Podcast appearances and mentions of Franklin Square

Bob in Ohio calls Mark to ask him if he is familiar with Trump's Crypto Meme coin controversy? Rob in Franklin Square, called Mark to agree with his thoughts on Quarterback John Elway's golf cart accident.

Bob in Ohio calls Mark to ask him if he is familiar with Trump's Crypto Meme coin controversy? Rob in Franklin Square, called Mark to agree with his thoughts on Quarterback John Elway's golf cart accident. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A LOOK AT  East Atlantic Beach, East Garden City, East Meadow, Elmont, Franklin Square, Garden City South,PICTURE: By Antony-22 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=106469429

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Kevin in Nanuet asked about Mark Biden stepping down. Rich in South Carolina asked Mark about Privacy when you vote. Rob in Franklin Square talked about Megan Kelly.

Recent remarks made by former President Donald Trump, U.S. Senators J.D. Vance and Ted Cruz falsely accuse Haitian immigrants of eating pets, sparking outrage across the Haitian community. Garry Pierre-Pierre, founder and publisher of The Haitian Times, and Michaelle Solages, New York State Assembly member (D - District 22, Valley Stream, North Valley Stream, Elmont, South Valley Stream, South Floral Park, Floral Park, the Village of Bellerose, Bellerose Terrace, North Woodmere, Stewart Manor, and sections of Franklin Square), discuss the Haitian-American community's reaction and much more.

Hunter spoke with Founders Gina & Vinny Centauro about the 2nd Annual Bingo Luau Party taking place on Friday, August 9 at 7 pm in Franklin Square as well as explain how the organization helps modify homes for families with physical disabilities.

Amy Needle, President and a founder of Historic Philadelphia, Inc. discussed the summer and fall activities planned for their 30th Anniversary year.  Historic Philadelphia, the brainchild of former Mayor Ed Rendell, was founded to package and promote the tourism impact of the many historic sites and the pivatol events that happened here.  Today it oversees the Betsy Ross House, the home of Betsy, her many husbands and children and her upholstery business, and the redeveloped and revitalized Franklin Square, one of William Penn's original green spaces.  It also offers live interactive presentations by costumed reenactors throughout the historic district.  We touched on the plans for this year, and ongoing partnerships with other district museums and sites in anticipation of 2026 celebrations. Once Upon A Nation, now in its 20th year, will again offer its famous Storytelling Benches in Old City and Valley Forge, with new free programs for kids, ‘Colonial Kids' Quest' and ‘Meet the History Makers' plus a daily ‘Colonial Muster.' Beginning this fall ‘Building Independence' will launch at Carpenters' Hall.   Franklin Square, celebrates its 18th Birthday with free workshops and kid's storytime and the daily fountain shows in the Rendell Family Fountain.  The Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival, their major fundraiser, returns June 20 through August 18 with cultural offerings and vendors.  Fall and Winter fun begins in November with Street Curling and the free Electrical Spectacle Light Show At the Betsy Ross House they will celebrate Flag Day with Flag Fest 2024, June 9-15 with a flag raising with Betsy Ross.  For the 4th of July they will host a Children's Naturalization Ceremony on July 2.  Ongoing programming includes ‘Meet the Women of the 18th Century.' For a complete schedule of events and tickets to the Chinese Lantern Festival go to historicphiladelphia.org.

Rob from Franklin Square talked with Mark about the murder of Laken Riley. Curt from Long Island talked with Mark about the death of Eric Carmen. Mike in Florida talked with Mark about George Stephanopoulos calling Trump a rapist.

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Jesse Weber fills in for Mark. Jesse talks with Neil from NJ about Nikki Haley running for President Rob from Franklin Square called about Sandra Day O'Conner, the first woman in the SCOTUS. She passed away last night.

Jesse talks with Neil from NJ about Nikki Haley running for President. Rob from Franklin Square called about Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the SCOTUS. She passed away last night.

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Dover Police Lt. Marn Speidel about pedestrian and traffic safety in Dover. They discuss the role of the Transportation Advisory Commission (TAC) in fielding requests and concerns from residents about traffic issues, the role of crosswalks, criteria for new crosswalks, traffic calming measures like speed awareness signs and refuge islands, speed limits, and balancing neighborhood traffic concerns with the public's right to use public roads. In This Week in Dover History, we remember when President Theodore Roosevelt visited the city. He arrived by train and gave a stirring speech at Franklin Square to a massive crowd. Roosevelt emphasized the need for honesty, courage, and common sense in American life before departing to great fanfare.

Christa spoke with Founders Gina & Vincent Centauro about the Rescuing Families Bingo Luau Party taking place on Friday, August 11 in Franklin Square from 7-11 pm as well as provide information about the monthly Community Marketplace events coming up.

 Hosted by Nycci Nellis.  On today's show: ·        Eileen Vaughn, the general manager at Il Piatto. If you're a regular listener, you know that anything Italian gets our attention – and, since Il Piatto is the creation of our good friend, local restaurateur Hakan Ilhan– we're doubly interested in the cocktails they're concocting there! Eileen joins us to start mix them up for us;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ·        Eva Torres, director of restaurants for Stephen Starr's group. She has the job of overseeing all D.C. properties, including Le Diplomate, St. Anselm and Bread Alley;  ·        Kevin Kelley, an attorney born with an entrepreneur's itch. He scratches it by owning and developing hospitality and entertainment concepts, including Kitchen + Kocktails by Kevin Kelley, a comfort food concept found in Dallas, Chicago and now here in D.C.'s Franklin Square;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ·  Dalton Kreiss, the founder of Maguey Melate, an artisanal agave spirits company showcasing independent mescaleros.. In plain English, we're talking about… mezcal! So, how does a kid from Iowa fall in love with the joys and artistry of agave distilling and make it his life's work?? Tune in to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  Hosted by Nycci Nellis.   On today's show:   ·        Eileen Vaughn, the general manager at Il Piatto. If you're a regular listener, you know that anything Italian gets our attention – and, since Il Piatto is the creation of our good friend, local restaurateur Hakan Ilhan– we're doubly interested in the cocktails they're concocting there! Eileen joins us to start mix them up for us;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ·        Eva Torres, director of restaurants for Stephen Starr's group. She has the job of overseeing all D.C. properties, including Le Diplomate, St. Anselm and Bread Alley;   ·        Kevin Kelley, an attorney born with an entrepreneur's itch. He scratches it by owning and developing hospitality and entertainment concepts, including Kitchen + Kocktails by Kevin Kelley, a comfort food concept found in Dallas, Chicago and now here in D.C.'s Franklin Square;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ·  Dalton Kreiss, the founder of Maguey Melate, an artisanal agave spirits company showcasing independent mescaleros.. In plain English, we're talking about… mezcal! So, how does a kid from Iowa fall in love with the joys and artistry of agave distilling and make it his life's work?? Tune in to find out!

 Hosted by Nycci Nellis.  On today's show: ·        Eileen Vaughn, the general manager at Il Piatto. If you're a regular listener, you know that anything Italian gets our attention – and, since Il Piatto is the creation of our good friend, local restaurateur Hakan Ilhan– we're doubly interested in the cocktails they're concocting there! Eileen joins us to start mix them up for us;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ·        Eva Torres, director of restaurants for Stephen Starr's group. She has the job of overseeing all D.C. properties, including Le Diplomate, St. Anselm and Bread Alley;  ·        Kevin Kelley, an attorney born with an entrepreneur's itch. He scratches it by owning and developing hospitality and entertainment concepts, including Kitchen + Kocktails by Kevin Kelley, a comfort food concept found in Dallas, Chicago and now here in D.C.'s Franklin Square;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ·  Dalton Kreiss, the founder of Maguey Melate, an artisanal agave spirits company showcasing independent mescaleros.. In plain English, we're talking about… mezcal! So, how does a kid from Iowa fall in love with the joys and artistry of agave distilling and make it his life's work?? Tune in to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  Hosted by Nycci Nellis.   On today's show:   ·        Eileen Vaughn, the general manager at Il Piatto. If you're a regular listener, you know that anything Italian gets our attention – and, since Il Piatto is the creation of our good friend, local restaurateur Hakan Ilhan– we're doubly interested in the cocktails they're concocting there! Eileen joins us to start mix them up for us;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ·        Eva Torres, director of restaurants for Stephen Starr's group. She has the job of overseeing all D.C. properties, including Le Diplomate, St. Anselm and Bread Alley;   ·        Kevin Kelley, an attorney born with an entrepreneur's itch. He scratches it by owning and developing hospitality and entertainment concepts, including Kitchen + Kocktails by Kevin Kelley, a comfort food concept found in Dallas, Chicago and now here in D.C.'s Franklin Square;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ·  Dalton Kreiss, the founder of Maguey Melate, an artisanal agave spirits company showcasing independent mescaleros.. In plain English, we're talking about… mezcal! So, how does a kid from Iowa fall in love with the joys and artistry of agave distilling and make it his life's work?? Tune in to find out!

