Here’s a classic plastic-letter storefront sign at a launderette at 4th Avenue and Bergen Street in Gowanus, just south of the classic Williamsburg Bank Tower, or One Hanson as it’s called these days, King of All Brooklyn Buildings.
I’ll be presenting a complete set of images of classic storefront signs like this on Monday, February 2nd at the Greater Astoria Historical Society, Quinn Building, 35-20 Broadway at 7PM.
Who knows what that sign on the 4th Avenue side used to say. But the whole sign wrapping around the corner reminds me of an old Redd Foxx album.
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