Comments on: I’ll Take Manhattan

By: Henry Agueros

Henry Agueros — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:53:20 +0000

Thank all you guys for giving me a good laugh tonight. Mike Cigar...I LOLed. Rayarena...brilliant response.
Claudia4Libertad. I am proud to have Italian blood marry into my family.
George...you are right. My towns skyline is incomplete.
Saludos to all.

By: Rayarena

Rayarena — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:20:57 +0000

Cubabuzz, yes, I was referring to Antonio Meucci.

By: cubabuzz

cubabuzz — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:43:31 +0000

Rayarena ... I suspect you are thinking of Antonio Meucci. There are a lot of claims about what he did or did not do, and when or where, so it is all sort of muddled.

By: Rayarena

Rayarena — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:04:47 +0000

Claudia,

Well even though I still think that Columbus was Spanish, don't feel bad! Don't forget that an Italian invented one of the greatest inventions of all time! The telephone was invented by an Italian immigrant living in Cuba [I forget his name] even while Alexander Graham Bell got the credit!

By: Claudia4Libertad

Claudia4Libertad — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:21:40 +0000

George- thanks for backing me up.
Rayarena- you're killing me! Just this one day!
Mike- Nyah and mmmmmm pastrami. Mmmmmm beeeeeer.

By: Cigar Mike

Cigar Mike — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:00:28 +0000

George, and it should never heal!

By: George Moneo

George Moneo — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:45:33 +0000

The skyline of NYC is incomplete. The wound will never heal...

By: Rayarena

Rayarena — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:59:46 +0000

No Mike, Colon could still be Jewish, why else did Havana have Calle Obipso which was Cuba's answer to the lower east side? In the definitive book on Cuban Jews, "Tropical Diaspora," the author, Robert M. Levine, talks about wonderful Jewish delis in Old Havana where everything from vanilla and chocolate soda water to Matzoh Ball soup, pastrami sandwiches on rye bread and dill pickles in barrels were the call of the day! Just like NYC's famed Katz's Deli. So there! That's proof that Columbus was Jewish! He founded Obipso Street! LOL..

By: Cigar Mike

Cigar Mike — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:33:58 +0000

Rayarena, if Colón was Jewish, then instead of discovery Hispanola and Cuba, he'd have landed in Brooklyn in seach of a good pastrami sandwich. I'm still having visions of the one I had at the Carnegie Deli last week.

By: Rayarena

Rayarena — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:11:25 +0000

Not trying to take away from the Italians who take great pride in Columbus's alleged Italian heritage, but there is a growing theory that's backed up by substantial evidence that Columbus was actually 100% Spanish. The theory claims that he was a Sephardic Jew from Catalonia [I believe] and that he concocted this Italian story, because at the time what with Toquemada going around persecuting Jews, it wasn't too wise to openly proclaim oneself a Jew. Anyhow, the theory rests among other things on Columbus's personal letters where there is no indication in his writing style whatsoever of any italianicisms as one would expect of an Italian immigrant to Spain, but its actually far more complicated than that, I just can't remember the other details.

By: George Moneo

George Moneo — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:52:18 +0000

Columbo was the detective. Cristoforo Colombo was his actual name.

By: Cigar Mike

Cigar Mike — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:29:20 +0000

No Claudia. Colombo was a character played by Peter Falk. My favorite TV show in the 1970's.

I didn't get any decent Columbus Circle shots since it was back-lit at the time.

BTW, the paesan didn't give Cristóbal Colón any ducats for his trip; hence, he had to go to Spain ...

Also, if memory serves me right, Colón was hip for Cuba too ...

By: Claudia4Libertad

Claudia4Libertad — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:24:41 +0000

Wasnt his ñame Colombo?
What, no shot of Columbus circle to conmemorate my people'a contribution to the world?