Recollections of the Old Neighborhood East Harlem, `El Barrio,` 1940s
Released on = May 20, 2006, 6:12 am
Press Release Author = Miriam Medina
Industry = Education
Press Release Summary = Recollections of the Old Neighborhood is a vividly detailed, personal memoir of Miriam Medina 's childhood life in the neighborhood of East Harlem, New York.
Press Release Body = \"Recollections of the Old Neighborhood 1940s\" is my memoir-I am Miriam Medina-and I grew up in the neighborhood of East Harlem, New York also known as Italian Harlem, Spanish Harlem, or El Barrio. I describe how my family of nine-- seven children and my parents--struggled financially, housing their sprawling family in a crowded two bedroom apartment. A detailed description of our daily lives offers the reader a personal glimpse of tenement living in the forties and early fifties. I take you through El Barrio step by step, naming streets and businesses. The gang wars between the Italians and the Puerto Ricans, picnics on the roof, stick ball playing, Mr. Morris the bookie taking bets, the Irish man singing for money in the backyard, the Feast of Mt. Carmel on First Avenue, the kind loving Reverend Wilson of the Methodist church, domestic violence among the neighbors, Jack the Irish cop, who always had free movie passes in his pocket for the kids of the neighborhood, visits to relatives' homes, the illness and death of Papa-and how it affected the family as a whole: these are the grist of my narrative. They are part of \"Recollections of the Old Neighborhood 1940s,\" located in A Walk Down Memory Lane under the New York City Main Directory ,thehistorybox.com.
Miriam Medina is the website administrator of thehistorybox.com, an educational website devoted primarily to New York City and New York State history. In addition, it contains an extensive exploration of American history in general.
Thehistorybox.com is a source of carefully vetted information for literary scholars, writers, historical societies and academic institutions.
\"Recollections of the Old Neighborhood 1940s\" pertains to the history of East Harlem, New York. A Spanish translation of this memoir is also available. Thehistorybox.com invites you to share your memories of NYC in the old days, especially of the 1960s and 1970s, so they can be included in an expanded "A Walk Down Memory Lane.
In her capacity as the Website creator and administrator, Miriam Medina is a member of the following societies: The New York Historical Society, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Urban History Association and the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center. History is Miriam Medina's passion. She loves nothing more than sharing their long-term relationship with you.
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