Where in New York?
Shapiro: That’s right. In –> Manhattan. Moved to –> Brooklyn when I was very young. Berkowitz: Middle class, lower class, upper class? Shapiro: Middle class. Berkowitz: Was your father a merchant? Shapiro: No. He owned a paint factory, and my mother was in business herself. Yes, she was mostly in the real estate business. So, a typical middle class family. Berkowitz: Where was the paint factory? Shapiro: It was in the old East Side. Berkowitz: That’s interesting. You went to public school, I take it. Where did you go to high school? Shapiro: I went to –> Boys’ High, which at that time was one of the better known high schools in New York City. Now it’s big time basketball, baseball, football. At that time it was mostly scholarship. So graduating from Boys’ High at the age of 16, I went to –> Brooklyn College. Berkowitz: Was Boys’ High a public school or private school? Shapiro: It was a public school. Berkowitz: Did you have to have a special invitation to get in? Shapiro: I really