Want to wow the guests at your pool party, birthday celebration, baby shower, or corporate event in Franklin Square, NY? Hire a food truck! STUF'D (845-709-1808) offers delicious gourmet sandwiches, appetizers & desserts with a hassle-free service. Book your next Long Island event at https://www.stufdtruck.com/ STUF'D 178 Varick Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237, United States Website https://www.stufdtruck.com/ Phone +1-845-709-1808 Email rebecca@stufdtruck.com

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Calling herself a financial agent, Sarah Emily Howe introduced the women of the greater Boston area to the Ladies' Deposit Company, which potentially sounds a lot better than what it really was: a swindle. The Ladies' Deposit was a savings bank that promised women a very high interest rate on deposits – so high, it seemed to impossible. It relied on referrals, and Sarah used the deposits she collected from those new customers to pay the large returns she'd promised to early customers. If that sounds like a Ponzi scheme to you, you're right -- but it happened about 40 years before Ponzi, himself, tried it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Where to find good food and drink at or around racetracks. That is the topic for a special panel this week on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod. At the Races host Steve Byk, award-winning turf writer Alicia Hughes, trainer Neil Pessin and sports writer Matt Stahl compare notes on the best restaurants for horseplayers and fans nationwide, including destination restaurants during visits to the Triple Crown. Paddock Prince handicapper David Levitch has tips for weekend races at Aqueduct and Gulfstream Park. The Ron Flatter Racing Pod via Horse Racing Nation is available via free subscription from Apple, Google, Spotify and Stitcher as well as HorseRacingNation.com. Restaurants in this episode shown in order of mention: New Orleans: Liuzza's, Brigtsen's, Mares Pesca, Central Grocery, Fausto's, Mosca (Westwego), Angelo Brocato, Venezia. Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: Pennell's, Osteria Danny, De Fazio's (Troy). Louisville, Ky.: Four Pegs, Saints Pizza. Lexington, Ky.: girlsgirlsgirls burritos, Torttilleria & Taqueria Ramirez, Nathan's Taqueria, Epping's on Eastside, Carson's, OBC Kitchen, Malone's, Jeff Ruby's, Merrick Danno, Wallace Station, Ramsey's Diner, Crank & Boom. Louisville, Ky.: Le Moo, Suburban Social Club. Baltimore: Pioneer Pit Beef, G&M (Linthicum Heights), G&M (Linthicum Heights). Elmont, N.Y.: King Umberto, Filomena's (Franklin Square). Louisville, Ky.: Granville Pub, At the Italian Table (closed). Baltimore: Vito Ristorante (Timonium), Nautilus Diner (Timonium). Elmont, N.Y.: Morning Line (Belmont Park backstretch). Louisville, Ky.: Jack Fry's, The Fish House. Baltimore: A-1 Crab Haven (Essex, closed). New York: La Gioconda (Ron said E. 44 St.; it is E. 53 St.), Smith & Wollensky. Baltimore: Johnny's. Tampa, Fla.: Columbia Restaurant. Louisville, Ky.: Ramen House, Bunz Burgerz, Payne Street Bake House. Track kitchens and concessions: Keeneland, Fair Grounds, Oaklawn. New Orleans: Ye Olde College Inn, Mandina's. El Reno, Okla.: Robert's, Johnnie's, Sid's (the third one Steve may have meant). Oklahoma City: Nick's Cafe. Tucson, Ariz.: Zinburger. New Orleans: Lakeview Harbor. Nashville: Brown's Diner. Louisville, Ky.: Six Forks, Toasty's Tavern, Bandido Taqueria Mexicana, Cottage Inn. Clearwater, Fla.: Christina's Coal Oven Pizza. Los Angeles: Monty's (Woodland Hills), Musso & Frank Grill (Hollywood), Dal Rae Steakhouse (Pico Rivera), Fosselman's Ice Cream Co. (Alhambra), Philippe The Original. Louisville, Ky.: Black Jockeys Lounge. Lexington, Ky.: Minglewood, Rock House Brewing, Pivot Brewing Company, Ethereal Brewing. Louisville, Ky.: Marma Dukes. Bowling Green, Ky.: Donna's. Lexington, Ky.: The Grove. Oceanport, N.J.: Marandola's (Bradley Beach), Del Ponte's Bakery (Bradley Beach). Bensalem, Pa.: Non Solo Pasta (Morrisville), The Franklin Fountain (Philadelphia).  

If you need a caterer for an event in Oceanside, NY, or nearby Franklin Square, Syosset and Hewlett. Check out STUF'D (845-709-1808). The traveling food truck offers gourmet catering for any occasion.Learn more at https://www.stufdtruck.com STUF'D 178 Varick Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237, United States Website https://www.stufdtruck.com/ Phone +1-845-709-1808 Email rebecca@stufdtruck.com

Amy Needle, President, CEO and Founder of Historic Philadelphia, and Lisa Acker Moulder, Director of the Betsy Ross House, discussed ‘historic' options for family fun during the holidays.  Amy spoke about Franklin Square, a seven-acre park, one of William Penn's original Squares, located behind the National Constitution center and a few blocks from Independence Hall.  She described its resurrection from abandoned and overgrown, into one of the city's most active family destinations throughout the year.    Highlights for the 2022 holiday season include Chilly Philly Mini Golf both daytime and evening, seasonal music on the Parx Liberty Carousel, in addition to the Electrical Spectacle Light Show at night. The Ben's Sweets and Treats heated tent will be open with food and drink, surrounded by fire pits in the Winter Beer Garden. Special events bring visits with Santa, Kwanzaa, and Hanukkah celebrations, and the renowned family 6pm New Year's Eve Square Drop to add to the festive fun.   Winter in Franklin Square is running through January 8, 2023 Lisa discussed Historic Philadelphia's other site, the Betsy Ross House and the holiday activities planned for it.   She described the shift in programming, from retelling the story of the first flag, to presenting a look at Betsy's unlikely career as an upholsterer and woman business owner, as well as the jobs and work of the other women who lived there.   At the Betsy Ross House festivities kick off with a tree lighting ceremony at 6 pm on Wednesday, November 30 featuring Betsy Ross, seasonal entertainment, and a musical performance. The Old City Menorah lighting will take place at 4:30 pm on Sunday, December 18, when the Betsy Ross House joins the Old City Jewish Arts Center to host a community menorah lighting celebrating the first night of Hanukkah, complete with traditional foods like latke and doughnuts and menorahs for the younger guests.   For more information, visit www.historicphiladelphia.org.

Jenn & Bill share ideas of fun things to do around the Delaware Valley this weekend, November 18-20, 2022, including Electrical Spectacle Light Show in Franklin Square, LumiNature at the Philadelphia Zoo, Grand Illumination Celebration and Gingerbread Display at Peddler's Village, Wild Lights at the Elmwood Park Zoo, A Longwood Christmas at Longwood Gardens, the National Dog Show at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, Wine and Food Festivals and more.

Jenn & Bill share ideas of fun things to do around the Delaware Valley this Halloween weekend, October 28-30, 2022, including the Midtown Village Fall Festival in Center City, NJ Spirits Festival at the Battleship New Jersey, Hound-O-Ween Fall Festival in Northern Liberties, Trick or Treat Trail at Franklin Square, Boo at the Zoo and it's a huge Philly sports weekend! 

Jenn & Bill share ideas of fun things to do around the Delaware Valley this weekend, September 30 through October 2, including South Street Oktoberfest, Kennett Brewfest, Spooky Mini Golf at Franklin Square and more. 

Bill Horan and Jess Sanchez learn about The Franklin Square Historical Society, and the Franklin Square Museum - both with the goal to preserve the Franklin Square community's rich history. Guests include Nancy Youngfert, the Vice-President, and her husband, Bill Youngfert, who is the Secretary, of the Franklin Square Historical Society.

Kelsunn Communications (www.kelsunn.org), is honored to bring you this interview featuring the "The Honorable Carrie Solages" Legislator of the 3rd District of Nassau County, NY The Honorable Carrie Solages is the second of four children born to Philippe and Micheline Solages, an immigrant couple who came to New York from Haiti in search of political and economic stability, risking their lives to create a better life for their family. Legislator Solages graduated with academic honors at the top of his class from Carey High School in Franklin Square. He then attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. from 1997 to 2001. He recalls his greatest accomplishment during his time at Georgetown coming only two days shy of his graduation in 2001. After almost four years of organizing and appealing to the administration, Carrie learned that his efforts to receive funding from alumni were finally a success and the University thereby cultivated an interdisciplinary program in African American Studies. Legislator Solages went on to attend Boston College Law School. While there he focused on Constitutional law, Civil Rights Law and First Amendment law. Selected by Harvard Law School and Boston College for a joint program in legal historical studies, Carrie produced research cataloged by both institutions. Simultaneously, the ambitious law student worked as a legal intern at Catholic Charities of Boston. Carrie returned to New York after law school and served as an Assistant District Attorney in Bronx County. In 2006, Carrie began working with the Metropolitan Black Bar Association (MBBA) and currently serves as Vice President of the organization. That year he also joined the family law firm of Solages & Solages, P.C. In 2007, Carrie was appointed to serve as Commissioner for the Commission on Human Rights of Nassau County by County Executive Tom Suozzi. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Original Air Date: February 13, 2008 WILLIAM SHISHKO, pastor of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Franklin Square, Long Island, NY will address the theme: "SUICIDE: A Christian Response". Most if not all of us has either had a friend or loved one who has committed suicide, or we know someone who has had someone close to them take their own life. Christians must obviously respond to this issue with great sensitivity and prayerful thought. On the one hand, you have Roman Catholics who believe all those who commit suicide (if they do not live long enough to receive the "sacrament of penance" or the "last rights") will certainly be in hell. Even many Arminian Protestants believe those who commit suicide will certainly be in hell since it is a sin you cannot repent of. On the other hand, many modern Evangelicals preach a gospel that does not necessitate repentance in the heart of the believer, making a choice such as suicide more appealing to the severely depressed individual who has accepted this false notion. Pastor Shishko will attempt to approach this vital subject with the biblical balance that enables believers to comfort those who grieve after the suicide of a Christian loved one, while at the same time not offering the severely depressed a false peace in finding suicide as a valid option for escape. During Pastor Shishko's time ministering to the Franklin Square congregation the church has been blessed with significant numerical growth, and has overseen the formation of two mission churches, one in Mount Vernon, NY and the other in Bohemia, NY. Pastor Shishko has been privileged to serve on various presbytery committees, and also on the OPC denominational Committees on Coordination, Ecumenicity, Home Missions, and Christian Education. Along with his regular pastoral duties he currently serves as one of the instructors for the Ministerial Training Institute, OPC. He is also an Adjunct Faculty member of Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Taylors, SC, where he teaches in the department of Applied Theology. He has written numerous articles for the OPC publications NEW HORIZONS and ORDAINED SERVANT, as well as magazines such as The Banner of Truth . His public ministries have taken him to various foreign mission fields, including Suriname, Cyprus, Egypt, Uganda, China, Eritrea, and Wales, and his conference ministries have been carried out in a number of states in our own nation. In addition to these, he continues to make use of his radio training by producing and hosting a variety of programs that are periodically aired in the metropolitan New York area. Subscribe: iTunes  TuneIn Android RSS Feed Listen:

