I played against a 7 footer only a couple of times. You drive the lane against a guy that much taller, they usually don't have to block you. You corkscrew yourself enough that you're gonna miss more than you hit.

It runs along 3 rd Av from 65th St all the way past 20th before turning.

By the time I came to Brooklyn 3rd Av was always sunless and dangerous after dark.

http://skillshares.interactivist.net/transportation/moses_01.html

The Norwegians started at the water and Third Ave was the big concentration of shops, until Robert Moses tore it all up and ran the elevated highway over it. After that, everybody set up shop on Fifth or Eighth.

Here's the link I meant to show you (and screwed up) above.

http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/norwegians/norway.html

The parade has moved on as well. It's no longer on 8th Ave in Sunset Park, but is in Bay Ridge.

http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/norwegians/norway.html

(that was some story, G ! thanks )

@ George Jochnowitz:

I worked there George, while it was still Norwegian. Watched as it changed to Spanish-speaking, then watched as the northern part, 8th Ave, which was the home to the last few Norwegians went Chinese after Hong Kong changed hands.

The precinct and the fire house, in addition to the folks who worked with me, supplied the Norwegian guys for the church gym full-contact basketball games.

Scott Miller wrote:

Good thing I’m not Norwegian.

yes, it is.

all the years I spent playing ball with them, half the time they were knocking me on my ass was unintentional. strong, real strong. not graceful.

you maybe got taught the Roman tradition, not what them Norweegees is squeezing out.

who cares? the world will always despise Norwegians!!!!
Not only don't they rise up to protest the Iranian denial of the feast of St Valentine, but they have some sort of defiantly denialist ideas of their own!

The origin of Valentine's Day celebrations in Norway

Modern people believe that the concept of this holiday has been borrowed from Roman holiday traditions. But that is not the case. Many people in Norway hold that Valentine's Day has originated from an old belief of the local people. Long ago, Norwegians believed that February 14 was the time when birds mated to give birth to their babies. For this belief, lovers in Norway consider it as an auspicious occasion to express their feelings to their beloved.

Birds! Filthy, disgusting birds!