BoJack Horseman is an American adult animated tragicomedy sitcom. In season 3, episode 1, "Start Spreading The News" that originally aired on July 22, 2016, BoJack promoted his film…
Blue's Big City Adventure (2022) is a film that takes place in New York City, and is based on the American interactive educational children's television series BLue's Clues. Josh and…
There are "Big Apple" citations in the 1920s that have nothing to do with horseracing. These are after 1925. If you consider the horseracing uses to mean "Big Apple = New York…
The Chicago (IL) Defender is an African-American publication that has a national circulation. "Ragtime" Billy Tucker (a vaudeville/ragtime performer) wrote for the Defender from Los…
The Inter-State Tattler is an African American newspaper from New York City that existed from 1922 to about 1932. There were four columns containing "Big Apple," and these occurred before…
In 1928, the New York Morning Telegraph ran a daily column of tidbits from the New York racetracks. Gerald Cohen spotted the first column. It is almost certain, given his long use of the term, that…
John J. Fitz Gerald died during a newspaper strike in New York City. He never received proper credit for "the Big Apple." Much historical work on the Fitz Gerald family has been done by…
Alain Leroy Locke (1885-1954) was the first African-American Rhodes Scholar and a professor of philosophy at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He guest edited Survey Graphic in March 1925 for a…
In the comedy film Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), television news anchorman Ron Burgundy (played by actor Will Ferrell) takes a job with e 24-hour news channel in New York City.…
In 2007, New York's Central Upstate Regional Alliance chose a green apple as its symbol--in part because New York City is known as "the Big Apple." Its slogan is: "New…
A statue called "The Lucifer of Liège" (1848), in Liège, Belgium, is a religious sculpture executed in white marble by the Belgian artist Guillaume Geefs. New York City's…
The Guides Association of New York City (GANYC) is a private group; all members are tour guides licensed by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs. An apple is part of the…
Haarlem Savings Bank (later Harlem Savings Bank) was founded in 1863. In 1983, it was renamed "Apple Bank for Savings" (often shortened to "Apple Bank"). A red apple is shown on…
I Love a Clean New York, Inc. (borrowing from the "I Love New York" theme) was established in 1976 by New York Telephone Co. President John Mulhearn to improve the cleanliness and image…
New York City artist Olivia Rose did an "Apple Stand" art exhibit at Blankmag Books at 17 Eldridge Street in Manhattan's Lower East Side, in November 2025. The exhibit was all about…
Apple Inc., a consumer electronics company, opened its first Apple store in Manhattan (103 Prince Street, in Soho) in 2002. Another Apple store was located in midtown Manhattan (Fifth Avenue…
Horses love apples. This was universally known in the early parts of this century, but it appears to be universally unknown today. I have to constantly explain horses and apples to almost everyone…
Appletown Sporting Goods opened in Harlem in 1966, at 2489 Seventh Avenue (Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard) and West 145th Street. The store, which closed about 2015, was owned by Freddie…
"Bacardi Big Apple" (apple-flavored rum) was introduced in 2005 with a large ad campaign in New York City. A
People began betting a big (red) apple since at least 1836. A "big apple" was a prized fruit and a popular non-monetary reward. A person offering to "bet a big (red) apple"…