I believe that's Dayton Street in the background. If not, let me know. The caption for the original news photo was quite confusing. Those two distinctive homes on the left should confirm that we are looking across the field to Dayton St.
THIS FROM "SJ BILL:"
Tom,
'Tis Jr Four for sure! The two swings may have been present in the late fifties and early 60s. Lesko's Tomato Pies would have been to the far right, off the field of view, and the school itself would have been directly behind the photographer (close to the ramp where coal was unloaded.
You can also see the soccer goalpost. The soccer field extended behind the school close to to the baseball backstop. Kalman Csapo scored some amazing goals on this field in the late fifties, early sixties. I think he was still active as a coach for the DelVal Aggiee as late as 2003.
Look at the photo, the adjacent street from the middle "vee" of the tall swing set and proceeding leftward is Remsen Ave. From the tall swing set to the right is Lalor St. which ran diagonally along the property.
The buildings in this image are still visible in current www.Bing.com Maps Birdseye views of the Jr Four property. The four visible telephone poles were and still are on the Jr. Four side of Lalor St., according to the satellite images.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
(SJ BILL)
((MANY THANKS, BILL; YOUR INPUT IS APPRECIATED))
3 comments:
Hi Tom:)
Dayton Street is where the front
of the School is..yet part of the
fields MAY have a Dayton Street
view..bur mostly the streets you
see in Jr4 field pics are Lalor Street, Grand Street, Virginia Avenue, and Remsen Avenue. I dont't remember a swing set..this picture has me stumped so far.
A fine picture nontheless:)
Tom,
'Tis Jr Four for sure! The two swings may have been present in the late fifties and early 60s. Lesko's Tomato Pies would have been to the far right, off the field of view, and the school itself would have been directly behind the photographer (close to the ramp where coal was unloaded.
You can also see the soccer goalpost. The soccer field extended behind the school close to to the baseball backstop. Kalman Csapo scored some amazing goals on this field in the late fifties, early sixties. I think he was still active as a coach for the DelVal Aggiee as late as 2003.
Look at the photo, the adjacent street from the middle "vee" of the tall swing set and proceeding leftward is Remsen Ave.
From the tall swing set to the right is Lalor St. which ran diagonally along the property.
The buildings in this image are still visible in current www.Bing.com Maps Birdseye views of the Jr Four property. The four visible telephone poles were and still are on the Jr. Four side of Lalor St., according to the satellite images.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
I remember the old park and the houses in the back. Parents had friends in one of those houses. I remember it most, for getting kicked in the head, and needing several stitches over my eye. When Mom came to get me, she was pretty scared, the way they had my head bandaged. I remember Sonny Pitaro on our baseball team, and I remember Bo Belinski in our school, tho I don't think he played baseball for the school.
Ron
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