Russian People’s Home of Greenpoint, 106 Clay Street off McGuinness Boulevard. This is either an old sign of great age, or may have been part of a movie set that…

In the early 20th Century, Queens featured hundreds of striped poles featuring directional signs to different neighborhoods and even out-of-borough locations.  This one, photographed in 1931, pointed to Flushing, Brooklyn,…

Terrific hand-lettered, drop shadowed sign for a watch repair shop on Roosevelt Avenue near the Woodside RR complex. It was closed when I passed by at about 1 PM on…

Forest Hills Gardens, a ritzy community on the south side of the LIRR main line tracks roughly between Continental Avenue, Union Turnpike, the LIRR and Greenway South, was one of…

Boston does a great job marking war heroes and local luminaries on hundreds of street corners with these embossed black and gold signs, like this one in the West End.…

I had been unaware of it, but NYC’s Department of Transportation officially refers to these type of street signs as “camelback” signs, instead of my own appellation, “humpback” signs. I…

This handsome painted red, black and white sign for a marine repairs firm has hung in there on Christopher Street near Washington almost 3 decades after the demise of its…

I remember 1973 somewhat, but not well. I was fifteen and still in high school. Most of my life revolved around schoolwork and following the Knicks, who had just won…

Rex Cole (1887-1967) was originally a lamp manufacturer, then became associated with General Electric in the 1920s and designed white enamel Monitor Top refrigerators. Famed architect Raymond Hood designed a…

I was in my old neighborhood, Bay Ridge, when I noticed some standout signs along 3rd and 5th Avenues. This one for a bike shop on 5th Avenue and 73rd…

I was in my old neighborhood, Bay Ridge, and saw some interesting store sign ideas on the main shopping routes, 3rd and 5th Avenues. This one for a watering hole…

Sometimes, you don’t find something Forgotten — it has to find you. I was idly making my way through Facebook late tonight and I saw this enamel mid-20th Century sign…