When the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Magik first came out, I'd just left a job working in a record store and was doing some part-time work as a mobile DJ. I had a few regular gigs here and there on Long Island, which is where it's at when you do that sort of thing, because you get to know your crowd and who likes what, etc. Weddings and birthday parties, etc. were just Death on a Triscuit, because you have guests of all different ages, and the old people want to hear one thing, and the young people want to hear something else, and there are always arguments about the volume...feh. I hated doing that stuff. At any rate, I was working in a bar in Franklin Square, NY at this point and this crowd absolutely loved this track. That was a cool bunch, with a lot of that adult alternative stuff. I enjoyed working there except for two things: The equipment was stored in the bar's basement, which meant going outside into the alley out back, going downstairs to get it, dragging it upstairs and setting it up, and having to und0 it all at the end of the night; The setup was on floor level, which meant that any drunk moron could—and sometimes did—crash directly into my stuff. And since I was still playing records sometimes, that made for some audio disasters. I would have stayed longer if I hadn't broken my ankle and moved 30 miles away in the interim (long, long story there). I also liked my boss and he'd throw me other work from time to time. Ah, well. Incidentally, I didn't mention this during the episode but the song has been covered about a dozen times and sampled more than twice that many. In fact, Busta Rhymes' "Break Ya Neck" owes so much to "Give it Away" that all of the musicians who played on "Give it Away" appear on the record's credits as co-writers. (It's not so much a sampling as it is Rhymes inserting the chorus into the song.) Click here for a transcript of the episode. Click here to support the show via Patreon.

Our guest Christopher Gioia - firefighter, Fire Chief, Fire Commissioner - led all 5 of his fellow commissioners in a revolt against the official WTC collapse narrative! He lost three close firefighting friends on 9/11 - then worked the smoldering pile. But he soon realized that he, along with most Americans, was fooled. He's now on a mission to wake up the fire service across the country. Christopher is a 30-year member of the Franklin Square & Munson Fire Department, having served as Chief from 2007-2012 and subsequently as Fire Commissioner. He is also a veteran of the Marine Corps as well as an EMT of 25 years.He traveled with us and several other 9/11 activists to Washington DC on September 11, 2019 to meet with Members of Congress, and brought them the LC911 Grand Jury Petition and the Bobby McIlvane Act for a new investigation of the WTC. This NY Fire Commissioner spearheaded the effort that led the entire body of Fire Commissioners at Franklin Square Munson Fire Department to vote in favor of support for the LC911 Grand Jury Petition.The Resolution of the Franklin Square & Munson Fire Department:Whereas, the attacks of September 11, 2001, are inextricably and forever tied to the Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department;Whereas, on September 11, 2001, while operating at the World Trade Center in New York City, firefighter Thomas J. Hetzel, badge #290 of Hook and Ladder Company #1, Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department of New York, was killed in performance of his duties, along with 2,976 other emergency responders and civilians;Whereas, members of the Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department were called upon to assist in the subsequent rescue and recovery operations and cleanup of the World Trade Center site, afflicting many of them with life-threatening illnesses as a result of breathing the deadly toxins present at the site;Whereas, the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Franklin Square and Munson Fire District recognizes the significant and compelling nature of the petition before the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York reporting un-prosecuted federal crimes at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and calling upon the United States Attorney to present that petition to a Special Grand Jury pursuant to the United States Constitution and 18 U.S.C. § 3332(A);Whereas, the overwhelming evidence presented in said petition demonstrates beyond any doubt that pre-planted explosives and/or incendiaries — not just airplanes and the ensuing fires — caused the destruction of the three World Trade Center buildings, killing the vast majority of the victims who perished that day;Whereas, the victims of 9/11, their families, the people of New York City, and our nation deserve that every crime related to the attacks of September 11, 2001, be investigated to the fullest and that every person who was responsible face justice;NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Franklin Square and Munson Fire District fully supports a comprehensive federal grand jury investigation and prosecution of every crime related to the attacks of September 11, 2001, as well as any and all efforts by other government entities to investigate and uncover the full truth surrounding the events of that horrible day.He then set forth a plan to light the world on fire – a call to action to the Fire Chief of every fire department in the country.Visit us at RichardGage911.org

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HRRN's Weekend Stakes Preview Show presented by NYRA Bets. Bobby Neuman and Dave Friedman handicap the weekend's biggest stakes races including the Jazil, Franklin Square, American Beauty, Clockers' Corner, Duncan F. Kenner, Marie G. Krantz Memorial, Silverbulletday, Colonel E. R. Bradley, G3 Louisiana, G3 Lecomte, Sunshine Turf, Sunshine F&M Turf, Busanda, plus give you the weekend's "Best Bet."

The Saturday January 22 card at Aqueduct features a pair of very interesting stakes races, the Jazil Stakes and the Franklin Square Stakes, as well as a race leading to those two which all over some excellent value. As such, those make up this week's Key Races & Bets podcast.

HRRN's Weekend Stakes Preview Show presented by NYRA Bets. Bobby Neuman and Dave Friedman handicap the weekend's biggest stakes races including the Franklin Square, Sunshine Classic, Sunshine Sprint, Fifth Season, Cal Cup Derby, Unusual Heat Turf Classic, Sunshine Millions F&M Turf Sprint, Don Valpredo Cal Cup Sprint, Leigh Ann Howard Cal Cup Oaks, Pasco, Gasparilla, and the Ladies Stakes, plus give you the weekend's "Best Bet."

On our 46th episode we talk about our 1st stop on the impromptu road trip to Long Island. Challenge Escape Rooms - Franklin Square 922 Hempstead Turnpike 2nd floor, Franklin Square, NY 11010 https://www.challengeescaperooms.com/   Dom & Phil enjoy escape rooms. We have done 248 escape rooms at 93 companies in 9 states.  We started in February of 2018 in Florida. We have done rooms in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Kentucky, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, & Connecticut. Check out our website Check us out on Facebook Follow us on Twitter

Join Mark Snider as he talks with Andrew Lamkin, President of the Plainview-Old Bethpage Chamber of Commerce and Lisa DelliPizzi, President of the Franklin Square Chamber of Commerce. A production of LIU Public Radio. Visit us at WCWP.org Find out more at https://chamberchatter.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-d2feee for 40% off for 4 months, and support Chamber Chatter.

@mejoetowne @LinoD This week I am chatting with the ever-inspirational Lino DiSalvo. A creative artist across multiple disciplines with an overflowing optimism that is nothing less than infectious- we talk about how sometimes we are being prepared for a future that we can't see just yet. And only upon reflection can we see how things may be guiding us towards something bigger. Who is Lino? Lino DiSalvo is an Italian American animator, film director, writer and producer. Born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Franklin Square, Long Island. Lino's Parents immigrated to the US from Castaldacca, a small town in Sicily, Italy to pursue the American dream. As a child, DiSalvo was a fan of the early animated feature films from Disney and then, as a teenager, became inspired after seeing The Lion King in 1994 deciding that's what he wanted to do. With the encouragement of his parents, he left for Vancouver, BC to pursue animation at the Vancouver Film School. After graduating from VFS he joined Walt Disney Animation Studios. DiSalvo spent almost 17 years at Disney and served as Head of Animation on Frozen. His other credits include supervising animator on Tangled and Bolt; and animator on Meet the Robinsons, Chicken Little, 102 Dalmatians and Reign of Fire. He served as Creative Director for Paramount Animation before joining Paris-based, ON Animation Studios (producers of 2016's The Little Prince) as Head of Creative. Lino is currently Developing an Animated feature about Monsters, Wizards and Magical spells inspired by Italian folklore and draws heavily from his cultural heritage. DiSalvo has also also voiced the characters of "Vinnie the Pigeon" in Bolt, "Gristletoe Joe" in Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice, and "Robotitron" in the upcoming Playmobil: The Movie Twitter @LinoD IG @linodisalvo - Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/want-to-be-happier-science-says-do-these-5-simple-things-every-day.html - Atomic Habits by James Clear https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits - ”Where did the Commute Go?” https://hbr.org/2020/12/where-did-the-commute-time-go - Plussing https://design.org/the-power-of-plussing-in-critique-and-creativity/ - Yes And https://www.fastcompany.com/3024535/yes-and-improv-techniques-to-make-you-a-better-boss - Lino https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1863341/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 - Tangled https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398286/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 - Bolt https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397892/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 - Frozen https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2294629/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 - Playmobil https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4199898/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 ON Animation https://www.onanimationstudios.com/en/ Vancouver Film School https://vfs.edu/

WIBX First News with Keeler in the Morning features newsmakers, hot topics and great conversation about everything that matters to the Utica-Rome area and the Mohawk Valley. Host Bill Keeler is joined each weekday morning from 6:00-9:00 a.m. by Jeff Monaski and Andrew Derminio on Your News, Talk and Sports Leader WIBX 950.

