https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com A podcast intended to share recollections, memories, and anecdotes about growing up in a large middle-class housing development in New York City between 1960 and 1980. Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:26:07 -0500 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2024 All rights reserved. Society & Culture:Personal Journals 1440 episodic Tucked neatly into the lower east side of Manhattan between 14th and 20th streets and from 1st Avenue to Avenue C, Stuyvesant Town has been home to 30,000 people at any one time since 1948. This special place -- a “city within a city” – provided a unique setting in which to live, especially if you were a kid. This podcast is a forum for sharing recollections of growing up here. The finely manicured lawns, the endless tracts of landscaping and trees, and the playgrounds form the backdrop for your memories of a time and place that, although far removed from now, many of us still refer to as “home.” Take a little time out from your busy adult life and go back to a time and place where lifelong friends and lasting memories were forged. You will even have opportunities to share your own special memories! jwhart jwhart No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/19872652/John1960_1b.jpg https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com 144 144 Episode 15: George Janis, Tommy Issing and Steve Farhood https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-15/ https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-15/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:26:07 -0500 johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/d11ec1ea-3ef0-385c-b9b3-2d10a0c058d8 They were sixteen, and they had jobs around Stuyvesant Town.  And a few years later, Tommy bought a neighborhood bar.  Lots of memories and lots of stories from George, Tommy and Steve.

]]> They were sixteen, and they had jobs around Stuyvesant Town.  And a few years later, Tommy bought a neighborhood bar.  Lots of memories and lots of stories from George, Tommy and Steve.

]]> jwhart false No 4871 18 full Episode 14: Hank Fitzpatrick, Kevin McNulty, Don Jackson (Part 2) https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-14-hank-fitzpatrick-kevin-mcnulty-don-jackson-part-2/ https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-14-hank-fitzpatrick-kevin-mcnulty-don-jackson-part-2/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:50:21 -0500 johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/d53da298-5075-3e87-8528-318271b31e75 In part 2 of this podcast, we continue our conversation with the trio, and we also go a bit beyond the silver chains to learn a little more about these playground 3 legends.

]]> In part 2 of this podcast, we continue our conversation with the trio, and we also go a bit beyond the silver chains to learn a little more about these playground 3 legends.

]]> jwhart false No 2418 17 full Episode 14: Hank Fitzpatrick, Kevin McNulty, Don Jackson (part 1) https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-14/ https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-14/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:06:12 -0500 johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/97db6b7e-e97c-340b-922d-727c31f11268 Hank, Kevin, and Don share humorous memories of playground 3, Little League baseball careers, neighbors, and some "interesting" friends.

]]> Hank, Kevin, and Don share humorous memories of playground 3, Little League baseball careers, neighbors, and some "interesting" friends.

]]> jwhart false No 2931 16 full Episode 13: Pat Hartnett Stone and Donna Marie Chillemi https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-13-pat-hartnett-stone-and-donna-marie-chillemi/ https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-13-pat-hartnett-stone-and-donna-marie-chillemi/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2025 21:05:43 -0400 johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/39c7a644-90b1-31ca-9e34-aa7a5fa70351 Donna and Pat look back fondly on unlocked apartment doors, playground 8, granny dresses, and Immaculate Conception's May Festival.

]]> Donna and Pat look back fondly on unlocked apartment doors, playground 8, granny dresses, and Immaculate Conception's May Festival.

]]> jwhart false No 4132 15 full Episode 12: A Look Back at Roller Hockey in Stuyvesant Town https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-12-a-look-back-at-roller-hockey-in-stuyvesant-town/ https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-12-a-look-back-at-roller-hockey-in-stuyvesant-town/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2025 18:04:42 -0400 johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/c7f8db33-0755-30f6-92c0-9eb15fda443f Brendan Crowe, Brian Crowe, Reynold Kurth, Joe McGrath and Mike Lyden talk with us about the "other" city game, sharpening their hockey skills, competing for playground space, and "borrowing" hockey nets from uptown.

]]> Brendan Crowe, Brian Crowe, Reynold Kurth, Joe McGrath and Mike Lyden talk with us about the "other" city game, sharpening their hockey skills, competing for playground space, and "borrowing" hockey nets from uptown.

]]> jwhart false No 4737 14 full Episode 11: Andrea Nimberger and Steve Ehrlich https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-11-andrea-nimberger-and-steve-ehrlich/ https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-11-andrea-nimberger-and-steve-ehrlich/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2025 12:46:58 -0400 johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/783abb3c-81bd-325c-a3cb-8a59738298ce In the last episode before a summer break, we return with Andrea and Steve to growing up in Peter Cooper Village, as they share memories of the middle playground, P.S. 40, platform shoes and Huckapoo shirts.

]]> In the last episode before a summer break, we return with Andrea and Steve to growing up in Peter Cooper Village, as they share memories of the middle playground, P.S. 40, platform shoes and Huckapoo shirts.

]]> jwhart false No 4024 13 full Episode 10: Jeanne McDonnell O'Shea and Mike Cavanaugh https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-10-jeanne-mcdonnell-oshea-and-mike-cavanaugh/ https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-10-jeanne-mcdonnell-oshea-and-mike-cavanaugh/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:42:14 -0400 johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/3ee847b3-982a-3311-95ae-123e977032dd Jeanne and Mike re-visit the St. Emeric's School quonset hut, a Charlie Brown school play, playgrounds 4 and 5, and friends and neighbors from the 60's and 70's.

]]> Jeanne and Mike re-visit the St. Emeric's School quonset hut, a Charlie Brown school play, playgrounds 4 and 5, and friends and neighbors from the 60's and 70's.

