INVITATION: The St George Tower Oral History Experiment

thedragonslayer

WHO REMEMBERS
THE ST GEORGE TOWER
IN IT'S HAY



...So do we.

A website has been created to collect the photos, clippings, and long-held secrets of this famous New York landmark. It is generating some great stories.

CLICK HERE: www.TheStGeorgeTower.2ya.com

As one of the more technically able members of your family, please subscribe in order for your senior members to share their memories, listen to others with memories like theirs, and see wonderful photo albums uploaded by our nearly 200 members in a half dozen countries and 18 states (plus DC). MOST important, talk to your parents and grandparents--they have great stories that we want to hear them. They have PHOTO ALBUMS and SCRAP BOOKS and we want to "sit with them" as they tell their stories! In doing so their histories will be archived in a way that they will live on forever. Tell them THAT. See? Why not tell them they can have those memories live forever on the internet?... See what happens... We're waiting!

In a few clicks you can show them marvelous snapshots, gorgeous formal portraits (typically done by Nickerbocker Photo Studio on Clinton Street), charming first person memories, sensational newspaper stories and clippings, a growing collection of memorabilia, interesting facts, fun trivia (which famous people stayed there) and a few "secret stories". The current topics being discussed:

The Clark Street / Brooklyn Heights subway station

The 1995 Fire (one of the largest in New York history--18 alarms)

Rocky's barber shop

And, as always, The Pool


That ought to trigger some memories! : )))


Do you or your relatives have a secret story that took place there? <winkwinkwink>

Maybe it was the war years. Did you say goodbye or hello there?

Perhaps they had your wedding there. Click on the link above if you love Brooklyn history, or know someone who does.

Tell your senior family members that their entire photo albums will be scanned for them if they send an email to StGeorgeTower_photos@mac. Their memories are important history and need to be recorded...

Those who remember the St George Hotel in the 1930s, when the tower first opened, are slipping away. We want to reach out to them especially!!! Time is of the essence! Were they one of the jazz babies dancing at the open air rooftop nightclub? (AND DO THEY HAVE PHOTOS???? <LOL>)

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See you there.


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