Post by jem on May 4, 2013 10:55:32 GMT -5
I'm in a nostalgic mood. Was going over the days of the Borscht Belt (Grossinger) and the Catskills and the early Grand Concourse in the Bronx...
Then I remembered somethings about my first apartment.
It was in a five story walkup. No problem then. Could go up and down the stairs with the utmost of ease. An elevator? What was that.
The toilet was out in the hall, shared by the apartment on my side of the building (four apts. to a floor). The kitchen had an "ice box"...with room for a real block of ice...with a pan underneath to catch the dippings. There was a sink, with two faucets, one hot and one cold which could be connected by something bought at the hardware store. This was also my way of "showering", by standing in a tub. Wish I could remember what was done for heating the place.
I definitely remember the rent...it was $18 @ month in a prime Manhattan location on 53rd Street.
Then I remembered somethings about my first apartment.
It was in a five story walkup. No problem then. Could go up and down the stairs with the utmost of ease. An elevator? What was that.
The toilet was out in the hall, shared by the apartment on my side of the building (four apts. to a floor). The kitchen had an "ice box"...with room for a real block of ice...with a pan underneath to catch the dippings. There was a sink, with two faucets, one hot and one cold which could be connected by something bought at the hardware store. This was also my way of "showering", by standing in a tub. Wish I could remember what was done for heating the place.
I definitely remember the rent...it was $18 @ month in a prime Manhattan location on 53rd Street.
