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Correct, it was certain parts of the Bronx, not the entire boro itself.Perhaps certain census tracts lost 97% of their buildings, but certainly not the entire Bronx.
Correct, it was certain parts of the Bronx, not the entire boro itself.Perhaps certain census tracts lost 97% of their buildings, but certainly not the entire Bronx.
No fault on you Chief, the story still had value and certainly showcased some of the anecdotes from the members. But the old adage, don’t believe everything you read. 😊. Thanks for sharingYes I should have read it closer.
Indeed. YesCorrect, it was certain parts of the Bronx, not the entire boro itself.
This paragraph was taken out of context, the article was referring to a specific area of the S Bronx during the War Years.Some of the data in this article is completely false and erroneous.
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The Bronx lost 97 percent of its buildings??? WTF. Entire sections of the Bronx lost almost nothing during the 70’s Riverdale, Marble hill, Kingsbridge, Woodlawn, Wakefield, Bedford Park, Highbridge, University Heights, sound view, coop city, city island, Pelham Bay, Parkchester, van Nest…etc lost very little if anything of its housing stock. Yes there were small sections of the Bronx that were obliterated and has the majority of its housing stock destroyed. But to make a statement as outrageous as the Bronx lost 97 percent of its buildings completely destroys the credibility of the author.
Leave it to Willy to use a McDonalds as a location reference.Then to the MacDonalds on Webster Ave around 170th/171st St area
Lol. Yes. At least I would have gone with White Castle !Leave it to Willy to use a McDonalds as a location reference.
How did that member from 217 sneak in there? lol^^^^^^ JUNE 1969 photo above from Robert Condon stating
"E-230 500th run for the month June 1969 my dad is the LT on the right .Photo by Alex Donchin "
280 and 132 also had a similar set up.92 Engine and 44 Truck had adjacent quarters with a dividing wall between them. The engine had the coal furnace for both houses and the truck side enjoyed an open and clean (no coal dust) basement. Plenty of room for a pool table, etc. Their living large came to an an abrupt end in '69 when a forest of screw jacks was installed to support the new tower ladder.
My grandmother had one and it was my job to fill it with coal and take out the ashes every Saturday."IRON FIREMAN" emblem on ebay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/364342442977?hash=item54d4807be1:g:jKsAAOSwuh9kqxMF
The Iron Fireman was the name of a unit that could be retrofitted to a home coal furnace.....It eliminated constantly having to shovel coal.....the Unit was about the size of a large kitchen table.....coal was loaded into the hopper then electrically it would dispense coal into the furnace at a preset time frame so there would always be coal introduced to the furnace during a cold night without the homeowner having to get up from sleep.....my good friend growing up had one of these in his Family's cellar & he & I as teenagers consumed much beer sitting around in front of it dreaming about us getting OTJ.....Luckily we both did.