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The torch has been off limits since the "Black Tom" explosion of July 30

many young couples moved to Brooklyn Heights - then a somewhat depressed area - and improved houses they bought cheaply

with a narrow winding stairway on its rear platform

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Hockey in the Park birthday-collection-lp The torch has been offCentral Park the site of rock concerts, marathons and protest rallies uses snow making machines to cover Sheep Meadow for the first New York City Winter Festival. Youngsters took advantage of the snow to play a version of hockey without skates, Feb. 1, 1979. This image was taken by Barton Silverman, who had a five decade career at The Times, often covering sporting events. You have to be quick or youre dead, he often said. You cant ask em to do it