O grupo "Forró Tasmânia" foi criado pelos brasileiros Thais Sousa, Silvino Simão e Jane Zitter. Eles se reúnem mensalmente na Franklin Square, em Hobart, para levar um pouco da cultura e do ritmo brasileiro ao estado da Tasmânia.

In this episode, let's listen to Dr. Nguyen Martin, Clinical Pharmacist at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center. Dr. Martin was selected to be a lead pharmacist to run COVID-19 vaccinations at Franklin. Today, she discusses the important role of pharmacists in dispensing and ensuring proper medication to patients. She also talks about medication reconciliation, educating outgoing patients of their medication, and contributing to the COVID medication. Dr. Nguyen also explains the remote work for pharmacists she was a part of and the advantages it has brought to her work. She shares about the exciting things happening in the pharmacy field so make sure to tune in! Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: outcomesrocket.health

In this episode I visit Kent Ishimoto of Franklin Square, New York; a Renaissance Man and musician with relentless talent. Not only can he sing and play guitar, he's picked up an African musical instrument called a Kalimba to expand his musical capabilities. He has travelled the world playing for countless audiences, even collaborating with Mongolian throat singers along the way. On top of playing music, he also teaches yoga and is involved in creating modern day, indigenous sound performances such as "Capoeira"- a style of fight dancing that originated in Brazil. Tune in for more about his tales, his music, and a live Kalimba performance! To find out more about Kent follow him on social media: https://m.facebook.com/Project.Human.Behavior/ Instagram: @beesnthingsnkent --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mainstreamkilledcuriosity/support

Katie Swenson is a nationally recognized design leader, researcher, writer, and educator, and a Senior Principal at MASS Design Group. Katie and I explore how love can be a power to transform the world. Katie shares how she has learned to think about and practice designing with love, and how designers can use love to help dismantle systemic injustices. “Talking about Love gives us clarity. Love and abuse, or love and racism, or love and discrimination, fundamentally cannot coexist.” - Katie Swenson 2:10 Katie shares her earliest memories of architecture, and her path to becoming an architect, writer and community development expert. 10:30 Katie's shares her process of discovery. She unpacks what she meant when, in Design with Love, she said, “I naively thought that design could be the answer … it was my mistake to think that design by itself could solve a problem, without recognizing that it takes people, joining together and using many tools, including design, to support their community ... I realized this job didn’t require me to be an expert, it required me to be humble and a facilitator”. 12:00 Katie and I discuss parallels to the Hippocratic Oath in architecture, and how we design for the betterment of society. 13:40 Katie shares what shaped her understanding of architecture and design's role in “dismantling systemic injustice rather than contributing to its perpetuation," a passage from her book. She shared lessons from her seminar with April De Simone, Undesign the Redline, and discusses historic injustices in urban and rural areas. 20:00 Katie shares what she thinks we are currently getting right and getting wrong when it comes to designing to dismantle systemic injustice. 24:30 Katie shares what she sees as the role of love in design and why it is so important. Sharing definitions from Bell Hooks All About Love, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s studies on the Beloved Community as an achievable aim. 29:40 Katie shares the example of Franklin Square in Baltimore, Maryland from her book, Design with Love. She shares the stories of the community and what they created. 37:00 Katie shares a very different type of love story and her experience suddenly losing her fiancé in May 2017, and the book that came from that experience, In Bohemia. 40:00 Katie shares her final takeaways around how we design for connection. I hope this episode can inspire and empower you to use Love and Design as forces for positive change. If you want to find out more about Katie and her work at MASS Design, Enterprise Communities, and more, check out the links below: Katie’s work at Enterprise Communities & The Rose Fellowship Katie’s work at MASS Design Group Katie’s book: Design with Love: At Home In America Katie’s book: In Bohemia: Memoir of Love, Loss, and Kindness Katie’s website --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erinpeavey/message

In this episode we're excited to once again interview Aaron Killian, along with Caroline D'Agati, from Historic America! This time, join us for their Old City Philadelphia tour that explores Franklin Square and Independence Hall, among many other fascinating sites. We're thrilled to offer Historic America tours on the UCPlaces app! For more info about Historic America, check out their website: www.historicamerica.org. As a reminder, the UCPlaces App is available for free download on both Android and iPhone. Visit https://www.ucplaces.com for more info. And if you're interested in making a tour, send an inquiry to: info@ucplaces.com.

Got kids, and looking for some good ideas for New Years Eve? KYW Newsradio's Lauren Lipton has some with Positively Philadelphia. 

Artist Nigel Helyer and Curator and Traditional Tasmanian Tony Brown discuss the Two Islands public Art project in Franklin Square, Hobart, Tasmania.

Hey, Yo! Join Jon, Ross, Ryan & Travis as they podcast LIVE at GameStop of Franklin Square to celebrate the release of Jedi Fallen Order. Special thanks to Charles & GameStop for having us out! Thanks! Follow us: Email: Beyondtheouterrimshow@gmail.com Twitter: @OuterRimPodcast Instagram: Beyondtheouterrimpodcast Website: https://cinemashelf.com Thanks to Andrew Fantasia, Brian Karasek & Jesse Huffstelter The Force […] The post BTOR LIVE: Jedi Fallen Order Launch Event 11/14/19 appeared first on Cinema Shelf.

Hey, Yo! Join Jon, Ross, Ryan & Travis as they podcast LIVE at GameStop of Franklin Square to celebrate the release of Jedi Fallen Order. Special thanks to Charles & GameStop for having us out! Thanks! Follow us: Email: Beyondtheouterrimshow@gmail.com Twitter: @OuterRimPodcast Instagram: Beyondtheouterrimpodcast Website: https://cinemashelf.com Thanks to Andrew Fantasia, Brian Karasek & Jesse Huffstelter The Force […] The post BTOR LIVE: Jedi Fallen Order Launch Event 11/14/19 appeared first on Cinema Shelf.

Welcome to the LI Law Podcast.  We feature legal issues and developments which affect Long Island residents and business owners.  The podcast focuses on Long Island law topics and includes greater New York court and legislative happenings.  If you are one of the approximate 8 million residents of Long Island (Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, and Kings counties), or want to enjoy all law-related matters on Long Island, this podcast is for you! Your host, Zehava Schechter, is an attorney admitted to the New York Bar for 30 years.  She concentrates her private practice in estate planning, administration, and litigation; real estate law; contracts, and business formation and dissolution.  If you like this podcast, you may want to look for Zehava's monthly articles in the Malverne/West Hempstead Herald and the Beacon newspaper. Our guest on this 20th episode is Carl Gerrato, Community Activist for Nassau County Legislative District 8, which includes Elmont, Franklin Square, and West Hempstead, as well as Town of Hempstead sections of the Villages of Bellerose, Bellerose Terrace, Floral Park, and New Hyde Park and the Village of Stewart Manor.  Carl is also Trustee of the Franklin Square Public Library, Board Member of the Central Nassau Rotary Club, a Nassau County Corrections Officer and former Volunteer Firefighter, and a 9/11 hero! Carl discusses his experiences as a Nassau County Corrections Officer and suggestions for prison reform, as well as the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund. Contact information for Carl Gerrato: Telephone: CarlGerrato@gmail.com Thank you, Carl, and welcome to the podcast! Please contact us with your general questions or comments at LILawPodcast@gmail.com.  W. Zehava Schechter, Esq. specializes in estate planning, administration and litigation; real estate law; and contracts and business law. Her law practice is located on Long Island. No podcast is a substitute for competent legal advice.  Please consult with the attorney of your choice concerning specific legal questions you may have.  

Today, Tom is joined by people who are active in three neighborhoods: Edith Gilliard is president of the Franklin Square Community Association. Franklin Square is just south of Route 40, between Carey and Monroe. Beth Braun is president of the Butchers Hill Association. Butchers Hill is a small neighborhood in East Baltimore bounded by East Fayette and East Pratt, between South Patterson Park Ave and North Washington St. Will Hanna is chairman ---- CEO of the New Park Heights Community Development Corporation. Park Heights stretches along Park Heights Avenue in Northwest Baltimore.

Welcome to the LI Law Podcast.  We feature legal issues and developments which affect Long Island residents and business owners.  The podcast focuses on Long Island law topics and includes greater New York court and legislative happenings.  If you are one of the approximate 8 million residents of Long Island (Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, and Kings counties), or want to enjoy all law-related matters on Long Island, this podcast is for you! Your host, Zehava Schechter, is an attorney admitted to the New York Bar for 30 years.  She concentrates her private practice in estate planning, administration, and litigation; real estate law; contracts, and business formation and dissolution.  If you like this podcast, you may want to look for Zehava's monthly articles in the Malverne/West Hempstead Herald and the Beacon newspaper. Our guest on this 19th episode is Carl Gerrato, Community Activist for Nassau County Legislative District 8, which includes Elmont, Franklin Square, and West Hempstead, as well as Town of Hempstead sections of the Villages of Bellerose, Bellerose Terrace, Floral Park, and New Hyde Park and the Village of Stewart Manor.  Carl is also Trustee of the Franklin Square Public Library, Board Member of the Central Nassau Rotary Club, a Nassau County Corrections Officer and former Volunteer Firefighter, and a 9/11 hero! Carl and Zehava discuss the Candidate Forum held on October 10, 2019 at the Franklin Square Public Library – the candidates who attended (and who did not show up), the issues they discussed, and what is at stake for residents of the Town of Hempstead and Nassau County.  Election Day is Tuesday, November 5, 2019.  Be sure to vote! Contact information for Carl Gerrato: Telephone: CarlGerrato@gmail.com Thank you, Carl, and welcome to the podcast! Please contact us with your general questions or comments at LILawPodcast@gmail.com.  W. Zehava Schechter, Esq. specializes in estate planning, administration and litigation; real estate law; and contracts and business law. Her law practice is located on Long Island. No podcast is a substitute for competent legal advice.  Please consult with the attorney of your choice concerning specific legal questions you may have.    

