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Silver Chains, Playgrounds, and the Oval: A Celebration of Growing Up in Stuyvesant TownEpisode 15: George Janis, Tommy Issing and Steve FarhoodThey were sixteen, and they had jobs around Stuyvesant Town. And a few years later, Tommy bought a neighborhood bar. Lots of memories and lots of stories from George, Tommy and Steve.
2026-01-221h 21Silver Chains, Playgrounds, and the Oval: A Celebration of Growing Up in Stuyvesant TownEpisode 14: Hank Fitzpatrick, Kevin McNulty, Don Jackson (Part 2)In part 2 of this podcast, we continue our conversation with the trio, and we also go a bit beyond the silver chains to learn a little more about these playground 3 legends.
2025-11-2040 minSilver Chains, Playgrounds, and the Oval: A Celebration of Growing Up in Stuyvesant TownEpisode 14: Hank Fitzpatrick, Kevin McNulty, Don Jackson (part 1)Hank, Kevin, and Don share humorous memories of playground 3, Little League baseball careers, neighbors, and some "interesting" friends.
2025-11-1948 minSilver Chains, Playgrounds, and the Oval: A Celebration of Growing Up in Stuyvesant TownEpisode 13: Pat Hartnett Stone and Donna Marie ChillemiDonna and Pat look back fondly on unlocked apartment doors, playground 8, granny dresses, and Immaculate Conception's May Festival.
2025-10-251h 08Silver Chains, Playgrounds, and the Oval: A Celebration of Growing Up in Stuyvesant TownEpisode 12: A Look Back at Roller Hockey in Stuyvesant TownBrendan Crowe, Brian Crowe, Reynold Kurth, Joe McGrath and Mike Lyden talk with us about the "other" city game, sharpening their hockey skills, competing for playground space, and "borrowing" hockey nets from uptown.
2025-09-131h 18Silver Chains, Playgrounds, and the Oval: A Celebration of Growing Up in Stuyvesant TownEpisode 11: Andrea Nimberger and Steve EhrlichIn the last episode before a summer break, we return with Andrea and Steve to growing up in Peter Cooper Village, as they share memories of the middle playground, P.S. 40, platform shoes and Huckapoo shirts.
2025-07-041h 07Silver Chains, Playgrounds, and the Oval: A Celebration of Growing Up in Stuyvesant TownEpisode 10: Jeanne McDonnell O'Shea and Mike CavanaughJeanne and Mike re-visit the St. Emeric's School quonset hut, a Charlie Brown school play, playgrounds 4 and 5, and friends and neighbors from the 60's and 70's.
2025-06-171h 17Silver Chains, Playgrounds, and the Oval: A Celebration of Growing Up in Stuyvesant TownEpisode 9: Family Life in a Stuy Town/Peter Cooper ApartmentMary Anderson Gallagher, Robyn Muskat Frank, SueEllen Levine Eshed, and Laura Capuano Schmidt share their memories of divided bedrooms, table manners, long telephone cords, and parents out on the bench on summer evenings.
2025-05-231h 16Silver Chains, Playgrounds, and the Oval: A Celebration of Growing Up in Stuyvesant TownEpisode 8: Susan Margulies Kalish and Gil SchwartzSusan and Gil take us back to P.S. 61, school plays, Freidel's, and first crushes.
2025-04-301h 02Silver Chains, Playgrounds, and the Oval: A Celebration of Growing Up in Stuyvesant TownEpisode 7: Eileen Hession Laband & Tim SullivanEileen and Tim take us back to the summer point tourney, awful memories of cream cheese and jelly, "spending time" in jail cells, and the coolest people they knew growing up.
2025-04-041h 22Silver Chains, Playgrounds, and the Oval: A Celebration of Growing Up in Stuyvesant TownEpisode 6: Looking Back With Kevin MackeyKevin takes us along to the East River, the Bash, and several memorable nights out.
2025-03-141h 18Silver Chains, Playgrounds, and the Oval: A Celebration of Growing Up in Stuyvesant TownEpisode 5: Patti Delaney Dentice and Joe McGrathPatti and Joe chat about Stuy Town, Immaculate Conception School, roller hockey, and the Dirt Bowl.
2025-02-211h 11Silver Chains, Playgrounds, and the Oval: A Celebration of Growing Up in Stuyvesant TownEpisode 4: Chatting With Drew and Tracy NieporentThe Nieporent brothers reminisce about roller hockey, the 23rd street pool, their parents, and more in this episode about growing up in Peter Cooper Village.
2025-01-301h 09Silver Chains, Playgrounds, and the Oval: A Celebration of Growing Up in Stuyvesant TownEpisode 3 Looking Back with Richard Cummins and Ken RosenbergKen and Richard take us back to growing up in Stuy Town in the 1950s and early 1960s
2025-01-1055 minSilver Chains, Playgrounds, and the Oval: A Celebration of Growing Up in Stuyvesant TownEpisode 2: Growing Up With Tommy IssingStuyvesant Town resident Tommy Issing recalls his growing up years in Stuy Town the 1960s and 1970s.
2024-12-2038 minSilver Chains, Playgrounds, and the Oval: A Celebration of Growing Up in Stuyvesant TownComing Soon!
2024-12-0401 minSilver Chains, Playgrounds, and the Oval: A Celebration of Growing Up in Stuyvesant TownEpisode 1: Introduction and Chatting With Ellen Sullivan HartThis inaugural episode has two components: in the first half, we provide a refresher on the physical layout of Stuyvesant Town. The second half is a conversation with our first guest, Ellen Sullivan Hart.
2024-12-0233 min