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The trolley, in 1886, replaces the only public transportation in Yonkers, a horse–drawn stage coach operating between Getty Square and Mount Vernon.62

Naked Emperor

by William F. Torpey

"Clang, clang, clang, went the trolley ..." The words of that old familiar song bring memories, to me, of the wartime 1940s in Yonkers, N.Y. That city, more hilly than the "city by the bay," boasted trolley cars until the early '50s when buses (all in one day) took their place. published 11 months ago

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Ella Fitzgerald, a former Yonkers resident67

The (Good) Old Days Weren't So Bad After All

by William F. Torpey

Yonkers, N.Y., was a bustling community in the '30s and '40s when I grew up. It was a great city, once known as "The City of Gracious Living." Recently, however, I read in the New York Times that it's now sometimes referred to as "Beirut-on-the-Hudson." published 9 months ago

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