What really happened to World Trade Center Building 7 on September 11th, the Franklin Square and Munson Fire District Commissioners’ historic resolution calling for a new investigation, University of Alaska Fairbanks' bombshell multi-year, $300K study of WTC 7 and how it collapsed.

What really happened to World Trade Center Building 7 on September 11th, the Franklin Square and Munson Fire District Commissioners’ historic resolution calling for a new investigation, University of Alaska Fairbanks' bombshell multi-year, $300K study of WTC 7 and how it collapsed, and an interview with Richard Gage of AE911 in episode #2 of Truth in Media with Ben Swann.

In a time when "ultra positivity", unrealistic expectations, and an uncontrollable reflex to avoid discomfort are common place; Stelios, Dave and Andrew discuss how implementing a more negative perspective into their lives has led them to have more honest and worthwhile experiences. Stelios and Andrew also revisit how they first met training in a Martial Arts Dojo in Franklin Square, what they learned and how it enabled them to pick up their friendship where it left off after a 10 year hiatus. Oh yea we talk about Project Exposure too...

We pick up where we left off last week with Sarah Laurel. Sarah is the Director of Outreach for Savage Sisters Non-Profit. Savage Sisters is dedicated to helping women in recovery. They offer women the opportunity for healing all aspects of the disease of addiction; mind, body and spirit. Sarah’s story will move you. If you’d like to help or donate, please visit www.savagesisters.org Then we meet Amy Needle, President and CEO of Historic Philadelphia, Inc. Historic Philadelphia’s programs include the Betsy Ross House, Once Upon A Nation storytelling and immersive walking tours, and Franklin Square. Amy shares all the details on the new Franklin Square Fountain Show grand opening on Wednesday, July 31. The 180-year-old, historic Franklin Square Fountain will dance along to popular music choreographed to songs by Boyz II Men, U2, Louis Armstrong, and more.

Bill Horan and Zac Turkel talk to Mimi Pierre-Johnson, who was named the Franklin Square and Elmont Person of the Year for 2018 from the Long Island Herald newspapers! She is also the founder of the Elmont Cultural Center.

Tweet Happy Labor Day! LIVE this Sunday, September 9th at 635pm Small Bites with Glenn Gross and Derek Timm of Bluejeanfood.com on Wildfire Radio, the whole band is back together with Derek returning to studio as well as Small Bites Radio resident Vegan Food Chef Christina Martin of Cooking to Nourish will also be back in studio for some fun and food talk with us and our guests. Joining us will be Executive Chef Will Savarese of Robert's Steakhouse of Atlantic City located inside the new Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic Cityin Do Atlantic City to let you know that the Jersey Shore season is all year round down there. Critically acclaimed as one of the best steakhouses in the region, Robert's Steakhouse was named “Best Steakhouse” in the Philadelphia metro region by the editors of the Best of Philly edition of Philadelphia Magazine. Robert's Steakhouse features 200 seats across a modern dining room with leather banquettes, dark woods and dramatic ceiling beams, as well as a cozy lounge area with rippled glass louvers and a glass-enclosed fireplace as well as being the only steakhouse in town to dry age its prime meat in-house for a minimum of six weeks, taking its signature porterhouse, rib eye, New York strip, cuts to unmatched levels of texture and flavor. So have a steak and catch the new Miss America Organization from Gretchen Carlson. Sounds great to us! Then located in University City District, Philadelphia we welcome Chef Ralph Patrick Fernandez the Director of Culinary for Louie Louie an American bistro with a French inspired menu offering seasonal, ingredient-inspired dishes based on a classical combination of flavors. House-made pastries and an extensive beverage program highlighting wines by the glass and bottle as well as seasonal specialty cocktails and craft beers add to the dining experience. The décor pays homage to ART NOUVEAU and European cafes with a touch of the 1970s. Traditional wood tones, reclaimed subway tiles, tried and true black and white marble stones as flooring and wainscoting and blue and buttery leathers, fabrics and patterns bring color and graphic identities to the space. The Lounge offers custom lux seating, perfect for gathering with friends for cocktails and snacks. Outdoor seating reminiscent of French cafes is the ideal spot for dining and people watching. Can't wait! We all know Small Bites is proven to their listeners to sleep but what if you're hungry before bedtime? Joining us will be Sean Folkson the Founder of Nightfood. Nightfood is specially formulated for nighttime cravings. Unlike other healthier snacks and nutrition bars, which are typically formulated to boost energy, delicious NightFood bars are specifically formulated for snacking between dinner and bed. What's special about NightFood is as much about what we leave out as what we put in. Sleep and nutrition experts agree that there are certain do's and don'ts if you're going to snack before bed. NightFood is formulated to meet these expert recommendations. So that's a win-win! Fall is upon as now and cider will be the rage. Joining us will be Nicole Blum and Jonathan Carr to talk about their new book “Ciderhouse Cookbook: 127 Recipes That Celebrate the Sweet, Tart, Tangy Flavors of Apple Cider” from Storey Publishing. Inspired by the full flavors produced from their idyllic ciderhouse in the heart of a rustic New England apple orchard, Jonathan Carr and Nicole Blum's recipes, developed in collaboration with chef Andrea Blum, celebrate the versatility of fresh cider in all its forms. Ciderhouse Cookbook teaches home cooks how to make a full array of traditional cider products, including cider syrups, molasses, vinegars, shrubs, and switchels, as well as apple preserves. The 127 cider-enriched recipes that follow are simple yet elegant, with beautiful photography that captures the ambiance of the ciderhouse. This book is a deliciously loving tribute to America's favorite fruit. We are also very excited to have a special food drop-off in from one of our favorite chefs, Chopped Champion Chef Timothy Witcher who will be delighting us with some of the food served at his The Wing Kitchen pop-up at the Wedgwood Country Club this Sunday, September 9th for the kickoff of the NFL season. Be sure to go out and support him and enjoy some great food since Philadelphia Eagles are in First Place again!!! Small Bites Radio correspondent Actor John DiRenzo is out and about with his valuable insight and experience in the culinary world so be sure to catch him on QVC selling the high quality Copper Chef products. John DiRenzo covered the American Idol auditions at Franklin Square this week! You say you STILL NEED MORE!!! Don't forget we still have our regular weekly segments from Courier-Post nightlife correspondent and The New York Times recognized John Howard-Fusco for his news of the week and please remember that John's book “A Culinary History of Cape May: Salt Oysters, Beach Plums & Cabernet Franc” from Arcadia Publishing The History Press is now available to buy, Chef Barbie Marshall who is a Chef Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen Season 10 finalist, appeared on Season 17 of FOX Hell's Kitchen #AllStars, named Pennsylvania's most influential chef by Cooking Light, and Executive Chef of Trolley Car Station will delight us with her tip of the week, and a joke of the week from legendary joke teller Jackie Martling of The Howard Stern Show fame and Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling with his autobiography “The Joke Man: Bow to Stern” from Post Hill Press with foreword by Artie Lange available to order on Amazon.com with his timely special Catholic Church themed joke. Fat Jack's BBQ and Bluejeanfood.com hope you will use the TuneIn app to listen worldwide or also catch Small Bites Radio syndicated LIVE Sundays on KGTK 920AM, KITZ 1400AM, KSBN 1230AM, KBNP 1410AM, distributed by satellite through the Salem Radio Network, ScyNet Radio, Stitcher Radio, PodOmatic, and TryThisDish Radio which is the only independently owned and operated international chef-driven foodie and lifestyle radio network in the world! Also repeats of our shows are available to be listened to daily on the above platforms 5:30pm-6:30pm and on Mondays at 10am on Wildfire Radio, and as usual the newest episodes are available the following day on iTunes and PlayerFM. The post Small Bites – Episode 93 appeared first on Wildfire Radio.

K & F Discount Fuel Corp, Hempstead, NY, 11550K&F Discount Fuel - Servicing Long Island & QueensWe have been a family owned and operated local business for over 13 years, certified by Consumer Affairs. Reliability and Honesty is our policy, while providing our clients with the lowest prices available. Website: http://kfdiscountfuel.comPhone number: (516) 312-0044Selling: Heating oilK&F Discount Fuel Corp. has been a family owned and operated local business for over 13 years, certified by Consumer Affairs. Reliability and Honesty is our policy, while providing our clients with the lowest prices available.Cities served: Hempstead, Uniondale, Garden City, West Hempstead, Roosevelt, Carle Place, East Meadow, Mineola, Westbury, Franklin Square, Williston Park, Rockville Centre, Malverne, Albertson, New Hyde Park, Levittmore...Counties served: Nassau County, Queens County, Suffolk County, Kings County (Brooklyn), Bronx County, Westchester County, New York County (Manhattan), Bergen County, Hudson County, Fairfield County, Richmond County (Staten Island), Rockland County, Essex County, Passaic County, Monmouth County. ZIPs served: 11550, 11551, 11553, 11531, 11599, 11556, 11530, 11552, 11575, 11514, 11554, 11501, 11590, 11010, 11596, 11570, 11565, 11571, 11507, 11040, 11756, 11520, 11577, 11563, 11001, 11802, 11003, 11566, 11710, 11568, 11002, 11042, 11004, 11793, 11572, 11801, 11580, 11510, 11518, 11426, 11753, 11005, 11576, 11582, 11557, 11429, 11581, 11428, 11411, 11783, 11030, 11714, 11020, 11548, 11362, 11427, 11422, 11598, 11558, 11758, 11569, 11364, 11022, 11021, 11412, 11413, 11363, 11545, 11804, 11027, 11423, 11737, 11547, 11516, 11561 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hear the sounds and screams of Halloween as The Big Mike Radio Program records Live at Joe Allocco's Franklin Square Horror.

