The Manhattan neighborhood known as Yorkville was home, it seemed, to millions ofmainly poor kids. For the most part, the boys were good looking, good fighters and goodballplayers. The girls were cute and tough. And each kid had something that made himor her unique.This is the story of some of those kids that grew up in Yorkville, a neighborhood that wasconsidered one of the toughest in the City. James Cagney and Lou Gehrig grew up in this neighborhood that never shut down. It was open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,unpredictable and there was a story on every corner.