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Yorkville Landmarks #032 - Lenox Hill Hospital - August 3, 2019
Lenox Hill Hospital This is a present day picture of Lenox Hill Hospital in Yorkville. As you can see from the building, the Lenox Hill...
Marty, the memory man
Aug 3, 20191 min read
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Yorkville Landmark #031 - Lounge At Doctor's Hospital - June 26, 2019
Lounge at Doctor's Hospital Lounge at Doctor's Hospital on 87th Street and East End Avenue. I believe that I recall reading that a few of...
Marty, the memory man
Jun 26, 20191 min read
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Yorkville Landmarks #029 - Tap Room at Brewery - June 18, 2019
Tap Room at the Brewery For all of the workers from the brewery, does this picture ring a bell? I was only able to visit the brewery one...
Marty, the memory man
Jun 18, 20191 min read
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Yorkville Landmarks #028 - Loew's at 72nd Street - June 18, 2019
72nd Street Loew's Orpheum Theatre For my 72nd Street residents. Need more info on this movie house in relation to the one from...
Marty, the memory man
Jun 11, 20191 min read
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Yorkville Faces #082 - Class 11-X of Hunter Elementary in 1957 - June 10, 2019
Class 11-X of Hunter Elementary School in 1957 Marty Dougherty Return to the following Indexes: 86th Street in Yorkville Index Avenues...
Marty, the memory man
Jun 10, 20191 min read
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Yorkville Faces #081 - Grade 2-1 at PS 77 in 1955 - June 3, 2019
Grade 2-1 in 1959 at PS 77 Marty Dougherty Return to the following Indexes: 86th Street in Yorkville Index Avenues and Streets (AS-1) of...
Marty, the memory man
Jun 3, 20191 min read
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Yorkville Faces #074 - Class 7-2 of St. Joseph's in 1954 - May 25, 2019
Here is a picture of Class 7-2 in 1954 at St. Joseph School. I'll add a few names to some of the boys and girls in the above picture....
Marty, the memory man
May 25, 20192 min read
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Yorkville Landmarks #023 - St. Patrick's Cathedral - May 23, 2019
St. Patrick Cathedral. For those that attended Cardinal Hayes High School, we graduated out of St. Patrick's Cathedral. The day that I...
Marty, the memory man
May 24, 20191 min read
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Yorkville Landmarks #022 - St. Monica School - May 20, 2019
St. Monica School. Photo taken from the book on the history of the parish. Recalling some of the memories, Marty Dougherty Return to the...
Marty, the memory man
May 20, 20191 min read
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Yorkville Landmarks #021 - RKO Movie Theatre - May 16, 2019
Here is an old picture of the original RKO movie theatre on the NW corner of 86th Street and Lexington Avenue. I believe that was a drug...
Marty, the memory man
May 16, 20192 min read
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Good Humor CS005 - Candy Stores of Yorkville - May 15, 2019
Most of my memories of the Good Humor Truck were down at Carl Schurz Park. And the name that keeps coming into my mind is that of Eddie....
Marty, the memory man
May 15, 20191 min read
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Clock Tower of the Brewery BR003 - Brewery Memories - May 15, 2019
Clock Tower of the Brewery BR003 Clock Tower of the Brewery. How many of you lived in the neighborhood and could look out your window and...
Marty, the memory man
May 15, 20191 min read
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Yorkville Faces #073 - Kate Dougherty - May 15, 2019
The official boss of the Dougherty Family. I knew her as "Mom." She raised three boys in Yorkville. She was the recipient of assorted...
Marty, the memory man
May 15, 20191 min read
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Central Commercial High School S001 Schools Attended by Yorkville Students - May 15, 2019
Central Commercial High School Central Commercial High School was located at 214 East 42nd Street. Did anyone go to Central Commercila...
Marty, the memory man
May 15, 20191 min read
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Yorkville Landmarks #020 - 79th Street Library - May 15, 2019
This is the New York Public Library on 79th Street. If memory serves me right, it was between 2nd and 3rd Avenues on 79th Street. My love...
Marty, the memory man
May 15, 20191 min read
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Yorkville Faces #072 - McCready Family - May 13, 2019
The McCready family of Yorkville. If and when I get the street, I'll add a link to this this picture via the family name on the Avenues...
Marty, the memory man
May 13, 20191 min read
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Yorkville Faces #071 - Bray's Candy Store - May 8, 2019
Barbara and Jim Bray of Bray's Candy Store. The Bray's Candy Store was located near the SE corner of 85th Street and 2nd Avenue. Over the...
Marty, the memory man
May 8, 20192 min read
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Landscape Memories #019 - Boating in Central Park - May 5, 2019
If you lived in Yorkille, you spent a lot of time in the parks. Both parks, Carl Schurz Park and Central Park. The above scene is from...
Marty, the memory man
May 5, 20191 min read
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Yorkville Memories #016 - Orwasher Bread Store - May 2, 2019
Orwasher's Handmade Bread Store. A little further uptown was Glaser's but Orwasher's controlled a portion o the bakery market in their...
Marty, the memory man
May 2, 20191 min read
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Yorkville Faces #070 - James (Jimmy) Brady Wedding - May 1, 2019
Jimmy Brady wedding. I'll see if I can remember the names of the guys but I have no idea of the girls or his wife's name. Boys, from left...
Marty, the memory man
May 1, 20191 min read
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