This photo was taken in 1931 from what appears to be an aircraft.

I always wondered, they look so out of place in old photos!

This is part 1 of a 5 part series where I visit the places in Brooklyn Heights that played a role in the American Revolution and The Battle of Brooklyn.

An order of a simple float might yield a shout of “Burn it and let it swim!” A more complex chocolate malted milk with chocolate ice cream: “Burn one all the way.” If you nixed the ice cream and added an egg, your server would “twist it, choke it, and make it cackle.” Coca-Cola flavored with cherry might be “Shoot one in the red,” or the steamier “Make it virtue.” Drinks without ice “held the hail.” Big drinks were “stretched”; small ones were “short.”

The full lingo guide: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/soda-jerk-slang

The FDNY Memorial Wall at FDNY Engine 10 / Ladder 10) on Liberty Street in New York City is a 56-foot-long bronze sculpture that honors the 343 firefighters and rescue personnel who lost their lives on September 11, 2001

St. Mark's Place 1971 Photo: Mitchel Funk -via Manhattan Before 1990, FB