Gary Bencivengo Remembers Butler Street In The Burg
Gary Bencivengo Wrote:
The building on the left of Landolfi's ( the one that doesn't
quite fit in with all the other row homes on Butler Street)
was actually an old farm house that was moved to that location
some time in the forties I believe. If you ever pass it on foot,
look at the alley along it's side, it still has the metal
carriage runners for a horse drawn carriage. The horses where
actually kept in the building to the rear of the house. I still
recall some old harnesses for the horses left there from the
previous owners as a kid. To this day I have an old leather
and metal bit I saved that was used in one of the horse's mouth.
My father owned the house as well as the bakery, and when I
moved the bakery to South Carolina I took with me the antique
wrought iron gate that was at the street end of the alley.
I grew up with that gate, and as a child always admired it's
beauty and craftsmanship . I just had to have a taste of my
old neighborhood to take with me. I still haven't found a
place to use it, but I'm sure i will !
Keep up the good work Mack ,
Gary Bencivengo
Thank You so much for this Gary. Its so good I made it a post:)
2 comments:
Reminded me of when Trenton still had horse drawn service .. well at least in Wilbur we did.
In the early 1950's "Jake The Rag Man" still did his rounds with a horse drawn wagon in the alleys off Olden (we lived by Parker), and I believe the ice man also was still horse drawn then too?
We also had a rag man, vegetable man, and ice man all with horse drawn wagons. This was on Bert Ave. in early 50's.
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