Butterfield 8 was a New York City telephone exchange in the days before
everything became numbers.  I believe it was for the East 60s, though I no
longer remember. Other such exchanges were Murray Hill, Sutton, Oregon
[Chelsea], etc., etc. One use to be able to know where an address was in
the city by the telephone exchange.

On Tue, 23 Feb 1999 [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Here's a New York trivia question (inspired by the movie list) for the list;
> All of us know the movie >Butterfield 8<.  What is the significance of
> "Butterfield 8"?  Where does that term come from?
>
> Jim Maguire
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