tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089242376408906172.post1159383356152840561..comments2024-01-17T16:08:25.428-05:00Comments on SPALDEEN DREAMS: Thanks BrooklynJim Pantalenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242915447914711323noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089242376408906172.post-1181538542820296102014-07-02T14:51:08.076-04:002014-07-02T14:51:08.076-04:00Vincent J. Abramo from Arlington Va. said
I was a...Vincent J. Abramo from Arlington Va. said<br /><br />I was a Bay Ridge kid..1949-1959. Did it all as you described ...<br />Other adventures. <br />1. Riding the outside of the public buses on 8th Ave while holding on to the gas tank recess or hanging on to one of the back windows. <br />2. Walking the subway tunnels on the catwalks between 59th St and 92nd St. on 4th Ave. <br />3. Right after a big snow take a sled and grab onto the rear bumber of cars for a ride down the street(watch the manhole covers) <br />4. Roasting mickies (potatoes) in vacant lots over a small fire. <br />5. stacking cardboard boxes high and identifying it as "Hitlers House" and setting it on fire. <br />6. Jumping on freight cars (while they were moving at a crawl) in the railroad yard just outside of Bush Terminal. <br />What an education. After leaving Brooklyn? <br />The military, universities and then a career managing and monitoring various initiatives and programs for the U.S. Government in over 160 countries.<br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10712294938227329084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089242376408906172.post-84855830167065218402011-06-12T10:00:47.056-04:002011-06-12T10:00:47.056-04:00Melting pot neighborhoods like the one we grew up ...Melting pot neighborhoods like the one we grew up in are fast disappearing, and there is a greater division between the haves and the have nots. The haves are getting things handed to them and the have nots are fighting just for survival. I agree that we could use those neighborhoods again to teach kids how to make it in the world, but I fear they are gone.Jim Pantalenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242915447914711323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089242376408906172.post-84672746621062996882011-06-12T06:35:00.826-04:002011-06-12T06:35:00.826-04:00I think that the generations to come need Brooklyn...I think that the generations to come need Brooklyn. They need the life style we had to develop their imaginations, their creativity, and their sense of adventure, all things you and I have learned from the concrete. Our brains, our poorness and our lack of awareness that our lives were different from any other way created guys like us, and I think for the better.Joseph Del Broccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17878453933558405173noreply@blogger.com