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Shaul's parents, Joe and Lillian Ceder, on Stratford Avenue near E. 174 St., mid-1950s. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shaul (Steven) in front of his first residence, 1201 Gilbert Place in Hunts Point, about age 3, ca. 1957. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GILBERT PLACE REVISITED | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the summer of 1996, our two eldest daughters, Nitza (then aged 12) and Chaya Baila (then 9) visited Shaul's parents in Far Rockaway. Among the excursions they took was a visit to the old homestead in Hunts Point. I think you will agree that some things are completely different while other things apparently never change. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shaul's father, Joe Ceder, at Crames Square, Southern Blvd. by Bruckner Blvd. and Hunts Point Ave., mid-1950s. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Our old five-story apartment building at 1201 Gilbert Place, bombed out during the "Fort Apache" days, has long since been torn down and replaced by a single-story laundromat. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hunts Point Avenue looking toward the Bruckner Expressway. The brownstones in the left foreground have been renovated. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gilbert Place looking toward Faile Street. The houses on the left side and the apartment building in the background are more or less intact. I still remember the hydrant in the left foreground. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hunts Point Avenue looking south toward Lafayette Avenue and the Coster Street fork. The building at the corner of Gilbert Place had been a luncheonette during my childhood. |