From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:05:55 -0600

Henrietta Smith has asked me to send this message to everyone:

To Ginny and all

It was once written, " You can't go home again , but when I read and examined the pictures in Collier's Uptown, I did go home again. Born and raised in Harlem, now a transplanted Floridian, I knew the places well. I have eaten chicken and waffles at Wells' on 7th Avenue and could not wait to get "big enough" to go to the Apollo. My mother thought it was not a nice place for young ladies to go!! A trip to 125th street was an outing and we hoped that on the Saturday that we went Woolworth would be selling three-flavored ice-cream sandwiches for a nickel rather than the regular dime. At the present time my daughter lives in one of those brown stone houses that
"look like chocolate" While Uptown brings very personal memories to me, may the quiet poetry of the text and details of simple things: street vendors, public transportation, barber shops where talk was loud and happy, help others who have "moved away", remember where life started for them.

Henrietta
Received on Thu 15 Feb 2001 03:05:55 PM CST