Beth, That's great! And I admit that I definitely am familiar with most of those!! My brothers went to Spellman, we definitely played in the sprinklers, I wish I still had a Spaldeen, the boys always played stickball and the girls (mostly) played stoop ball, love Arthur Ave., shopped at Alexander's, and loved Orchard Beach.

Bit of trivia: my grandfather worked at Van Cortland Park during the Depression. It was a WPA project, and his job as night watchman was to make sure that the construction equipment didn't get vandalized.