]]> jwhart false No 4663 12 full Episode 9: Family Life in a Stuy Town/Peter Cooper Apartment https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-9-family-life-in-a-stuy-townpeter-cooper-apartment/ https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-9-family-life-in-a-stuy-townpeter-cooper-apartment/#comments Fri, 23 May 2025 15:48:44 -0400 johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e898ace6-f3c8-343e-85ad-28860e6281f7 Mary Anderson Gallagher, Robyn Muskat Frank, SueEllen Levine Eshed, and Laura Capuano Schmidt share their memories of divided bedrooms, table manners, long telephone cords, and parents out on the bench on summer evenings.

]]> Mary Anderson Gallagher, Robyn Muskat Frank, SueEllen Levine Eshed, and Laura Capuano Schmidt share their memories of divided bedrooms, table manners, long telephone cords, and parents out on the bench on summer evenings.

]]> jwhart false No 4571 11 full Episode 8: Susan Margulies Kalish and Gil Schwartz https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-8-susan-margulies-kalish-and-gil-schwartz/ https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-8-susan-margulies-kalish-and-gil-schwartz/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:59:06 -0400 johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/682fa59b-a381-399d-81c2-ebea4fc3ad60 Susan and Gil take us back to P.S. 61, school plays, Freidel's, and first crushes.

]]> Susan and Gil take us back to P.S. 61, school plays, Freidel's, and first crushes.

]]> jwhart false No 3770 10 full Episode 7: Eileen Hession Laband & Tim Sullivan https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-7-eileen-hession-laband-tim-sullivan/ https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-7-eileen-hession-laband-tim-sullivan/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:11:45 -0400 johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/8b40c8b3-e5f9-3bc1-89af-5b0c691630fa Eileen and Tim take us back to the summer point tourney, awful memories of cream cheese and jelly, "spending time" in jail cells, and the coolest people they knew growing up.

]]> Eileen and Tim take us back to the summer point tourney, awful memories of cream cheese and jelly, "spending time" in jail cells, and the coolest people they knew growing up.

]]> jwhart false No 4977 9 full Episode 6: Looking Back With Kevin Mackey https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-6-looking-back-with-kevin-mackey/ https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-6-looking-back-with-kevin-mackey/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2025 13:27:10 -0400 johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/5b5812ff-2d72-301a-928b-7496d5f4e708 Kevin takes us along to the East River, the Bash, and several memorable nights out.

]]> Kevin takes us along to the East River, the Bash, and several memorable nights out.

]]> jwhart false No 4720 8 full Episode 5: Patti Delaney Dentice and Joe McGrath https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-5-patti-delaney-dentice-and-joe-mcgrath/ https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-5-patti-delaney-dentice-and-joe-mcgrath/#comments Fri, 21 Feb 2025 08:46:24 -0500 johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/9587536f-f61f-3a82-8d6e-64db56af239e Patti and Joe chat about Stuy Town, Immaculate Conception School, roller hockey, and the Dirt Bowl.

]]> Patti and Joe chat about Stuy Town, Immaculate Conception School, roller hockey, and the Dirt Bowl.

]]> jwhart false No 4260 7 full Episode 4: Chatting With Drew and Tracy Nieporent https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/chatting-with-drew-and-tracy-nieporent/ https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/chatting-with-drew-and-tracy-nieporent/#comments Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:37:40 -0500 johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/121dc707-20f4-3380-9b35-cf989395352c The Nieporent brothers reminisce about roller hockey, the 23rd street pool, their parents, and more in this episode about growing up in Peter Cooper Village.

]]> The Nieporent brothers reminisce about roller hockey, the 23rd street pool, their parents, and more in this episode about growing up in Peter Cooper Village.

]]> jwhart false No 4149 6 full Episode 3 Looking Back with Richard Cummins and Ken Rosenberg https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-3-looking-back-with-richard-cummins-and-ken-rosenberg/ https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-3-looking-back-with-richard-cummins-and-ken-rosenberg/#comments Thu, 09 Jan 2025 19:56:05 -0500 johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/00923f1d-647f-3478-865a-c140a1fe2217 Ken and Richard take us back to growing up in Stuy Town in the 1950s and early 1960s

]]> Ken and Richard take us back to growing up in Stuy Town in the 1950s and early 1960s

]]> jwhart false No 3351 5 full Episode 2: Growing Up With Tommy Issing https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-2-growing-up-with-tommy-issing/ https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-2-growing-up-with-tommy-issing/#comments Fri, 20 Dec 2024 15:29:07 -0500 johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/59dccd12-8642-38c1-9ada-76e5ed1b03f7 Stuyvesant Town resident Tommy Issing recalls his growing up years in Stuy Town the 1960s and 1970s.

]]> Stuyvesant Town resident Tommy Issing recalls his growing up years in Stuy Town the 1960s and 1970s.

]]> jwhart false No 2331 4 full Episode 1: Introduction and Chatting With Ellen Sullivan Hart https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-1-introduction-and-chatting-with-ellen-sullivan-hart/ https://johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/e/episode-1-introduction-and-chatting-with-ellen-sullivan-hart/#comments Mon, 02 Dec 2024 17:38:05 -0500 johnwarrenhart.podbean.com/65d4d773-ded7-3802-9cdc-c4ff56e1bbb2 This inaugural episode has two components: in the first half, we provide a refresher on the physical layout of Stuyvesant Town.  The second half is a conversation with our first guest, Ellen Sullivan Hart.

]]> This inaugural episode has two components: in the first half, we provide a refresher on the physical layout of Stuyvesant Town.  The second half is a conversation with our first guest, Ellen Sullivan Hart.

]]> jwhart false No 2007 2 full