| If you can make it there you can make it anywhere, | | | | Visitors Bureau got the idea of reviving it when they |
| so the song says. And people have been making it big | | | | were desperately trying to attract tourists to New |
| in "The Big Apple" well before and after the song was | | | | York. What could be a more wholesome symbol of |
| written. And now you can make it there too and own | | | | renewal than a plump red apple? Soon the nickname |
| a piece of "The Big Apple" for as little as $3.95. Yes, | | | | became synonymous with New York City and its |
| real estate in New York for that amazing low price. | | | | cultural diversity. |
| The term "The Big Apple" was first popularized by | | | | The New York "'mini-estates" and all other states' |
| John Fitz Gerald, who used it in his horse racing column | | | | one-inch parcels can't be built on, lived on or retired on. |
| in the New York Morning Telegraph in the early | | | | Owners cannot make any improvements or develop |
| twenties writing: "The Big Apple: The dream of every | | | | the parcels. Owners shall not occupy the parcels and |
| lad that ever threw a leg over a thoroughbred and the | | | | must grant rights of ingress and egress over their |
| goal of all horsemen. There's only one Big Apple. | | | | parcel. But they are completely free of additional |
| That's New York.'' | | | | responsibility and obligations. And the fun of bragging |
| Other accounts have traced the "Big Apple" | | | | about owning land in the United States is priceless, to |
| expression to Depression-Era sidewalk apple vendors, | | | | say the least!" And oh, what a wonderful gift it makes! |
| a Harlem night club, and a popular 1930s dance known | | | | Although use of the land may be limited, the |
| as the "Big Apple." One version links the name with a | | | | responsibilities (as one would hope) are equally minimal. |
| notorious 19th-century Madame! In the 1940's, like the | | | | No paying taxes of any kind...ever! Owners need not |
| aforementioned jockeys, "if a jazzman told you he had | | | | mow their lawn, take out the trash, throw away junk |
| a gig in the "Big Apple," you knew he had an | | | | mail, participate in local jury duty, or endure any other |
| engagement to play in the most coveted venue of all, | | | | daily adversities associated with being a land owner. |
| Manhattan, where the audience was the biggest, | | | | They are the perfect gift for the person who has |
| hippest, and most appreciative in the country." | | | | everything. It's the most wonderful unique gift idea for |
| But it means starting small...with a single square inch | | | | a person who dreams of living in New York or, say |
| plot. Yes, a ONE-SQUARE INCH PARCEL of New | | | | California...or Hawaii...or anywhere where they don't live |
| York State or any/all states in the USA! You can get | | | | now. |
| the land and a very attractive deed with your name on | | | | It's great for all gift giving occasions including Mother's |
| it to show off to all of your friends. (It's called "bragging | | | | Day, Father's Day, birthdays, Christmas, etc. In fact you |
| rights!). | | | | might want to buy a Deed to the United States - one |
| The term "The Big Apple" was virtually forgotten by | | | | Deed that entitles you to ownership of one square inch |
| the 1970s. Then the New York Convention & | | | | of land in all 50 states at once. |