greendougherty - yorkville - newsletter - winterspring newsletter 2011

The Winter-Spring - 2011 Issue

I like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. The holidays are just upon us and 2011 is not far behind. Since everything is constantly evolving, I'll keep the newsletter in an evolving manner.

Current Newsletter - all active Yorkville links for your convenience available continuously.

Looking for old friends.....

92nd Street and OLGC, 1950's era

Looking for friends from 92nd Street and OLGC, 1950's era. Would love to make contact with friends from 92nd Street and surrounding blocks. Only in touch with a couple and would like to hear from all those others...who were part of my childhood and teenage years.

by Ann/Jack Armstrong (Brown)

The Class of 1952 of St Monica's

Would like to hear from anyone in the 1952 graduating class from St. Monica's. I know Kevin Boland is already in touch; anyone from Yorkville in the 1956 Hayes graduating class (Jay Jordan & me are the only ones I know of); the Jokers/Royals ( I think only Kevin Boland, Jay Jordan, Jim Kelt, Jim Brady, and me are the only ones remaining); Ernie Moraise (Sonny), George Degroot, Brucie Prebble, Eddie Lorraine & John Bulchetta from 77th Street; & finally - Lolly Pecorara and her sister Butchie, Johnnie (Red) Lynch, Sonny Kelly, Sal Cardinale & his sister Nancy, Phil Salmosie, Jakie Bernstein & Lucille Pacifico from 76th Street. These are some of the names I can remember, but I know there are more.

by Walter B

Looking for old friends from 81st Street

Here are a few names from 81st Street, Ellen Hollenstein, Mary Milasko, Max Mittleman, I would like to hear anything about any of them.

by Barbara/81st Street

Looking for Eugene (Bucko) Staudt from 85th Street

by CarlG

Looking for kids that graduated from St. Monica's in 1948 and anyone from 84th Street between York Ave. & 1st Avenue from 1942 to 1959.

by Jean

Recent Pictures

Some of the children from 81st Street. A recent picture from Jim Liamiro. Can you make out the faces without reading the names?

greendougherty blog.....

Contemplating the launch of a greendougherty.com blog for some time. Always liked stepping into it and want to take it out in the form of a blog. If you follow me on Facebook, I'm always making a comment and with a blog, I can really have a little fun. The blog will allow anyone to make a comment on what I say. Don't worry, I can take it. I helped raise four kids and still getting critiqued. So come on board. I make a hot link when I get everything on the blog up and going.

by Marty

Some Characters from Yorkville.....

Jimmy Flood, the boxer

FLOOD REMEMBERED _ Former high-ranking contender Jimmy Flood, 63, who died last week, is remembered by many in the Las Vegas boxing fraternity as a Damon Runyon-type character who hung around the Strip and at local fight cards.
Flood was a top middleweight and light heavyweight in the 1950s and 1960s in New York before moving to Las Vegas.
Al Braverman of Don King Productions remembered Flood fondly.
"He had a cast-iron chin," Braverman said. "You could fire and hit him with a bomb and he'd keep coming. He was a very tough, stubborn, tenacious guy. He didn't know any other way to fight. He kept coming after you hit him with your best shot. He was a loveable character."
By Tom O'Connor

Yorkville Videos.....

Marty's videos are found by searching for Yorkville, Manhattan, New York City on You Tube. I put the pictures under school, old friends, Kronk's, etc. My user name is 'canthishappen' and my old videos are under 'babypalms' but when Google's took over, my user name ended up in limbo. Enjoy.

Note: You Tube is not so user friendly with links. I'll work on trying to find a method to show these videos and put the link below.

NOTE: This newsletter will be an evolving newsletter of sorts and being constantly updated. To see the newsletter any time, just click on Current Newsletter on the main index. If you want to add something to the newsletter to reach anyone, just send an email to Marty.

Yorkville Streets Family Names Yorkville Schools Entertainment Characters Stories Memories Message Boards Yorkville Who's Who

If you'd like to add anything to this newsletter, just send an email to Marty. Has you email address changed, please check our Yorkville's Who's Who to see if your email address is correct.

Streets of Yorkville	I'm currently in the process of re-designing the street index for Yorkville Streets. There are quite a few streets that have no information and could use some family, stores, clubs, or churches that were part of these streets. It's great for all to share this information with the young ones when they ask where you grew up. If you want to send info on your street, just click on this link to send me an email.

Yorkville's Who's Who	If you want to get in touch with an old friend, see if they are listed on the following Yorkville's Who's Who, then click on this listing and see if they added their email address over the past few years. If you want to add your name, just send an email to Marty Dougherty.
Yorkville Memories	This is a continuous process of collecting memories of growing up and and living in Yorkville. We have captured quite a few moments of Yorkville and look forward to any more memories that anyone wants to share with our visitors.
Yorkville, East Side of Manhattan in New York City on Facebook	Yorkville, East Side of Manhattan in New York City is now a group on Facebook with 141 members. Stop by and join us in getting to meet and re new friendships with some old friends. Join Facebook and then search (using the box on the upper right hand side) to join our group. Who know? There may be a few friends already on the social network.
Yorkville Characters	You may know a Yorkville Characters, nominate someone that made an impression on you growing up in Yorkville. Here are a few characters that I remembered from the late 50s.
DooWopRadio4u	I'm into oldies and enjoy listening on the internet to a few stations that offer oldies, or, doo wop that is played every night on the internet. My favorite station is located at doowopradiu4u. Click on the link and follow the directions to listen to DJs play your favorite tunes form 8 to 10PM. Stop by the chat room and request a song to be played that you haven't heard in years.
My Family	Visit Bridget My Family page and see additional friends, pictures, etc. Just search for Yorkville (Manhattan)& Upper East Side NYC Community Site.
Oldies Project	As you know, I'm into looking for the next greatest oldies tune that I never heard when I was collecting 45RPM with my brother Paddy. We were music novices at the time and loved doo wop. Here a place to see the music that captured our attention back in the 50s. On Sunday nights, we would listen to Jocko who was a DJ out of Harlem at the time playing all our favorite music. Let me know about your favorite group. Yorkville Memories in Tunes is my new page on my favorite oldies.
The Dougherty Garden	Not the main reason but a good one when you're living in Florida is what you can grow. I opted to replace the grass with anything that I could get my hands on. Still replacing the grass and having a lot of fun doing it.
Have a question	We are all ears. If you have something that you were looking for, an old friends, anything, send us an email and we'll try and respond to your request. If all else fails, we have several message boards and web sites that you can place a message to try and get an answer. Or, just send an email to Marty Dougherty.

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