There’s no real story here. But for years, I’ve noticed that many liquor stores in the five boroughs have the same signage they must have had decades ago…whether they’re ceramic,…
"liquor neon"
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WHILE edging down Hudson Street In October 2021 I once again passed Golden Rule Liquors at #457 with its pair of neon sidewalk signs, one above the door, one suspended…
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Forgive me if I’m a little late to the party on this particular item — other sources have discussed it — but an ongoing freelance job at 1740 Broadway (the…
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I did a presentation on Monday, March 7, 2016 in Astoria about Travis, Staten Island, a place formerly known as Linoleumville, where between 1873 and 1931 there was a large…
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Until now, I have somehow missed this terrific neon sign for Mitchell’s Wines • Liquors on West 86th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway. It’s just one of a large…
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Here’s a grand old awning sign on East 149th Street west of Prospect Avenue that’s two ancient signs in one, and three if you count the vertical sign. I’d say…
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I’m past this neon liquor store sign on Broadway west of Steinway Street all the time, but rarely late enough to see it lit up, like this. You rarely see…
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New York has a marvelous collection of neon signs, and while we’ve heretofore collected scads of them on previous Signs pages we’ve never previously done a Neon Nights page, when…
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JUST like pretty much everything else, the art of signage has suffered over the past few decades. That’s getting to be a frequent trope in Forgotten NY, and I’m going…
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THERE ain’t no Starbucks, fancy chocolate makers, chi-chi restaurants, velvet-rope nightclubs with 300-pound bouncers, 2-million-dollar condos, Fairways, Ikeas, hardly any IPods…just a lot of jewelry stores. Must be two to a…
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On Sunday, March 17, 2024 I meandered around the Gowanus area and wound up walking the length of Nevins Street, which runs from Carroll Street to Flatbush Avenue in the…
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JUST a quick one this week, as I will be occupied much of Easter Sunday and I am busy assembling the FNY 25th anniversary event presentation scheduled for Thursday, April…