The Old Mom & Pops of Bloomingdale: A Memory Project
Remember The Movie Place? The Abbey Pub, Abalafia’s flowers, Positively 104th Street, Oppenheimer Meats, RCI, Green Farm, Tacita d'Oro, La Casita? Or maybe you go further back to the days of Hudes Deli, the Horn & Hardart Automat or so many others....

For a memory project, this is a neighborhood survey organized by long-time neighbor Caitlin Hawke who writes the W. 102-103 Streets Block Association "On Broadway" column. For many years, she blogged about the history of our neighborhood here for which she received the Jim Torain Award from the Bloomingdale History Group. 

Partnering with Caitlin is urban planner and historian Gil Tauber, who works with the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group.

Caitlin is studying oral history at Columbia and is seeking neighbors' memories of Mom & Pop businesses in our neighborhood between 96th-110th Streets that are no longer here. Gil is working on neighbors' memories of old local restaurants. Future plans for these recollections may include a crowd-sourced map of old shops and articles and presentations collecting these reminiscences.

Here's a chance to share memories and recollections of your favorite businesses. Feel free to also include the many enduring Mom & Pops still making Broadway the special micro-neighborhood it is today.

You may reach Caitlin Hawke directly at: caitlin@w102-103blockassn.org. 
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Your name (your name will not be shared without your permission)
Email (if you are willing to share more in-depth memories, please include your email address or a phone number; contact information you include here will not be shared further).
How many years have you lived in our neighborhood -- specifically between 96th -- 110th Streets?
During which of the following eras have you lived/did you live in this neighborhood (check all that apply) *
Required
Do you have memories of any of these businesses: *
Yes
No
Vaguely
La Tacita d'Oro
Oppenheimer Meats
Green Farm
Hanscom's Bakery
Hudes Deli
Positively 104th Street
Gregory's Gourmet Foods
Horn & Hardart Automat
Little Leepers
Au Petit Beurre (later Cafe Amiana)
The Abbey Pub
The Movie Place
La Casita
Do you remember the owners' names of any of the stores above? Please share their names here.
If you entered "yes: for any of the above, please share your recollections for each that you checked. Did you like the business, do you miss it, what was special about it? *
And now for your favorites! 

Which old stores and restaurants between 96th and 110th have been special to you over the decades? Which ones do you miss most?

Please list as many as you like and please be as specific as possible including name, kind of store and rough address. (If you don't know the address, please indicate rough cross street or the name of the current business that occupies the space of the place that was special to you.)
 *
Do you have any photographs of these places you might share? (Both interiors and exteriors). *
And finally, please tell me which of our CURRENT Mom & Pops you think are vital and make this neighborhood feel like a village. (Please name any current businesses between 96th - 110th Streets). *
In your opinion, what is the importance of small businesses in our neighborhood? Ex. do they bring a sense of community? Provide convenience?  *
Any additional comments about the neighborhood and its businesses? *
Would you be willing to tell us more about your memories of the neighborhood in past eras? *
THANK YOU!
I am grateful for the memories you have shared. If you included your name and contact information above, I will follow up with you. Nothing you share above will be included in a newsletter column or other publication/presentation without your permission.

Sincerely,
Caitlin Hawke
caitlin@w102-103blockassn.org
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