I agree with Mrs. Greeley that it is the kind of reminiscence that ought to be shared so that people get an understanding of the positive aspects of our urban history. and I ask that the article be printed here. First o1 all. it was a place with a rich ethnic heritagethe first American home of many immigrants from that part of Ireland from which the name Corky Row derives. I recall at an early age being told proudly by relatives and older neighbors that a certain person who became a priest. or a judge. or a doctor. or other prominent member of the community once lived in this tenement (they were never called apartments) on Branch Street or was born in that house on Third Street. Most of these successful men and women were reared in large families by hardworking parents. living sidebyside with others of the same cultural background without the social problems prevalent today.
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