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Jamaica Ave, East of Norwood Avenue Dated: 1908 Maker:P. Miller Status: Own (BG) Jamaica Ave, East of Norwood Avenue Dated: Unk Maker:Unk Status: Own (BG) Starting at the top of the block, two similar views looking east down Jamaica Avenue from Norwood. The tall monument on the left sits in Salem Fields Cemetery. |
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Neil Sullivan supplies an updated view from 2006. Joanne Kirk sends over a picture of 666 Jamaica Avenue which sits between Norwood and Logan. That's Joanne and her sister in front of the house in 1961. Joanne recalls the Brodzinski family were tenants on the third floor. Her grandmother bought the house in 1923 for $4,000. Her grandmother told her the house was the model home back in 1904 for the new construction on the block. |
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Gerry Carter provided this view looking east along Jamaica Avenue between Norwood and Logan. (He also provided a full team shot seen on the upper Highland Park page.) Gerry noted the swing out windows for ventilation and the iron gates; " They were easy to remove. Good trick on Halloween. Neighbors use to go nuts. We use to stack all the gates in one of the residence's vestibule. It made it hard for them to open the door the next morning." | |
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Norwood Avenue, from Ridgewood Ave Dated: 1911 Maker: Wm. Fick Status: Own(BG) This is looking north up Norwood from Ridgewood; a monument from Salem Fields Cemetery is visible in the background.Thanks to Neil for 2005 photo. |
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Norwood Avenue Maker:Unk Dated:1913 Status:Need Also looking north towards Jamaica Avenue. The street is clealry not paved in this image. In the distance there is a horse-drawn vehicle. | |
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78 Norwood Avenue, 1925 This 1925 image comes from a St. Peter's Anniversary booklet, found on Larry Rickert's St. Peter's Website. It was the first home for the congregation in 1897 before the church was built. On the right, a 2008 view using Google Maps "Street View" tool. |
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142 Norwood Avenue, 1920s Special kudos to Robert Jefferson, one of the first to submit old family photos. The shot on the left is of his residence in the 1920s, and on the right of Norwood Ave after a blizzard in the early 1940s. |
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Two more great contributions from Robert, these are of his backyard on Norwood looking east. The first is from 1939 and the second from 1941. |
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155 Norwood, 1971 RoseAnn (Guddemi) Hogan sent in this great series of shots from 1971. The first shot is of RoseAnn standing in front of her dad's 1970 Dodge Dart Swinger looking across Norwood from her house. The second shot was taken on Easter looking south towards Fulton. That's Denise Schmid, Anna (Vallone) Calabro and RoseAnn in the picture. |
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155 Norwood, 1971 Now we have a view north up Norwood towards Ridgewood from 155 Norwood. That's brother Steven with Uncle Sam. The next shot was taken in the yard; the ivy covered wall is the back of the garages which faced Force Tube. That's RoseAnn's brother Steven with mother Rose in the shot. |
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155 Norwood, 1975 The last shot in the series is a little later, circa 1975. That's Anna (Vallone) Calabro, Debbie Parinello and Gail Heimers in a view south towards Fulton. The brick building on the corner of Fulton was of course Cordes. | |
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Oeding's (Cordes), Norwood and Fulton Big thanks to Tim O'Reilly for digging up the 1941 tax photo of this well known retreat. Located on the northwest corner of Norwood and Fulton, I'm confident some of our site fans will be able to provide some history and stories about the place. Known as Cordes to my generation in the 60s and 70s, JoAnne LaForte supplied this photo around the time of its closing in 1972. Friends Don DiGennaro and Mike Termini are standing inside and you can see the windows have already been blacked out.  |
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Norwood Palace, Norwood and Fulton Another longtime hangout; the ad at the top of the page is from a 1939 Record and Jan Simmons told me it was still a hangout in the 1970s. Debbie Brodzinski adds; " I was still hanging out there in the early 90's. It was like a private bar, the door was always locked and only the people who were known there were allowed in. Every year they would have a Christmas party for the kids in the area." Located on the Southwest corner of Norwood and Fulton. Big thanks again to Tim for the tax photo from 1941. The Palace was re-opened in 2009 so I have posted a new update shot. |
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The Norwood Ave. elevated station. On the left from Kurt Eger, a shot of his friend Dennis Friscia in 1965. On the right a view west as the J train pulls in during the 1970s from Peter Stango. |
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| Fulton, west from Norwood 1946 I've upgraded this shot, thanks to the Brian Merlis Archives. You can see the Norwood Palace on the left as well as Oeding's (Cordes) on the right. The second view, from 2005, is Fulton looking east from Shepherd Ave. |
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On the southeast corner of Norwood and Fulton was the law office of Michael Curci; his daughter Paula sent in this photo and informed her mother was still practicing law there as late as 2005. They just recently sold the building. We believe the photo was shot in the early 1960s judging from the cars and the "No Parking" sign visible in the reflection in the window. That 2007 update shot had a lot of interference. |
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The sharp eyes of Tim O'Reilly noted the presence of steps to the Norwood Station on the south side of Fulton; they did not exist for over 100 years. The MTA has been doing a massive rehabilitation of the line, and the 2007 photo shows a completely new subplatform and stairs leading to the station. On the right, an update photo of the northwest corner, the former site of Cordes. |
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206 Norwood Joann Montgomery sent over these tax photo images along with some backround."This one is the Vegetable store (located between Curci's & the fish store) South side of Fulton between Norwood & Logan. It was owned by Mrs. Gertler and her son Stanley (spelling?) . Every time you walked past her store she gave you free string beans!! She couldn't have made one penny on her string beans!" On the right is the Norwood fish store. |
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206 Norwood Now we now south of Fulton Street. Joann Montgomery lived at 206 Norwood, and she supplied the 1941 tax photo as well as the update shot! |
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Completing a rare trifecta, Joann even supplies a shot from the 1970s of the house. On the right, Joann sends in this 1962 picture showing the Norwood Palace in the background. Joann IDs Caroline Dagri in the picture. |
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Norwood Avenue Station Joann supplied these two views looking north towards the station. That's her brother John on the left in the 1953 photo and a view from the 1970s on the right. |
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Trommers Garage, 1941 We did solve this mini-mystery; this is in fact the northeast corner of Atlantic and Norwood as suspected. We confirmed this off of the 1929 Plat maps before these tax blocks were renumbered. For more on Trommers visit Zone 1 On the right, the building is still standing in 2007 and is still a garage. |