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My aunt lived at 501 West179th….

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on August 18, 2004 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
Original author: Pat Harris (westsidegirl) [e-mail]
 

My aunt lived at 501 West179th. We used to walk there (my grandmother, cousins, from West 65 Street. Then they’d all walk us across the George Washington Bridge. I remember Highbridge pool, the great movies on St. Nicholas Avenue. It was a beautiful area. This was in the late 1040s and early 1950s. I haven’t been there in many years.

Posted in Locales, Manhattan | Tagged Washington Heights

Surprised that no one has…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 5, 2003 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
Original author: San Juan
 

Surprised that no one has disscussed upper Manhattan neighborhoods Im from the area around 168th St. lots of changes last time I was up there in Nov. 2002.

Posted in Locales, Manhattan | Tagged Washington Heights

I m from Washington Heights…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 5, 2003 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 3, 2020
Original author: SanJuan Movie Theater
 

I m from Washington Heights and when Pensie Pinkies became available in the early 60s this was the ball of choice…it bounced spectacularly better than the spaldeen…in fact researching Pensie Pinkies brought me to this site.

Posted in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Other Spaldeen games | Tagged Pennsy Pinkie, spaldeen types, Washington Heights

I’m also from Washington…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 12, 2003 by Streetplay DiscussionsMarch 24, 2019
Original author: 100 Bennett Ave
 

I’m also from Washington Heights, on Bennett Ave. We played this game, but we called it “Slug”. I wonder if anyone else knew it by this name. I don’t remember our rules so well so I’m checking w/ my older sister… hopefully she will.

Posted in Ace King Queen, Boxball, Manhattan, Other Spaldeen games | Tagged slugs (the game), Washington Heights

In Washington Heights we…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 12, 2003 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
Original author: 100 Bennett Ave
 

In Washington Heights we used the Spaldeens… don’t remember the pinkys which, based on the discussion here, sound like basically the same sort of ball. We did have a Pink ball that was made of a different material than the spaldeen… it was a foam rubber ball… heavier, lots of bounce, but the grip of the soft rubber foam on the ground made it have “unpredictable” bouncing behaviors. We didn’t use those much, I don’t think, we used the spaldeens. Anyone else remember the Pink foam rubber balls I am refering to?

Posted in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Other Spaldeen games | Tagged Pennsy Pinkie, spaldeen types, Washington Heights

Spaldeen was the ball of…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 11, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
Original author: bennett ave.
 

Spaldeen was the ball of choice on Bennett Ave. in Washington heights for curbball, punchball, and in the pan. We used to sneek up on the roof of P.S. 152 to get all the balls that were hit up on the during stickball games and punchball games in the schoolyard.

Posted in Brooklyn, Curbball, Manhattan, Other Spaldeen games, Punchball, Stickball | Tagged Washington Heights

Growing up in Washington…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 8, 2001 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
Original author: Anonymous
 

Growing up in Washington Heights, NY, we used to sit on the stoop and play Concentration, where we would snap our fingers and chant “Concentration, names of” then you would fill in the blank, “one apiece(or 2, etc.),no repeats, such as ….” Anyone ever play that?

Posted in Hanging Out, Manhattan, Reader Stories | Tagged stoop sitting, Washington Heights

In Washington Heights (Dyckman…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 25, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsMay 9, 2019
Original author: Gary Grand [e-mail]
 

In Washington Heights (Dyckman area) we called it “Manhunt”. But it was basically the same game, with one team chasing the other and placing them in “base”. We did not allow running into basements, buildings or passing the corners on either side of the block. There was always someone guarding the base. I remember running with a car (running alongside of it as low as possible) and then pouncing on the base and saving as many of my teammates as possible. Also for a period of time we could kick the lamppost on our block and the lights would go off and the other team couldn’t see what was going on for about 8-9 minutes. Those were the days (late 80’s). We usually played during the summertime and usually till about 11:30 pm (never during the day either! Too hot!)and then just lay on top of a car and talk the night away.

Posted in Manhattan, Other Games, Ringoleavio | Tagged Dyckman, Summer, Washington Heights

I’m 25 years old from Washington…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 25, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
Original author: Gary Grand [e-mail]
 

I’m 25 years old from Washington Heights. But, while my friends and I were growing up we played Chinese handball (we have actually passed it down to the younger kids that are currently growing up). We had various forms of the game where the “Ace” could decide what the rules of the game were going to be. Usually when the best players were around we played “killer serve” (where you could serve as you pleased as long as you didn’t pass the first block of cement and the last block of cement), with stealing (you couldn’t step into another player’s box) and hitting the ball three times (if you wanted to).

Posted in Ace King Queen, Manhattan, Other Spaldeen games | Tagged Chinese handball, Washington Heights

I grew up on 173 St &…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 21, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
Original author: Dave MacDonnell [e-mail]
 

I grew up on 173 St & St. Nick. in Washington Heights back in the early sixties. Bottle caps with the melted crayons were cool, but for maximum speed and ease of shooting we used to rub the very top of the old glass soda bottles over the sewer covers until they broke off. Of coarse sooner or later someone would hit you hard enough to break it, but those old time bottles were pretty thick! Man this stuff sure brings back the memories!!!

Posted in Manhattan, Skully | Tagged crayons, I grew up..., Washington Heights

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