Comments on: Bring Back Hamburg Avenue!

By: John Dereszewski

John Dereszewski — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:27:19 +0000

Thought you would be interested in reading the attached piece. It concerns the now demolished Grove Theatre which, then as the Jefferson Casino, appears in the photo heading this page.

The picture was taken in 1908, when Hamburg Ave. was thrieving and Woodrow Wilson, a Virginia transplant, was the hardly known President of Princeton who was running to be New Jersey’s Governor.

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/8034/

By: FormerRidgewoodite

FormerRidgewoodite — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:11:00 +0000

The building at the corner of Harman St and Wilson Ave has a stone street corner stone sign at the secind floor that still says:
…. Harman St…..and…..Hamburg Ave.

By: Dresden

Dresden — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:18:59 +0000

League of Nations. Wowzers. I forgot about that anachronistic nothing.

By: Jimmy Legs

Jimmy Legs — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:48:07 +0000

Hello! League of Nations creator! Give him a vacant lot named after him at least!

By: MoyJoy

MoyJoy — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:41:34 +0000

I vote for former Met/Brooklyn Cyclones manager Mookie Wilson… I mean… come on… Mookie!

By: ricmac01

ricmac01 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:31:12 +0000

Maybe Pudd’nhead Wilson – Mark Twain’s story of a northerner who comes to a small Missouri town and, because he is different, alienates the old-timers. A rather familiar theme in today’s Bushwick.

By: Jeremy Sapienza

Jeremy Sapienza — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:21:25 +0000

Wow, I didn’t know. All the more reason to get this murderous, authoritarian racist monster’s name off our street!

By: will

will — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:36:07 +0000

You forgot to mention Wilson was also a big racist!

http://www.reason.com/news/show/33906.html

By: Jeremy Sapienza

Jeremy Sapienza — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:46:01 +0000

Actually John, that’s a great idea. Funny about the Corban Place thing, I just read about it yesterday, and one of the options was Theodor Herzl. I think some of Brooklyn’s Palestinians might have a slight problem with that.

By: Dresden

Dresden — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:32:55 +0000

I actually like that idea of John’s, and I’m not one who likes very many ideas.

So, in like kind, here’s my entry -

You know that Tom Hank’s movie when he’s trapped on a island and he names a basketball “Wilson”? That’s the guy.

Another one could be Phish’s song about Wilson, King of Prussia. Lame.