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The Upper West Side in the 1930’s and early 1940’s didn’t lack for park benches where mothers could sit with other mothers and chat

For many transported New Yorkers, the memory of corned beef or hot pastrami sandwiches on Jewish rye lingers years after they’ve moved to less ethnically oriented locations.

Editor's Note: Author Lyla Blake Ward is writing a book about growing up on the Upper West Side in the 30's and 40's, and wants to know if any of our readers