035 - NYC Falafel Review - Pitopia - Horace Greeley Plaza - Midtown Manhattan
Channel: NYC Falafel Review
Date: 2021-04-07

NYC Falafel Review - Pitopia on 34th Street in Midtown, one of 5 kosher restaurants within one storefront located across the street from a Yeshiva University dorm - Filmed at Horace Greeley Plaza on 6th Avenue and 33rd Street, named after Horace Greeley, publisher of the New York Tribune and longtime political figure in NYC around the end of the 19th century, he was involved with Whig Politics, helping William Henry Harrison win the 1840 election, then as publisher of the Tribune maintained an abolitionist position, ultimately helping start the Republican Party and help Abraham Lincoln win the White House.  Following Lincolns assassination he split off with the Republicans and ran for President against Ulysses Grant, and lost.