tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974665385210656674.post9047318772733866547..comments2023-12-22T06:14:38.148-08:00Comments on Vintage Irvington: Busy Irvington Intersection in 1962 and TodayBill Guldehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03543618957186432656noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974665385210656674.post-88859109222179943072015-04-01T05:34:26.061-07:002015-04-01T05:34:26.061-07:00Don, thanks so much for sharing these interesting ...Don, thanks so much for sharing these interesting memories. The St. Patrick's Day celebration sounds fun!! Bill Guldehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543618957186432656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974665385210656674.post-33512521725728563982015-03-29T19:43:06.406-07:002015-03-29T19:43:06.406-07:00Tom McShane and my dad were good friends. Mom &am...Tom McShane and my dad were good friends. Mom & dad used to stop in there a couple of time a week for a drink after work. For a time he also owned or rented space in the building on the east side of Emerson, which was a family restaurant (this would be the early-to-mid '60s); I don't remember whether alcohol was served there, but I think it was.<br /><br />I do remember Mr. McShane telling dad that the drawback to running a largely cash business was that, if he took time off, the cash flow tended to dry up; bartenders would take the cash but not ring up the drink. (He apparently discovered this by actually taking time off and discovering the cash flow issue.) On St. Patrick's Day, he had a tent on what was usually a parking lot. In the early '60s, his St. Pat's Day bash was widely recognized as the biggest and best in town.Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com