This week on StoryWeb: Jacob Riis’s book How the Other Half Lives. Photojournalism can be an extraordinarily powerful way to raise the public’s concern about extreme situations. An early pioneer in this realm was Jacob Riis, whose 1890 book, How the Other Half Lives, exposed the underbelly of life in New York City during the Gilded Age, with a particular focus on the Lower East Side. Though Riis has been occasionally criticized for asking some of his subjects to pose for the photographs, the truth of their surroundings and the veracity of the degradation they faced on a daily basis cannot be denied. Along with the photographs is Riis’s text – chapters about the various ethnic groups that lived together on the mean, intensely crowded streets of Manhattan. The book achieved its purpose as it successfully provoked a public outcry about living and working conditions in the slums of New York. Most notably, Theodore Roosevelt, then the city’s police commissioner, answered Riis’s call to address the dire situations in which newly arrived immigrants found themselves. In fact, so taken was Roosevelt with Riis and his work that he dubbed Riis “the most useful citizen of New York” and “the best American I ever knew.” Roosevelt said Riis had “the great gift of making others see what he saw and feel what he felt.” Riis’s book stripped the gilding off the era of extreme wealth and conspicuous consumption to reveal the extreme poverty and squalid living conditions that lay underneath. No longer could upper- and middle-class New Yorkers ignore the “other half” who lived just a few short miles from the Fifth Avenue mansions of the Upper East Side. The title of the book is taken from a quote from French writer François Rabelais: “one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.” Riis himself was an immigrant (he hailed from Denmark) and lived for a time in the slums of the Lower East Side. Getting a job as a police reporter for the New York Tribune, he began to photograph crime scenes to augment his reporting. “I was a writer and a newspaper man,” Riis said, “and I only yelled about the conditions which I saw. My share in the work of the slums has been that. I have not had a ten-thousandth part in the fight, but I have been in it.” In addition to facing charges of staging his photos, Riis also comes in for some criticism for indulging in ethnic slurs and stereotypes in his text. But very importantly, Riis saw that it was the conditions surrounding the immigrants that made their lives wretched – their ill-fated position in New York City was not due to their ethnicity or nationality but to unscrupulous tenement landlords and sweatshop bosses. To learn more about life in the Lower East Side tenements, visit the Tenement Museum online or – better yet! – in person. And to learn more about Riis, take a look at an exhibit from the Library of Congress and the Museum of the City of New York: “Jacob Riis: Revealing How the Other Half Lives” offers a deep exploration of and numerous resources related to this groundbreaking book. An article in the Smithsonian Magazine explains how innovations in flash photography helped Riis in his efforts to use photos as a tool for social reform. Finally, the third episode of Ric Burns’s outstanding series, New York: A Documentary Film, offers a great segment on Riis and his book. If you’re ready to read this book that was so central in the history of U.S. social reform, you can check it out online on the History on the Net website. If you want a hard copy for your collection (highly recommended so that you can pore over the powerful photographs), there’s a special edition you’llwant to check out. And finally if you’re curious about the ways another photographer was chronicling life in New York City at this same time, stay tuned for next week’s StoryWeb episode on Alfred Stieglitz. Visit thestoryweb.com/riis for links to all these resources. Listen now as I read Chapter IV: “The Down Town Back-Alleys.”   Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives, Chapter IV: “The Down Town Back-Alleys”   DOWN below Chatham Square, in the old Fourth Ward, where the cradle of the tenement stood, we shall find New York’s Other Half at home, receiving such as care to call and are not afraid. Not all of it, to be sure, there is not room for that; but a fairly representative gathering, representative of its earliest and worst traditions. There is nothing to be afraid of. In this metropolis, let it be understood, there is no public street where the stranger may not go safely by day and by night, provided he knows how to mind his own business and is sober. His coming and going will excite little interest, unless he is suspected of being a truant officer, in which case he will be impressed with the truth of the observation that the American stock is dying out for want of children. If he escapes this suspicion and the risk of trampling upon, or being himself run down by the bewildering swarms of youngsters that are everywhere or nowhere as the exigency and their quick scent of danger direct, he will see no reason for dissenting from that observation. Glimpses caught of the parents watching the youngsters play from windows or open doorways will soon convince him that the native stock is in no way involved.    1       Leaving the Elevated Railroad where it dives under the Brooklyn Bridge at Franklin Square, scarce a dozen steps will take us where we wish to go. With its rush and roar echoing yet in our ears, we have turned the corner from prosperity to poverty. We stand upon the domain of the tenement. In the shadow of the great stone abutments the old Knickerbocker houses linger like ghosts of a departed day. Down the winding slope of Cherry Street—proud and fashionable Cherry Hill that was—their broad steps, sloping roofs, and dormer windows are easily made out; all the more easily for the contrast with the ugly barracks that elbow them right and left. These never had other design than to shelter, at as little outlay as possible, the greatest crowds out of which rent could be wrung. They were the bad after-thought of a heedless day. The years have brought to the old houses unhonored age, a querulous second childhood that is out of tune with the time, their tenants, the neighbors, and cries out against them and against you in fretful protest in every step on their rotten floors or squeaky stairs. Good cause have they for their fretting. This one, with its shabby front and poorly patched roof, what glowing firesides, what happy children may it once have owned? Heavy feet, too often with unsteady step, for the pot-house is next door—where is it not next door in these slums?—have worn away the brown-stone steps since; the broken columns at the door have rotted away at the base. Of the handsome cornice barely a trace is left. Dirt and desolation reign in the wide hallway, and danger lurks on the stairs. Rough pine boards fence off the roomy fire-places—where coal is bought by the pail at the rate of twelve dollars a ton these have no place. The arched gateway leads no longer to a shady bower on the banks of the rushing stream, inviting to day-dreams with its gentle repose, but to a dark and nameless alley, shut in by high brick walls, cheerless as the lives of those they shelter. The wolf knocks loudly at the gate in the troubled dreams that come to this alley, echoes of the day’s cares. A horde of dirty children play about the dripping hydrant, the only thing in the alley that thinks enough of its chance to make the most of it: it is the best it can do. These are the children of the tenements, the growing generation of the slums; this their home. From the great highway overhead, along which throbs the life-tide of two great cities, one might drop a pebble into half a dozen such alleys.    2        One yawns just across the street; not very broadly, but it is not to blame. The builder of the old gateway had no thought of its ever becoming a public thoroughfare. Once inside it widens, but only to make room for a big box-like building with the worn and greasy look of the slum tenement that is stamped alike on the houses and their tenants down here, even on the homeless cur that romps with the children in yonder building lot, with an air of expectant interest plainly betraying the forlorn hope that at some stage of the game a meat-bone may show up in the role of “It.” Vain hope, truly! Nothing more appetizing than a bare-legged ragamuffin appears. Meatbones, not long since picked clean, are as scarce in Blind Man’s Alley as elbow-room in any Fourth Ward back-yard. The shouts of the children come hushed over the housetops, as if apologizing for the intrusion. Few glad noises make this old alley ring. Morning and evening it echoes with the gentle, groping tap of the blind man’s staff as he feels his way to the street. Blind Man’s Alley bears its name for a reason. Until little more than a year ago its dark burrows harbored a colony of blind beggars, tenants of a blind landlord, old Daniel Murphy, whom every child in the ward knows, if he never heard of the President of the United States. “Old Dan” made a big fortune— he told me once four hundred thousand dollars— out of his alley and the surrounding tenements, only to grow blind himself in extreme old age, sharing in the end the chief hardship of the wretched beings whose lot he had stubbornly refused to better that he might increase his wealth. Even when the Board of Health at last compelled him to repair and clean up the worst of the old buildings, under threat of driving out the tenants and locking the doors behind them, the work was accomplished against the old man’s angry protests. He appeared in person before the Board to argue his case, and his argument was characteristic.    3    “I have made my will,” he said. “My monument stands waiting for me in Calvary. I stand on the very brink of the grave, blind and helpless, and now (here the pathos of the appeal was swept under in a burst of angry indignation) do you want me to build and get skinned, skinned? These people are not fit to live in a nice house. Let them go where they can, and let my house stand.”    4    In spite of the genuine anguish of the appeal, it was downright amusing to find that his anger was provoked less by the anticipated waste of luxury on his tenants than by distrust of his own kind, the builder. He knew intuitively what to expect. The result showed that Mr. Murphy had gauged his tenants correctly. The cleaning up process apparently destroyed the home-feeling of the alley; many of the blind people moved away and did not return. Some remained, however and the name has clung to the place.    5    Some idea of what is meant by a sanitary “cleaning up” in these slums may be gained from the account of a mishap I met with once, in taking a flash-light picture of a group of blind beggars in one of the tenements down here. With unpractised hands I managed to set fire to the house. When the blinding effect of the flash had passed away and I could see once more, I discovered that a lot of paper and rags that hung on the wall were ablaze. There were six of us, five blind men and women who knew nothing of their danger, and myself, in an atticroom with a dozen crooked, rickety stairs between us and the street, and as many households as helpless as the one whose guest I was all about us. The thought: how were they ever to be got out? made my blood run cold as I saw the flames creeping up the wall, and my first impulse was to bolt for the street and shout for help. The next was to smother the fire myself, and I did, with a vast deal of trouble. Afterward, when I came down to the street I told a friendly policeman of my trouble. For some reason he thought it rather a good joke, and laughed immoderately at my concern lest even then sparks should be burrowing in the rotten wall that might yet break out in flame and destroy the house with all that were in it. He told me why, when he found time to draw breath. “Why, don’t you know,” he said, “that house is the Dirty Spoon? It caught fire six times last winter, but it wouldn’t burn. The dirt was so thick on the walls, it smothered the fire!” Which, if true, shows that water and dirt, not usually held to be harmonious elements, work together for the good of those who insure houses.    