Does anyone remember PS81 having a summer program for kids? I seem to remember playing all kinds of ball games in the fenced in playground area, and board games or ping pong (?) on rainy days.
Peter, I remember the Math Fair quite well, and feeling like I was an outsider at the event. I was,and still am, a bit of a rennaisence person, dabling in lots of related areas. I don’t remember the conversation regarding Xenakis, but I’m not surprised; I’m still composing music, but now with the aid of software. But Br. A. Edward doesn’t ring a bell; sorry.
I’ve gone back and read more of the vast quantity of postings, and memories have flooded my grain of Ridgewood. I remember walking over to Myrtle Avenue, and walking up and down, checking out the shops, such as Woolworths. I remember shoveling snow for shops during the Winter, and burying myself in the kid’s section of the Queens Library (on what street I can’t remember) in a big old building.
BTW, I lived on Seneca next to the “el” and later on Menahan just of of Seneca.
Thanks, Peter, it really did seem like a Wailing Wall. I was surprised at how many names I remembered. It’s been almost 30 years since I’ve lived in NYC, let alone Ridgewood. However, it was truly a thrill to go down “memory lane”; I actually pulled at my copy of the ‘72 San Fran and started looking at the photos. I also tried to see if I could find phoyos online for anyone in my class. I found one for Joseph Kriz; he looks the same but, like all of us, older.
I’ll pop onto this list from time to time to see what the discussion is like. And say hello to Gasper for me!
(And yes, I’ve been teased about “Billy Joel” though thankfully not as much lately <grin>)
richd, peterk and all – Wow! I stumbled across this site while doing a search for St. Fran’s old N. 6th St. address and it blew me away. What a time trip!
This Bill Joel, and I am alive and well, and teaching Computer Science in CT, living in NY. I got my PhD in ‘95, but have been teaching since '83.
Does anyone remember PS81 having a summer program for kids? I seem to remember playing all kinds of ball games in the fenced in playground area, and board games or ping pong (?) on rainy days.
Peter, I remember the Math Fair quite well, and feeling like I was an outsider at the event. I was,and still am, a bit of a rennaisence person, dabling in lots of related areas. I don’t remember the conversation regarding Xenakis, but I’m not surprised; I’m still composing music, but now with the aid of software. But Br. A. Edward doesn’t ring a bell; sorry.
I’ve gone back and read more of the vast quantity of postings, and memories have flooded my grain of Ridgewood. I remember walking over to Myrtle Avenue, and walking up and down, checking out the shops, such as Woolworths. I remember shoveling snow for shops during the Winter, and burying myself in the kid’s section of the Queens Library (on what street I can’t remember) in a big old building.
BTW, I lived on Seneca next to the “el” and later on Menahan just of of Seneca.
Thanks, Peter, it really did seem like a Wailing Wall. I was surprised at how many names I remembered. It’s been almost 30 years since I’ve lived in NYC, let alone Ridgewood. However, it was truly a thrill to go down “memory lane”; I actually pulled at my copy of the ‘72 San Fran and started looking at the photos. I also tried to see if I could find phoyos online for anyone in my class. I found one for Joseph Kriz; he looks the same but, like all of us, older.
I’ll pop onto this list from time to time to see what the discussion is like. And say hello to Gasper for me!
(And yes, I’ve been teased about “Billy Joel” though thankfully not as much lately <grin>)
richd, peterk and all – Wow! I stumbled across this site while doing a search for St. Fran’s old N. 6th St. address and it blew me away. What a time trip!
This Bill Joel, and I am alive and well, and teaching Computer Science in CT, living in NY. I got my PhD in ‘95, but have been teaching since '83.