I got this in an email today. My Jersey City friends may remember many of the places and things. Have fun, I did.
| YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM JERSEY CITY IF YOU REMEMBER: * Hudson Boulevard had islands. * You knew how O'Hara's got it's name. * You knew all the troublemakers before they became cops. - Martin Luther King Drive was Jackson Avenue - Christopher Columbus Drive was Railroad Avenue - Luiz Munoz Marin Boulevard was Henderson Street -Manila Avenue was Grove Street - Roosevelt Lanes & Putney's Pub - Annual Holy Name Parade - What Harvard on the Blvd. and St. Richards on the Hill are - The color scheme of the bus lines ... Brown: Central Avenue; Red: Montgomery/West Side, Green: Bergen/Lafayette, Orange: Bergen Avenue - Getting Sunday suits at Robert Hall - Bettingers on the Square - Uncle Milties/Bergen Point - The Skyline Cabana Club - You shopped in Woolworth on Journal Square and went to the Griddle or Driftwood after a movie. - The Hudson Mall was a strip mall - Instead of the Hudson Mall there was: Two Guys from Harrison; Great Eastern, and Valley Fair - Instead of the dollar stores there was Johns Bargain Stores - You could actually swim in the Reservoir (on the sneak) - The giant roach in the exterminators window on Westside Avenue - Floor shows at the Canton Tea Garden Chinese Restaurant - You've said "Youse" about 100 times in one day - The best hot dogs at Boulevard Drinks - Orange Julius at the Square - Charcoal burgers at Tippys - The Tube Bar and Red the owner - The Concourse - The Oyster Bay, Murtaghs, the Alps, Robinsons Steak House, and the Blue Piano - The PATH train was .30 cents and before that they were called the Hudson Tubes - The Happy Birthday Truck from Schneider's Bakery - You were part of the in crowd if you shopped at Danny Mack and Cara Carson (Marilyn on Central Avenue, Wetons on Bergen) - The Public Service Bus Terminal Concourse with 3 Guys Pizza, Universal, Horn & Hardardt - The chickens turning on the rotisserie at Universal - The shortcut through the escalators to Magnolia Avenue - Eating lunch at Liss Drug - Ice skating at Roosevelt Stadium - That St. Als Academy was known as snob hill or House on Whore Hill - The Bergen School - The CYO, OLM, St. Michaels, Mt. Carmel and Holy Family dances - Going through Lincoln Park to get to 440 - The CYO on Bergen Avenue - You remember go-carts on 440 and # 5 Park - You hung out at the VIP or The Colonette after a night of partying and before that the Colony - The football Giants practicing at Roosevelt Stadium - Drunks and derelicts donating blood for money at the blood bank next to McCrorys - Everyone lived in a parish - J.M. Fields - Brummers Ice Cream Parlor at the Junction(the sons opened parlors in Vermilion, OH and Westwood, NJ) - Schroeder's and Myers Ice Cream Parlor on Central Avenue - Your neighborhood beat cops first name - The Captains Table Restaurant at Roosevelt Stadium - Fischer Beers - Drive-in movies at Roosevelt Stadium - You sat on the Buffalo at Mosquito Park and rode your sled in winter there - Nedicks and Bickford';s Cafeteria on the Square - Monteleones, Five Corners and the Paris Bakeries - In grammar school you went home for lunch and your mom made it for you cause she was there - You lived in a house/apartment with at the least one cousin and/or grandparent on the same street - You lived within 1/2 mile of three catholic churches (with schools attached) - Track meets and boxing matches at Pershing Field - The pool at North Street Park (and never called it Washington Park) - Battle of the Bands - You know the You know the A. Harry Moore cheer > - You drank or ate at any of these >places: The Park Tavern, Frank's Bar and Grill, the Glenwood, the Showboat, Narrowbacks, >Soap Creek, or Guarini';s * Dekay's Diner HA! * Your dad would take the whole family >to the Roosevelt Drive-In, but if you were over 12, he'd hide you in the trunk > * You've eaten at Jule's, IIvento's, >or the Rodeo Steakhouse * You remember buying candy at Liss Drugs Store >and then going to the movies on the Square * You shopped at The Grove Shoppe, >State Gown, Wenton's or Cara Carson, and Barney Stock for designer clothes >or accessories * You went to John's Bargain Store >for clothes pins and underwear * You remember Mayor Smith and that >he once sparred with Muhammad Ali * You hung out at the Hilltop on Newark >& Baldwin Ave. after high school everyday * You went to the "City" >to get drunk at 15 * You ate zeppoles and took chances >for the 50/50 at the Mount Carmel feast * You knew Great Eastern before it >was found to be a toxic PCP dump. Ditto behind Lincoln Park * You could see the Statue of Liberty >or the Empire State Building from your house and never visited them. * KFC and Gino's were the same >fast food restaurant * You watched "Cops" on TV >and recognize the streets * You played basketball or hockey in >Country Village * You had a coconut drink at the Canton > * You learned to drive in Roosevelt >Stadium or B ayonne Park and make out at 11 PM * You swam at Bayonne Pool and skated >at the roller rink next door] * You saw headliner rock groups and >fireworks in Roosevelt Stadium * The PIX didn't show porn * There were three colleges in Jersey >City to choose from, Jersey City State, St. Peter';s, and Rutgers University * You delivered the Jersey Journal >door-to-door and no one worried you'd get kidnapped by a neighbor * You could sneak into the back door >of the Stanley for a free movie before the Jehovah's Witnesses took it over * You remember going to the State and >Loew's movie theaters at the Square * You and all your friends were born >in the best maternity hospital in the state, the Margaret Hague (best on the East >coast!) * You were proud that Jimmy Spanarkel >made it to the Blue Devils * You know someone who saw a UFO in >Mosquito Park * You went swimming in Newark Bay and >you drove to Bayonne to go to Uncle Miltie's * Going to Palisade Park was a big >adventure * You knew which house on the Boulevard >was haunted * You went to the "Shore" >after the prom * Republican was a dirty word * You remember turf wars between Sterling, >Ocean, the Heights, West Side, and Marion * For $2.00 you could take the "Tubes" >to Greenwich Village, buy an Orange Julius and a chili dog, and then take the "Tubes" >back, and still have change! * Who was better, WW III or Medusa? > * The Jumping Jack's and Bobbie >Blue * Were the 2nd St Damato's really >related to Sinatra? * Everyone knew Sam DiFeo * You knew what time the Mosquito truck >fogged the block with diapason so you could run behind in the thick smoke * The water truck that soaked down >the dusty cobble stones * Lay-aways at Mo Finks! * Swimming in the Hudson, Bare Ass >Beach and Big Time was the Colgate's Clock * You knew who Mr. Fix It was * You went to school with kids from >Gammon Town and Dog Patch * Every one spoke English * Country Village was for rich people > * They arrest people from Jersey City >in Bayonne * Cops would kick your butt if you >answered them back * You knew the corner bookie and could >play a number for 15c with a 10c combo Thanks to whoever took the time and authored this long list taking us down memory lane. .......and I will add P.S. 35, P.S. 23 and Dickinson H.S. all the schools I attended and what I called all the mini United Nations, eating lunch at White Castle, eating my first Blinpie at Journal Square,......... This is quite a nice blast from the past.......Maybe someone will make a list of what's left now and what replaced the old memories with new ones. |
