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| above: West 4 Street near 7th, Greenwich Village
Maniacally busy schedule this weekend. Finishing a chapter for another book, helping a friend pack for a move, leading a ForgottenTour. Too much for your rapidly aging webmaster. Time to relax and put together a page of mindless drivel. "What's the difference from any other week?" you ask. I am used to impertinence like this. |
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| Gun Hill Road is in the Bronx but I found this on 20th Avenue in Astoria. FA for FAIRBANKS. | ||||
| Next to the porno palace Fair Theater, Jackson Heights. HI for HICKORY. | ||||
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| Knickerbocker Avenue, Bushwick. Not only is the sign from the Fab Forties...but the dinettes are too! | |||||
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| Still Knickerbocker. Italian bakery and forgotten pawnbroker. Italian Forgotten Fans: "Dolceria" means what?
Many have said it's approximately "sweet shop" |
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| Harold's, Avenue U and McDonald Avenue, Gravesend. | |||
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| Phone numbers, Astoria and Maspeth (TW for Twining, says Christina.) Great lettering on the Globe sign, no? Professionals. | |||
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| All above: Steinway Street, Astoria | ||||
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Cinderella Florist, Avenue Z and Ocean Ave., Sheepshead Bay. It's a cheap vinyl awning but Cinderella herself seems rendered with care. An older hand-lettered shoe repair sign is nearby. | ||
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| More shoe repair, Edison Avenue, Pelham Bay Park. | Racetrack ahead, Linden Blvd., South Jamaica | |||
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| Bassett Deli, Avenue Y, Sheepshead Bay. Nice hand rendering, especually the top hat B. | Grocery, 3rd Avenue, Gowanus; ca, 1950s though the Coca- Cola logo comes from the "adds life!" 1970s era that introduced the swoosh. | |||
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| McLean Avenue, Woodlawn-Yonkers border. Is there a Salon for Ugly anywhere? | |||
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| Jo-Lene Dolls, Sheepshead Bay Road and East 13th Street | ||||
| Flatbush Avenue between Avenue P and Quentin. ES for ESPLANADE. | ||||
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| Albini Pharmacy, Adams and 4th Street, Hoboken NJ | |||
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| Grumbacher Art Supplies, Josephine Uni-Sex, 5th and Washington, Hoboken NJ. | |||
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| Johnny's Prime Meats, near 3rd Street; L. Pini, Washington Street, Hoboken NJ. | |||
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Photographed in 2005 and 2006.
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| LINDA'S GOT ONE!
Why don't you get one? |
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