We lived in Yorkville, which is located on the East End of Manhattan. It's further east than Hell's Kitchen, and back then it was the kind of place where the roaches and cockroaches were big enough to carry away small children.
Bob CousyRace wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures.
Bob CousyBack then every small town had a gym, and if itseated more than 2,000 then we'd be interested in playing in it.
Bob CousyI was literally fabricated over in France and born about six months after the boat landed at Ellis Island. This was the heart of the Depression. For the first 12 years of my life we lived in a terrible ghetto on the East River.
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