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…

AS the years pass, more and more of the “faded ads” that I encountered in Forgotten NY’s early days 25 years ago are disappearing or ravaged by the elements. And…

I am going to make a confession. I have been listening to recorded music for a long time, from the time I was a toddler watching the wax spin on…

I was meandering in Rockaway Park in December 2016 and, when outside Boardwalk Bagel and Delicatessen, found what appeared to be a pair of vintage ads. One showed a Coke…

HERE’S an ancient painted ad that has been there for many years and went unnoticed by me until was walking east on West 33rd Street and noticed it via an…

A recent building teardown at 2nd Avenue and East 72nd Street revealed this partial ad for Pearline Soap. Though Pearline is represented in a great number of color advertising cards…