ACCORDING to a Facebook post by the Tuffet Wine Bar on Graham Avenue north of Grand in Williamsburg, realtor Jacob M. Aufrecht walked the planet from 12/12/1903-2/7/1961. (Thus, I’ve now…

HERE’S a golden oldie that may be as old as 1892 on Division Street just east of the Bowery at Chatham Square. El riders likely got a good look at…

A painted ad at #315 West 53rd Street between 8th and 9th Avenues has perplexed me since I first saw it when I worked in the area between June and…

LIKE the hands on a clock, or the sun and moon in the sky, New York is under constant movement not always apparent to the naked eye. In the nearly…

NOT a whole lot of “faded ads” I found in the early days of Forgotten NY survive, but a pair on Jamaica Avenue between Marginal Street East and Vermont Avenue…

MAN, I’m digging the old brick factory buildings in “South Brooklyn” that have since been repurposed. 132 32nd Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues is just such a building, a…

TODAY’S “ancient ad” is a bit less ancient that usual on FNY, but it is at least a good 40 years old if not 50. I had gotten off the…

If you know where to look, some old Uneeda Biscuit painted ads can still be seen around town, or out of town: in this case, Syracuse. A fire at a…

THIS painted ad for Kaufman Office Stores on Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway is considerably faded, but still recognizable, from when I first spotted it at the Dawn of Forgotten…

We didn’t have air conditioning in our apartment growing up. Then again, heat and humidity spells didn’t last quite as long in my youth as they do now. That’s likely…

I have always held a fascination for Myrtle Avenue that goes all the way back to 1965. That’s the year my mother and I set off on foot for several…

SOMETIMES, the only thing that keeps ads painted on walls from fading into oblivion is the quality of paint used. Can it stand up to pollution and rain and can…