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The neighborhoods the silent generation built
I drove my 89-year-old mother through our old Pittsburgh neighborhood last Sunday.
It was like many suburban neighborhoods that sprouted up across America in the 1960s and ’70s.
Many of the people who moved there grew up in the city. They wanted more spacious houses for their growing families — and big yards where kids could play.
Many ...Read more
No snow day for NYC kids
When I was a kid in the 1970s, no words broadcast on KDKA radio were sweeter than: “Bethel Park School District — closed.”
The moment we heard them, we threw on our snow gear and headed for the sled slopes, determined to squeeze every free second out of a stolen weekday break.
Most kids in New York City will never know this rite of ...Read more
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