Like many 39 (8/9)ers, I am endlessly intrigued by our Block of Broken Dreams. I recently spent an afternoon poring through the archives at the New York Public Library. I was able to secure a number of classic photographs of the welcoming bosom of ol' 39. Thank you Arthur Lindstrom of the NYPL for all your help! I am currently embarking on the costly and time-consuming process of transferring the photographs from their classic metallic plates to digital and will share them as they become available. Here's the first...
Parking lot. October 6, 1968. (Look closely! The bagel was there!)

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