I grew up in the Linda Pollin Memorial Housing Projects. First of all, I did not know that it was built in memory of Abe Pollin's daughter. In fact, I didn't even know the name, Abe Pollin. I was a child, so I thought it was just a name given to the apartments. At the time, my siblings and I had no idea that we lived in a housing project. Well, the complex had a swimming pool, and the grounds were well kept. Also, it didn't resemble the well known surrounding projects like Valley Green , Condon Terrace , or Wahler Place . The manager was Ms. Royster who was sort of a no-nonsense type of landlord based on the conversations I heard from grownups. However, she seemed nice; plus, we all played with and knew her son, John. Well, although Mr. Pollin passed away back in 2009, I would still like to thank him for building the "LP" as we used to call it. When I became old enough to learn that it was built by Mr. Pollin to honor his ...
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Long time. I did have a great time Friday night. I hope that your weekend went well too.
nml-
My weekend was busy but productive and enjoyable. Yes, there's nothing like a nice Jazz spot.
stunuh jay-
I didn't get the fish. It looked to thin, but the chicken was really good.
Brea-
It was a busy, but productive weekend. All in all I had fun. I hope that all is well with you too.
Peace all~
Thanks. a 'lazy, but fun' weekend sounds nice too. :)
miss a-
I grew up on that kind of thing in North Carolina and Georgia. Love it, love it, love it! :)
Man, my weekend was exempt of any laziness or debauchery . It was good clean fun! :)
jazztheo-
I'm glad that you stopped by because I could not think of your url when I wanted to visit your blog. The jazz was nice. I thought that it was free, but the cover was only $5
uaridi-
I had a really nice time. I will definitely be going again.