tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881102637945239120.post7686784517340674744..comments2010-12-23T12:02:25.335-05:00Comments on Late Thoughts on Assorted Esoterica: Notes from Bizarroland 5: Nearing One MonthMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13152740337505868680noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881102637945239120.post-25669744521853156872010-12-23T12:02:25.335-05:002010-12-23T12:02:25.335-05:00Thanks for the corrections/additional info., Marci...Thanks for the corrections/additional info., Marcia.<br /><br />NYC is full of microhistories that have played out in microgeographies, and the stuff you have to add just confirms this aspect of "the Naked City."<br /><br />Question, though: where do Forest Hills Gardens residents try to claim they live?? Seems like the ceiling of Queens neighborhoods.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152740337505868680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881102637945239120.post-8155601322822492812010-12-22T19:40:17.258-05:002010-12-22T19:40:17.258-05:00Helen died at 90, and the order of residents is yo...Helen died at 90, and the order of residents is your mother, the late night streetwalker, and me.<br /><br />I once had a summer job at the Hunter College registrar's office, deciding who got to pay the reduced rate offered to 'bona fide' city residents. I noticed that the Queens applications lied about actual neighborhood (though with correct zip code) to improve status--Rego Park is the Elmhurst resident's lie, an address appropriated, in turn, by Corona. I've always said 'Rego Park' but my parents' deed was later than your grandfather's. I used the correct neighborhoods in my reply, and particularly enjoyed turning Riverdale into the Bronx.<br /><br />The overlapping Queens hierarchy involves living at an express stop versus a local stop. We're stuck at a local.<br /><br />My experience of the neighborhood is linked to Son of Sam, who shot 2 of his victims at the nearest express stop. Nocturnal pedestrians stayed home for years and emerged when the first wave of ex-Soviets, from European Russian, arrived in the neighborhood.Marcia Feitelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14640633301645165197noreply@blogger.com