Miami Alley, The Burg
Part of the great fun of this blog is walking in places I
walked over 30 years ago especially when they have remained
about the same. Case in point is Miami Alley which ran from
the Casino on Anderson Street to Columbus Park on Division
Street, One Block. A place I often walked in my Trenton High
days of 1977 to 1980. Did you walk thru Miami Alley?
12 comments:
Probably. I graduated from Trenton HIgh in 1977.
Any idea why it's called Miami Alley?
Hi Angela:)
I did not know it was called Miami
Alley until I did this blog. I do
not know how it got its name.
Trenton High teachers list of that
era off the top of my head...
Mr Pullen, Mr Earl, Mrs Pearson,
Mr Pritchard, Mr Zampella, Mr Palermo, Mt Zuppichi, Mr Lloyd,
Mr Van Ellis, Mr Olchewski, Mr Urban...
Did you go to Jr 4?
.....I GO BACK TO THE LATE 1920S WITH THAT ALLEY. IT WAS BACK OF HAMILTON SCHOOL AND IT WAS THE FIRST LOCATION OF THE CASINO RESTAURANT. WE WERE LATE FOR SCHOOL VERY OFTEN DUE TO PLAYING MARBLES ACROSS THE STREET BY THE PARK THEATRE. IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS ONLY YESTERDAY.
Does anyone remember Hiner's Alley?? My great-grandfather is listed as living there in Chambersburg, but can't figure out where it is!!
Do you have a clue where Hiner's Alley was? Google Maps is very good and came up with Miami and Piedmont alleys (my house) .. I think that it may be long gone. I'll play with the spelling and try to find it.
Personally, I never walked down an alley Mac. Now ran down an alley perhaps?
Naw, alleys where whey you could play ball and such. I spent lots of quality time in Piedmont Alley or as my cranky but wonderful neighbor called it "Dog S_i_ Alley". No clue why he called it that however?
Skip
Sorry Anon. I have no idea where
Hiners Alley was nor have I ever
heard of it.
Seems all of the other alleys are on Google Maps, but I had no luck. Something may have been built over it like a parking garage or state building.
Any other clues holler away?
Skip
Hey Mack,
No, I was a Catholic school kid and went to St. Joachims (bought my share of mission babies!) and St. Anthony's (before it was McCorristin) for freshman year.
Yes, I had Mr. Olschewski for Biology, Mr. Urban for Spectator (I was editor my senior year!), Mr. Kearns for Geometry and his brother, the other Mr. Kearns for Algebra 2, among many others.
And in a bizarre twist my son ended up having Mr. Overton for Humanities his senior year here in Orlando, FL. Turns out Mr. O retired from the Trenton school system, moved to Orlando and took a job substitute teaching here and ended up with a fulll time job teaching Humanities. When a real estate listing for a house near Cadwalder Park in Trenton fell out of one of his books my son asked Mr. O if he was from Trenton and told him his mom graduated from Trenton HIgh. I never had Mr. O for a teacher but it was fun catching up with him when I went to parent night.
Oh yeah....I had Mr. Palermo for Physics......what a hoot!
Thanks anyway everyone. Hiner's Alley was listed in the 1882 telephone directory. I guess it is long gone.
This spot is very familiar to me. The house on the left, which faces the park, was a guy named Gregory, last name forgotten. House on the right was McGarigle (sp) family. Miami Alley was better known as the parking spot for the Casino, which was at the opposite end. It was the site of stick ball pitched against a garage wall, and basketball with a peach basket nailed to a telephone pole. Dodge ball too. I still remember the ladies yelling to us kids "Why don't you play ball down the park?" Of course nobody had a good answer. More fun right there in the alley. Memories:-)
We lived next door to Mr Daniel Brenna of Brenna Funeral Home and his daughter (or niece) Fanny on Hamilton with the alley behind. Any chance is Angela of that family?
I am amazed by the reports of other people who remember the "pagan baby" scheme. We had that one at Immaculate in the early 1960s and it was a very popular fund raiser for the missions. You saved your pennies in a special box all during Lent, and by the time you got to Easter you would have the requisite $5.00 for the cause. In return, you got to name the baby who would be baptized thanks to your effort.
It's odd what you remember after 50 years and what you forget about yesterday, isn't it?
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