Following is a description of Beekman Place from a website of interesting places sponsored by the Turtle Bay Association.Beekman Place: The two blocks east of First Avenue (49th and 50th Streets) rise up to a bluff that overlooks the East River. Katie contemptuously refers to Carol Ann as "Beekman Place," equating her with a ritzy, expensive piece of property. It was also the place where Hubbell's friends would gather for their parties that Katie couldn't stand. 1937 through 1957 is 20 years.īeekman Place is a very exclusive, upscale, affluent enclave on Manhattan's East Side its very name conjures up wealth and privilege. The American "Ban The Bomb" movement was gaining momentum in 1957 (the White House received petitions with 37,000 signatures that year from citizens opposed to nuclear testing, and the Federation of American Scientists also proposed a ban on nuclear testing in 1957). The story ends with Katie handing out "Ban the Bomb" flyers. It then proceeds through Katie and Hubbell's move to Hollywood, and into the late 1950s, evidenced by Hubbell's mention of the "Golden Age" of live television, which was at its peak in the mid- to late-50s. Roosevelt (1945), the HUAC "Hollywood Blacklist" hearings (which began in 1947) and Hubbell's revised draft for A Country Made of Ice Cream, dated September 1947. The story progresses through the death of President Franklin D. There follows a flashback to 1937, the year Edward VIII abdicated the throne and married Wallis Simpson, showing how Katie and Hubbell became acquainted with each other during their graduating year in college. The story spans about 20 years, opening in 1944 as evidenced by the dialogue in the radio play where D-Day (6 June 1944) is mentioned.