Alffe,
have a wonderful time there you two!

I'm sorry I didn't ever get to New York. I was close but was lazy or scared I guess. Maybe both. I was in DC and my friend that I was travelling with had something to do in NY so caught the train there one day. I didn't want to be there alone so didn't go. I also wished I'd gone and put my toes in the Atlantic Ocean as well but didn't realize I was so close to that either. lol

bizi,
great question and one I always wondered myself.

http://gothamcenter.org/faq.shtml
Gotham Centre for New York History

New York Public Library says there are a few different reasons. http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/faq.html#apple

New York historical society has some info there too but their site is taking way too long to load for me. There's a section called NYC Q&A on their site if you click it might give more info.

https://nyhistory.org/web/default.ph...esearch_guides

Seems there are a few theories. One was to do with horses, other was to do with a Jazz Club and the other was to do with jazz musicians from New Orleans. Very interesting all of them.



p.s. Alffe.

Treehouse is actually pretty quiet.