend Shelsea…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 18, 2006 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014
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I remember my friend Shelsea we both swaped shrits and wor each others all day long.

Posted in Girl games, Street Fashion, Street Lifestyle

I grew up in Jersey City…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 26, 2004 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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I grew up in Jersey City in the 70’s and we played this game called Caps(Skully) it was fun and I ruined many gallons of milk by stealing the tops of the containers. I also ruined a lot of pairs of sneakers dragging my feet across the board. We used play dough or melted wax with a penny in the middle to add extra weight. Also i dont remember all the rules you have listed here so I beleive we played a modified version sure brings back memories

Posted in Clap and Rhyme, Skully, Street Fashion | Tagged I grew up..., sneakers

I never kept up with which…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 3, 2003 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014
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I never kept up with which designers were en vogue, but I found that staying in shape and having good clean hygiene makes you stand out in a crowd. Nowadays with so many people doing drugs and pan-caking their faces with makeup to hide surgeries and drug abuse, basic self-hatred, etc. Seeing a clean bright face is a breath of fresh air. My friends always said that what they liked about me most is that my skin was like sunshine. Drink plenty of water, and be happy with who you are, ethnic traits and all !

Posted in Girl games, Street Fashion, Street Lifestyle

Okay I am a sixteen year…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 1, 2003 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014
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Okay I am a sixteen year old clothing designer and whatever is your style and you like it..THEN FLAUNT it…I have many different styles for many different occasions and it all depends on my mood..Mostly when I go to parties..I like to dress sporty with like throwed-back hats..jersey dresses…or whatever..You don’t want to look like you’re trying too hard to look good..Many guys will try to talk to you as long as you have confidence!!At school I was picked as “best dressed”…ALso be sure whatever you wear you have much confidence(as I said before)..and if its something you wear like “WOW” then be sure to handle comments with pride..Everone is beautiful in their own way and if you feel good about what you wear than 9 times out of 10 people will respect your personality..If anyone needs words of wisdom or advice email me at Babyd51501 [at] yahoo [dot] com God Bless!!

Posted in Girl games, Street Fashion, Street Lifestyle

Hi All, I’m a Queens…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 26, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
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Hi All, I’m a Queens raised guy who remembers getting tire-treads vulcanized to a pair of Puma sneakers in the late 60’s/early 70’s at a shoe repair shop in the Bronx. Anyone know about this? Thanks, Grape

Posted in Bronx, Locales, Queens, Street Fashion | Tagged sneakers

“Kick the can” was also…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 20, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
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“Kick the can” was also a Bronx game. The kids on my block use to hide our cans so that we wouldn’t have to go scurrying around looking for one the next day; Because the last one to tap their can was it. That was my favorite game, back then. We did all types of cheap tricks, like changing sneakers and hiding inside the garbage can closest to the “can”. And if we didn’t really like the kid that was it. We would run through the backyards and wind up on the other street, leaving the kid all alone for what seemed like hours, trying to find someone. oh, it was the best. I’m glad I not the only one that remembered this game. Thanks for the memories…..Vanessa (32)

Posted in Bronx, Other Games, Street Fashion | Tagged kick the can, sneakers

Many things come to mind…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 11, 2001 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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Many things come to mind when I think of skelly. Here are a few: 1)New Jersey, 1964. We stopped at Tony’s Hot Dogs near lake Hopatcong on a Sunday as I recall. I asked the man behind the counter, actually my dad asked the man, if we could have some bottlecaps. I guess some meant all because he filled up a couple of paper bags full. It was a great ride home as a 7 year old digging out all of the cork and couldn’t wait to show my friends my motherlode of caps. 2)I can still remember the smell of melted crayons in my friend’s garage as we readied our bottlecaps for action. We lived in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn and if it wasn’t stickball or Spud it was all day skelly marathons. 3)About 1970 or thereabouts during my last glory days as a pre-teen and the end of skelly as a pasttime, I pulled one of the biggest miscues of my life, to that point. My dad had just bought me a new pair of Pro Keds and I proceeded to wear out the sides in a matter of days due to several skellythons. Needless to say, it was back to discount sneakers for me. I wish this generation could experience all of the great street games that I grew up with in Brooklyn and Queens.

Posted in Brooklyn, Locales, Queens, Skully, Stickball, Street Fashion | Tagged Canarsie, crayons, I grew up..., Keds, sneakers

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