tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17504635.post4356868602412234683..comments2023-11-03T03:25:58.422-04:00Comments on MathCog Idiocy: Revisiting the hometownAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14350832388608921347noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17504635.post-74098173305022284402007-03-16T12:05:00.000-04:002007-03-16T12:05:00.000-04:00Hi Michele,The address for the house was 21-46 46t...Hi Michele,<BR/><BR/>The address for the house was <BR/>21-46 46th Street, Long Island City, NY. I think they bought the house in the 1920s. So a tad north of Jackson Heights and Woodside. <BR/><BR/>My dad was born in 1912 and the story is that he was born in a farmhouse located at what is now the end of a runway at LaGuardia. One of these days I'll get his birth certificate and try to confirm that. A friend and I are talking about a trip to the Municipal Archives this summer so I can do some genealogy research. Maybe I can arrange to get a copy of his and mine then. (Although I think I need to go to a different place for them.)<BR/><BR/>A lot of days I wish that I lived in the city. I'm in a tiny (pop. < 2,000) podunk town in New Hampshire. I love my little house, but sometimes I feel like I'm living an episode of the twilight zone. :-) Boston is about 2-1/2 hours away. I've been there exactly once in 10 years. Just doesn't have the same panache.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350832388608921347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17504635.post-66335432759600643362007-03-16T09:48:00.000-04:002007-03-16T09:48:00.000-04:00Hey MathCog, so your ancestors are from Queens. T...Hey MathCog, so your ancestors are from Queens. The pic of your grandad home looks to be in somewhere in Jackson Heights or Woodside. <BR/><BR/>I live in Queens, that's how come I'm guessing. BTW, thanks for the link to that Queens site. I have a NYC photoblog, which I haven't updated since my accident. <BR/><BR/>So, do you live in the city? I ask because you're right about the love/hate feeling some residents have. <BR/><BR/>michele<BR/>http://lettersfromnyc.mu.nuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17504635.post-56857992192842267072007-03-15T09:09:00.000-04:002007-03-15T09:09:00.000-04:00I think it's one of those cities that you either l...I think it's one of those cities that you either love or hate - no inbetween. And each of the five boroughs has its own personality.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350832388608921347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17504635.post-64093539437362326722007-03-15T04:27:00.000-04:002007-03-15T04:27:00.000-04:00I've never been to NYC.I'm probably really missing...I've never been to NYC.<BR/><BR/>I'm probably really missing out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com