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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2007 22:15:11 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2007 0:11:59 GMT -5
who can forget the fire escape-- the place to be on a hot nite
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Post by Joan on Sept 13, 2007 4:52:18 GMT -5
I didn't have one, but my grandmothers did. Use to love going out on them when we went to visit. We thought it was a big deal as we were always going out on them. Would play and eat out there if my grandmothers would let us.
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Post by Lenny on Sept 13, 2007 6:55:07 GMT -5
We would sit out there on a hot summer night spitting sunflower seeds down until mom caught us. We also would store our Christmas Tree on the fire escape until it was time to bring it in and decorate it. The cold weather preserved it for us. Thank God we never had to use it for the purpose it was intended.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2007 8:44:16 GMT -5
when i was a kid we also use to play out there and have a picnic out there with a blanket
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Post by marylou on Sept 13, 2007 9:22:29 GMT -5
I never had one, but when I was a kid, I thought they were so cool and envied my friends who did have them. I used to climb up the metal ladder on the top floor of my grandmother's house which led to the roof and have picnics up there and sunbathe too. Don't know how I did it because now I have a real fear of heights.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2007 13:15:07 GMT -5
Mike, any idea what corner that fire escape is looking over?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2007 13:23:30 GMT -5
Not a clue James, I found that picture over at BITB.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2007 16:07:04 GMT -5
Ok, cool -- the white buildings made me think of the concourse, but the road doesnt have enough lanes...
By the way, that thread you pointed me to on the BB really helped get some good leads! Ive got about 10 potentials from that thread alone... So thanks! I rarely check there so i might have missed it....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2007 16:22:16 GMT -5
James, the photographer over at BITB tells me the picture was taken in the vicinity of West 183rd and University Ave.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2007 16:30:36 GMT -5
I remember them very well. On hot summer nights my parents would block off the opening so we would not fall and let us girls sleep out there. It was right off my parents bedroom. What fun it was.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2007 20:58:51 GMT -5
Cool - thanks for following up!!!  James, the photographer over at BITB tells me the picture was taken in the vicinity of West 183rd and University Ave. |
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Post by Barry on Sept 13, 2007 21:42:47 GMT -5
Spent many a hot night out on the scape
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Post by carjoh5 on Sept 14, 2007 7:03:26 GMT -5
Mike, sure do, sat on them every week and watch the the cadets come thru on their way to their meeting at PS 92. And also waited for the Jelly Apple man to come.  |
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Post by lori on Sept 14, 2007 17:39:31 GMT -5
Mike I asked Rich if he wanted to play "name that fire escape" and after looking at me as if I were crazy, he took a look and said it could be any one of a thousand. I told him where it was taken (his firehouse was at 183rd and jerome ave) and soon as I told him, he told me all about the white building and the cross steet of university and the fires he fought on that block and yada yada yada. lol Thanks for the memories from Rich |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2007 18:11:14 GMT -5
Lori, ask Rich if he was with Eng 75...Ladder 33....Batt 19  |
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Post by lori on Sept 14, 2007 21:34:44 GMT -5
Lori, ask Rich if he was with Eng 75...Ladder 33....Batt 19 I can answer that one... YES he was. I met him while he was working there. He worked there for 20 years and then spent time at the academy and retired as a fire marshall last year. They actually built a new house on Walton and Cameron in 2000. He would go back in a second!! Do you know anyone from that house? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2007 21:47:26 GMT -5
No, I'm just one of those FDNY buffs since I was old enough to chase the trucks! |
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