6   Sunless and joyless though it be, Blind Man’s Alley has that which its compeers of the slums vainly yearn for. It has a pay-day. Once a year sunlight shines into the lives of its forlorn crew, past and present. In June, when the Superintendent of Out-door Poor distributes the twenty thousand dollars annually allowed the poor blind by the city, in half-hearted recognition of its failure to otherwise provide for them, Blindman’s Alley takes a day off and goes to “see” Mr. Blake. That night it is noisy with unwonted merriment. There is scraping of squeaky fiddles in the dark rooms, and cracked old voices sing long-for-gotten songs. Even the blind landlord rejoices, for much of the money goes into his coffers.    7                From their perch up among the rafters Mrs. Gallagher’s blind boarders might hear, did they listen, the tramp of the policeman always on duty in Gotham Court, half a stone’s throw away. His beat, though it takes in but a small portion of a single block, is quite as lively as most larger patrol rounds. A double row of five-story tenements, back to back under a common roof, extending back from the street two hundred and thirty-four feet, with barred openings in the dividing wall, so that the tenants may see but cannot get at each other from the stairs, makes the “court.” Alleys—one wider by a couple of feet than the other, whence the distinction Single and Double Alley—skirt the barracks on either side. Such, briefly, is the tenement that has challenged public attention more than any other in the whole city and tested the power of sanitary law and rule for forty years. The name of the pile is not down in the City Directory, but in the public records it holds an unenviable place. It was here the mortality rose during the last great cholera epidemic to the unprecedented rate of 195 in 1,000 inhabitants. In its worst days a full thousand could not be packed into the court, though the number did probably not fall far short of it. Even now, under the management of men of conscience, and an agent, a King’s Daughter, whose practical energy, kindliness and good sense have done much to redeem its foul reputation, the swarms it shelters would make more than one fair-sized country village. The mixed character of the population, by this time about equally divided between the Celtic and the Italian stock, accounts for the iron bars and the policeman. It was an eminently Irish suggestion that the latter was to be credited to the presence of two German families in the court, who “made trouble all the time.”           A Chinaman whom I questioned as he hurried past the iron gate of the alley, put the matter in a different light. “Lem Ilish velly bad,” he said. Gotham Court has been the entering wedge for the Italian hordes, which until recently had not attained a foothold in the Fourth Ward, but are now trailing across Chatham Street from their stronghold in “the Bend” in ever increasing numbers, seeking, according to their wont, the lowest level.    8   It is curious to find that this notorious block, whose name was so long synonymous with all that was desperately bad, was originally built (in 1851) by a benevolent Quaker for the express purpose of rescuing the poor people from the dreadful rookeries they were then living in. How long it continued a model tenement is not on record. It could not have been very long, for already in 1862, ten years after it was finished, a sanitary official counted 146 cases of sickness in the court, including “all kinds of infectious disease,” from small-pox down, and reported that of 138 children born in it in less than three years 61 had died, mostly before they were one year old. Seven years later the inspector of the district reported to the Board of Health that “nearly ten per cent. of the population is sent to the public hospitals each year.” When the alley was finally taken in hand by the authorities, and, as a first step toward its reclamation, the entire population was driven out by the police, experience dictated, as one of the first improvements to be made, the putting in of a kind of sewer-grating, so constructed, as the official report patiently puts it, “as to prevent the ingress of persons disposed to make a hiding-place” of the sewer and the cellars into which they opened. The fact was that the big vaulted sewers had long been a runway for thieves—the Swamp Angels—who through them easily escaped when chased by the police, as well as a storehouse for their plunder. The sewers are there to-day; in fact the two alleys are nothing but the roofs of these enormous tunnels in which a man may walk upright the full distance of the block and into the Cherry Street sewer—if he likes the fun and is not afraid of rats. Could their grimy walls speak, the big canals might tell many a startling tale. But they are silent enough, and so are most of those whose secrets they might betray. The flood-gates connecting with the Cherry Street main are closed now, except when the water is drained off. Then there were no gates, and it is on record that the sewers were chosen as a short cut habitually by residents of the court whose business lay on the line of them, near a manhole, perhaps, in Cherry Street, or at the river mouth of the big pipe when it was clear at low tide. “Me Jimmy,” said one wrinkled old dame, who looked in while we were nosing about under Double Alley, “he used to go to his work along down Cherry Street that way every morning and come back at night.” The associations must have been congenial. Probably “Jimmy” himself fitted into the landscape.    9   Half-way back from the street in this latter alley is a tenement, facing the main building, on the west side of the way, that was not originally part of the court proper. It stands there a curious monument to a Quaker’s revenge, a living illustration of the power of hate to perpetuate its bitter fruit beyond the grave. The lot upon which it is built was the property of John Wood, brother of Silas, the builder of Gotham Court. He sold the Cherry Street front to a man who built upon it a tenement with entrance only from the street. Mr. Wood afterward quarrelled about the partition line with his neighbor, Alderman Mullins, who had put up a long tenement barrack on his lot after the style of the Court, and the Alderman knocked him down. Tradition records that the Quaker picked himself up with the quiet remark, “I will pay thee for that, friend Alderman,” and went his way. His manner of paying was to put up the big building in the rear of 34 Cherry Street with an immense blank wall right in front of the windows of Alderman Mullins’s tenements, shutting out effectually light and air from them. But as he had no access to the street from his building for many years it could not be let or used for anything, and remained vacant until it passed under the management of the Gotham Court property. Mullins’s Court is there yet, and so is the Quaker’s vengeful wall that has cursed the lives of thousands of innocent people since. At its farther end the alley between the two that begins inside the Cherry Street tenement, six or seven feet wide, narrows down to less than two feet. It is barely possible to squeeze through; but few care to do it, for the rift leads to the jail of the Oak Street police station, and therefore is not popular with the growing youth of the district.    10   There is crape on the door of the Alderman’s court as we pass out, and upstairs in one of the tenements preparations are making for a wake. A man lies dead in the hospital who was cut to pieces in a “can racket” in the alley on Sunday. The sway of the excise law is not extended to these back alleys. It would matter little if it were. There are secret by-ways, and some it is not held worth while to keep secret, along which the “growler” wanders at all hours and all seasons unmolested. It climbed the stairs so long and so often that day that murder resulted. It is nothing unusual on Cherry Street, nothing to “make a fuss” about. Not a week before, two or three blocks up the street, the police felt called upon to interfere in one of these can rackets at two o’clock in the morning, to secure peace for the neighborhood. The interference took the form of a general fusillade, during which one of the disturbers fell off the roof and was killed. There was the usual wake and nothing more was heard of it. What, indeed, was there to say?    11   The “Rock of Ages” is the name over the door of a low saloon that blocks the entrance to another alley, if possible more forlorn and dreary than the rest, as we pass out of the Alderman’s court. It sounds like a jeer from the days, happily past, when the “wickedest man in New York” lived around the corner a little way and boasted of his title.     One cannot take many steps in Cherry Street without encountering some relic of past or present prominence in the ways of crime, scarce one that does not turn up specimen bricks of the coming thief. The Cherry Street tough is all-pervading. Ask Suprintendent Murray, who, as captain of the Oak Street squad, in seven months secured convictions for theft, robbery, and murder aggregating no less than five hundred and thirty years of penal servitude, and he will tell you his opinion that the Fourth Ward, even in the last twenty years, has turned out more criminals than all the rest of the city together.    12   But though the “Swamp Angels” have gone to their reward, their successors carry on business at the old stand as successfully, if not as boldly. There goes one who was once a shining light in thiefdom. He has reformed since, they say. The policeman on the corner, who is addicted to a professional unbelief in reform of any kind, will tell you that while on the Island once he sailed away on a shutter, paddling along until he was picked up in Hell Gate by a schooner’s crew, whom he persuaded that he was a fanatic performing some sort of religious penance by his singular expedition. Over yonder, Tweed, the arch-thief, worked in a brush-shop and earned an honest living before he took to politics. As we stroll from one narrow street to another the odd contrast between the low, old-looking houses in front and the towering tenements in the back yards grows even more striking, perhaps because we expect and are looking for it. Nobody who was not would suspect the presence of the rear houses, though they have been there long enough. Here is one seven stories high behind one with only three floors. Take a look into this Roosevelt Street alley; just about one step wide, with a five-story house on one side that gets its light and air—God help us for pitiful mockery!—from this slit between brick walls. There are no windows in the wall on the other side; it is perfectly blank. The fire-escapes of the long tenement fairly touch it; but the rays of the sun, rising, setting, or at high noon, never do. It never shone into the alley from the day the devil planned and man built it. There was once an English doctor who experimented with the sunlight in the soldiers’ barracks, and found that on the side that was shut off altogether from the sun the mortality was one hundred per cent. greater than on the light side, where its rays had free access. But then soldiers are of some account, have a fixed value, if not a very high one. The people who live here have not. The horse that pulls the dirt-cart one of these laborers loads and unloads is of ever so much more account to the employer of his labor than he and all that belongs to him. Ask the owner; he will not attempt to deny it, if the horse is worth anything. The man too knows it. It is the one thought that occasionally troubles the owner of the horse in the enjoyment of his prosperity, built of and upon the successful assertion of the truth that all men are created equal.    