tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post354141622446146280..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: OR.3-4786Jeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-54474413227231927632010-05-13T13:59:58.780-04:002010-05-13T13:59:58.780-04:00"cloverdale" has a nice ring to it."cloverdale" has a nice ring to it.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-54752870358440097872010-05-13T13:58:47.533-04:002010-05-13T13:58:47.533-04:00In Brooklyn back in the day our phone number was M...In Brooklyn back in the day our phone number was MAin-2...and my friend Stu had a phone number that was CLoverdale to this day--but people would not accept CL-had to convert it for them!Melaniehttp://melaniemusings2.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-41440462545797459142010-05-13T11:49:56.525-04:002010-05-13T11:49:56.525-04:00for phone exchange fans, looks like Bruce Gilson h...for phone exchange fans, looks like Bruce Gilson has the answer at his exhaustive site:<br /><br />http://phone.net46.net/nyc/latealpha.html<br /><br />according to Bruce, until the 1930s there was ORchard 4 and ORchard 7. after 1960, it was ORegon 3 and ORegon 4. so if you were ORchard, your number was a real oldie.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-67514101114075337342010-05-13T11:33:40.621-04:002010-05-13T11:33:40.621-04:00ORegon may indeed be correct here, though ORchard ...ORegon may indeed be correct here, though ORchard was also used. seems it could have gone either way, depending on the year the phone number was assigned. <br /><br />commenters in this post discuss it:<br /><br />http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2009/03/21/faded-signs-on-the-lower-east-side/<br /><br />as does this blogger:<br /><br />http://woolsrake.com/thickofit/2006/02/oregon-seven-fiave-fiave-fiave-fiave.htmlJeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-90043765980739984682010-05-13T11:12:24.670-04:002010-05-13T11:12:24.670-04:00just discovered your blog. I love it. I am a detox...just discovered your blog. I love it. I am a detoxed die hard NYer. I have thrown in my tickets and checked out, by relocating last year. Unbelievably enough I went rural and I love it. It is right for now. Growing up in NY from the 50s to now, a lot has changed, I don't even remember most of it. I think that the ORchard is correct. My Grammie up in Washington Heights was SWinburn 5. Your OR brought back memories. Thanks ...I hope to follow your blog from time to time.http://shoresidefarmhouse.blogspot.com/https://www.blogger.com/profile/07987343448015685950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-91941408196882584502010-05-13T11:01:22.853-04:002010-05-13T11:01:22.853-04:00As a native NY er who now lives in Oregon, I hope ...As a native NY er who now lives in Oregon, I hope it IS ORegon, but I grew up in Queens, and out number was VIrginia 7... so I guess other states were common.<br />-e-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-38507497797992206142010-05-13T09:21:01.278-04:002010-05-13T09:21:01.278-04:00When I was a kid in the 1960's , I worked in m...When I was a kid in the 1960's , I worked in my fathers store at 1st ave. & St. Marks Place... the phone # there was and OR exchange.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-4687711309269872472010-05-13T09:03:30.533-04:002010-05-13T09:03:30.533-04:00It was ORchard. A real New Yorker would know that,...It was ORchard. A real New Yorker would know that, a recent transplant would think ORegon.(and for we natives the mid 1990's makes you a RECENT transplant)<br />My parents had an ORchard number. And I have a CAnal number, and have had so since the 1950's.Prophet DeBunkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-73496141476756361252010-05-13T08:25:29.811-04:002010-05-13T08:25:29.811-04:00some research i did awhile back said it was ORegon...some research i did awhile back said it was ORegon for the LES, but i can't find the original source now. could be wrong. any folks around long enough to remember being ORegon or ORchard?Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-54300989513913562832010-05-13T08:01:29.612-04:002010-05-13T08:01:29.612-04:00Pretty sure the "OR" stand for Orchard, ...Pretty sure the "OR" stand for Orchard, J.Grand St.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-9425027069769383302010-05-13T07:59:26.571-04:002010-05-13T07:59:26.571-04:00careful what you wish for.careful what you wish for.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-60736691780868008122010-05-13T07:58:11.655-04:002010-05-13T07:58:11.655-04:00Ah! I was thinking the same thing.... the sign act...Ah! I was thinking the same thing.... the sign actually looks in decent shape all things considered... perhaps they will keep the sign after they relocate when NYU builds a dorm here.EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.com