Above: Final Design of Grand Central Terminal, ca. 1910.(New York Transit Museum) The heat wave of 1934 spread misery from the Midwest to the East Coast. The temperature in New York City hit 101 degrees F (38.3 C) on June 29, and July recorded at least ten days of temps in the mi...
The chronicler of New York fashion and nightlife,Lois Long, detested Prohibition but after repeal also missed the intimacy of speakeasy life. In her latest “Tables for Two” column Long seemed to be settling into a routine and finding new favorites, like the Waldorf’s Sert Room andPeppy d...
(waldorfnewyorkcity.com/Wikipedia) FAMILIAR FACES…No doubt Lois Long knew Argentine dancer Abraham “Peppy” de Albrew (left) from his days at Texas Guinan’s notorious 300 Club; Long found de Albrew’s new club, Chapeau Rouge, to be a welcoming slice of Paris, enlivened by the ...
Much ado was made ofAl Smith’sappointment as “Honorary Night Superintendent”—in these clips from the Dec. 3New York Times, Smith gave a brief “lecture” about the zoo’s bison, to which he offered a slice of bread… (Excerpts fromThe New York Timesvia theTimesMachine) * * * From...
Misery Loves Company In his “Notes and Comment,”E.B. Whiteobserved that almost everyone was “made miserable” by the Depression, but if one looked around there were signs that things weren’t so bad after all. REASON FOR CHEER…For those still feeling blue about the Depression,E.B. Wh...