Ray Leibowitz - Lincoln HS graduate and former West End resident in the 1940's and 50's

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Date

February 2007

People/Organizations

Charles Denson (interviewer)
Ray Liebowitz (interviewee)
Huntz Hall (describes)
Maise Gordon (describes)

Themes

1900 - 1909

Places

West End, Half Moon Hotel

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Leibowitz grew up in the West End on West 30th Street between Surf and Railroad Avenues in the 1940's and 50's. In this interview he recalls his many jobs in the amusement area, cruising the neighborhood with Bowery Boy Huntz Hall and playing baseball on the infamous spot where mobster Abe Reles fell to his death.