If you google, there is still a band call Joe Banana and his Bunch. Don't know if they are related to what you are looking for. Yes from Fultonhistory, "Joe Banana" was definitely a nickname for a infamous mafioso. Teresa On Oct 5, 2010, at 1:55 PM, Elisa Tobia wrote: > I am pretty sure the pier you are referring to is still there.... it's > a type of breakwater that seperates the lake from the inlet. Eddies > Restaurant is also still a very vibrant retaurant, but I don't know if > Eddies was in operation back in the 1920's-1940's range. Anyone know? > On Oct 5, 2010, at 10:20 AM, GMF wrote: > >> It went thru. As a kid we sometimes visited Sylvan Beach but the >> name does not ring a bell. We often walked on a pier in that area. I >> don't know whether it still exists. >> >> >> GMF >> "In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary >> act." >> --George Orwell (1903-1950) >> >> ---------- Original Message ---------- >> From: Elisa Tobia <etobia@stny.rr.com> >> To: nymadiso@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [NYMADISO] SYLVAN BEACH >> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 09:24:09 -0400 >> >> Someone please let me know: Did my post go thru? >> On Oct 4, 2010, at 8:16 PM, Elisa Tobia wrote: >> >>> Does anyone know if there was a group of entertainers at sylvan beach >>> in the 1920-1950 era named "Joe Banana and his bunch"? >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com >>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>> the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message