13    With what a shock did the story of yonder Madison Street alley come home to New Yorkers one morning, eight or ten years ago, when a fire that broke out after the men had gone to their work swept up those narrow stairs and burned up women and children to the number of a full half score. There were fire-escapes, yes! but so placed that they could not be reached. The firemen had to look twice before they could find the opening that passes for a thoroughfare; a stout man would never venture in. Some wonderfully heroic rescues were made at that fire by people living in the adjoining tenements. Danger and trouble— of the imminent kind, not the everyday sort that excites neither interest nor commiseration— run even this common clay into heroic moulds on occasion; occasions that help us to remember that the gap that separates the man with the patched coat from his wealthy neighbor is, after all, perhaps but a tenement. Yet, what a gap! and of whose making? Here, as we stroll along Madison Street, workmen are busy putting the finishing touches to the brown-stone front of a tall new tenement. This one will probably be called an apartment house. They are carving satyrs’ heads in the stone, with a crowd of gaping youngsters looking on in admiring wonder. Next door are two other tenements, likewise with brown-stone fronts, fair to look at. The youngest of the children in the group is not too young to remember how their army of tenants was turned out by the health officers because the houses had been condemned as unfit for human beings to live in. The owner was a wealthy builder who “stood high in the community.” Is it only in our fancy that the sardonic leer on the stone faces seems to list that way? Or is it an introspective grin? We will not ask if the new house belongs to the same builder. He too may have reformed.    14    We have crossed the boundary of the Seventh Ward. Penitentiary Row, suggestive name for a block of Cherry Street tenements, is behind us. Within recent days it has become peopled wholly with Hebrews, the overflow from Jewtown adjoining, pedlars and tailors, all of them. It is odd to read this legend from other days over the door: “No pedlars allowed in this house.” These thrifty people are not only crowding into the tenements of this once exclusive district— they are buying them. The Jew runs to real estate as soon as he can save up enough for a deposit to clinch the bargain. As fast as the old houses are torn down, towering structures go up in their place, and Hebrews are found to be the builders. Here is a whole alley nicknamed after the intruder, Jews’ Alley. But abuse and ridicule are not weapons to fight the Israelite with. He pockets them quietly with the rent and bides his time. He knows from experience, both sweet and bitter, that all things come to those who wait, including the houses and lands of their Persecutors.    15    Here comes a pleasure party, as gay as any on the avenue, though the carry-all is an ash-cart. The father is the driver and he has taken his brown-legged boy for a ride. How proud and happy they both look up there on their perch! The queer old building they have halted in front of is “The Ship,” famous for fifty years as a ramshackle tenement filled with the oddest crowd. No one knows why it is called “The Ship,” though there is a tradition that once the river came clear up here to Hamilton Street, and boats were moored along-side it. More likely it is because it is as bewildering inside as a crazy old ship, with its ups and downs of ladders parading as stairs, and its unexpected pitfalls. But Hamilton Street, like Water Street, is not what it was. The missions drove from the latter the worst of its dives. A sailors’ mission has lately made its appearance in Hamilton Street, but there are no dives there, nothing worse than the ubiquitous saloon and tough tenements.    16   Enough of them everywhere. Suppose we look into one? No.—Cherry Street. Be a little careful, please! The hall is dark and you might stumble over the children pitching pennies back there. Not that it would hurt them; kicks and cuffs are their daily diet. They have little else. Here where the hall turns and dives into utter darkness is a step, and another, another. A flight of stairs. You can feed your way, if you cannot see it. Close? Yes! What would you have? All the fresh air that ever enters these stairs comes from the hall-door that is forever slamming, and from the windows of dark bedrooms that in turn receive from the stairs their sole supply of the elements God meant to be free, but man deals out with such niggardly hand. That was a woman filling her pail by the hydrant you just bumped against. The sinks are in the hallway, that all the tenants may have access—and all be poisoned alike by their summer stenches. Hear the pump squeak! It is the lullaby of tenement-house babes. In summer, when a thousand thirsty throats pant for a cooling drink in this block, it is worked in vain. But the saloon, whose open door you passed in the hall, is always there. The smell of it has followed you up. Here is a door. Listen! That short hacking cough, that tiny, helpless wail—what do they mean? They mean that the soiled bow of white you saw on the door downstairs will have another story to tell—Oh! a sadly familiar story—before the day is at an end. The child is dying with measles. With half a chance it might have lived; but it had none. That dark bedroom killed it.    17   “It was took all of a suddint,” says the mother, smoothing the throbbing little body with trembling hands. There is no unkindness in the rough voice of the man in the jumper, who sits by the window grimly smoking a clay pipe, with the little life ebbing out in his sight, bitter as his words sound: “Hush, Mary! If we cannot keep the baby, need we complain—such as we?”    18   Such as we! What if the words ring in your ears as we grope our way up the stairs and down from floor to floor, listening to the sounds behind the closed doors—some of quarrelling, some of coarse songs, more of profanity. They are true. When the summer heats come with their suffering they have meaning more terrible than words can tell. Come over here. Step carefully over this baby—it is a baby, spite of its rags and dirt—under these iron bridges called fire-escapes, but loaded down, despite the incessant watchfulness of the firemen, with broken house-hold goods, with wash-tubs and barrels, over which no man could climb from a fire. This gap between dingy brick-walls is the yard. That strip of smoke-colored sky up there is the heaven of these people. Do you wonder the name does not attract them to the churches? That baby’s parents live in the rear tenement here. She is at least as clean as the steps we are now climbing. There are plenty of houses with half a hundred such in. The tenement is much like the one in front we just left, only fouler, closer, darker—we will not say more cheerless. The word is a mockery. A hundred thousand people lived in rear tenements in New York last year. Here is a room neater than the rest. The woman, a stout matron with hard lines of care in her face, is at the wash-tub. “I try to keep the childer clean,” she says, apologetically, but with a hopeless glance around. The spice of hot soap-suds is added to the air already tainted with the smell of boiling cabbage, of rags and uncleanliness all about. It makes an overpowering compound. It is Thursday, but patched linen is hung upon the pulley-line from the window. There is no Monday cleaning in the tenements. It is wash-day all the week round, for a change of clothing is scarce among the poor. They are poverty’s honest badge, these perennial lines of rags hung out to dry, those that are not the washerwoman’s professional shingle. The true line to be drawn between pauperism and honest poverty is the clothes-line. With it begins the effort to be clean that is the first and the best evidence of a desire to be honest.    19   What sort of an answer, think you, would come from these tenements to the question “Is life worth living?” were they heard at all in the discussion? It may be that this, cut from the last report but one of the Association for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor, a long name for a weary task, has a suggestion of it: “In the depth of winter the attention of the Association was called to a Protestant family living in a garret in a miserable tenement in Cherry Street. The family’s condition was most deplorable. The man, his wife, and three small children shivering in one room through the roof of which the pitiless winds of winter whistled. The room was almost barren of furniture; the parents slept on the floor, the elder children in boxes, and the baby was swung in an old shawl attached to the rafters by cords by way of a hammock. The father, a seaman, had been obliged to give up that calling because he was in consumption, and was unable to provide either bread or fire for his little ones.”    20   Perhaps this may be put down as an exceptional case, but one that came to my notice some months ago in a Seventh Ward tenement was typical enough to escape that reproach. There were nine in the family: husband, wife, an aged grandmother, and six children; honest, hard-working Germans, scrupulously neat, but poor. All nine lived in two rooms, one about ten feet square that served as parlor, bedroom, and eating-room, the other a small hall-room made into a kitchen. The rent was seven dollars and a half a month, more than a week’s wages for the husband and father, who was the only bread-winner in the family. That day the mother had thrown herself out of the window, and was carried up from the street dead. She was “discouraged,” said some of the other women from the tenement, who had come in to look after the children while a messenger carried the news to the father at the shop. They went stolidly about their task, although they were evidently not without feeling for the dead woman. No doubt she was wrong in not taking life philosophically, as did the four families a city missionary found housekeeping in the four corners of one room. They got along well enough together until one of the families took a boarder and made trouble. Philosophy, according to my optimistic friend, naturally inhabits the tenements. The people who live there come to look upon death in a different way from the rest of us—do not take it as hard. He has never found time to explain how the fact fits into his general theory that life is not unbearable in the tenements. Unhappily for the philosophy of the slums, it is too apt to be of the kind that readily recognizes the saloon, always handy, as the refuge from every trouble, and shapes its practice according to the discovery.    21      

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Lights, Camera.. Get ready for action, folks!! This is the Uticast, Episode #57 and this week, we're getting ready for the Franklin Square Film Series with crazy-underrated filmmaker and GFOP Tom Knudsen!! This episode of the Uticast is brought to you by the Adirondack Scenic Railroad On Tap This Week: Sam and Kevin start the show off by covering family vacations and the strange magical oddity known as the Enchanted Forest Water Safari. where the fun stops at six. Then, Cliff Montanye joins the boys to debate the merits of the Apple Watch, the impending sale of the Uptown Theater and the booing of Bernie Sanders. Afterwards, Sam sits down with the excellent and extremely talented Tom Knudsen to discuss Jurassic Park, George Lucas and the power of mainstream cinema. Finally, the Lads dig in deep to theorize about Dave Matthews Band, Green Day and the ubiqitous phenomenon of seemingly important things losing their luster with the passage of time. This is the Uticast and We're here to tell you a story. #JoinTheClub #MadeInUtica UTICAST.COM iTunes - Soundcloud - 315Live.fm