Getting out of the Projects, buying first house on Elsdon, getting through tough times.
Category Archives: O’Neil 1965-1969
Jeanne’s Memories: Proud of her children
Jeanne first starts talking about her children.
Jeanne’s Memories: Memories of Dan
Jeanne shares her memories of Daniel Xavier, her sixth son and last-born of seven children.
Jeanne’s Memories: Elsdon mortgage closing; a positive attitude
Jeanne recalls a memorable mortgage closing on our Elsdon home, discusses the need for a positive attitude.
Pittsburgh Google Map street views
This email came from Dan X: Prepare to be freaked out by these Google street views of Pittsburgh haunts we know well" 313 Elsdon Street Lucas’ Market 5844 Beacon Street Northview Heights (they dare not film there)
O’Neil photo album scans
Marfk scanned these old-time photos to his Flickr account.
JJ and Facebook
This email came from Dan on 2/7/2008: Someone started a Facebook group called "Bob Dylan is overrated":http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2217448244 In the founding statement of the group, they link to the JJ Letter tothe Editor titled, "Dylan way overrated", in which our fatherlambastes those who love the seminal song writer:http://juggernautco.typepad.com/jack_oneil_sewickley/2005/01/dylan_way_overr.html God bless the internet. * Sick of hearing …
The weekend Martin Luther King was killed
It was 36 years ago today, April 4, 1968, that James Earl Ray assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. I had just turned 13 six days earlier, and was in the seventh grade at Annunciation Grade School. We lived at 604 Mt. Pleasant Road in the Northview …
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