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    THE LAST WESTINGHOUSE MO-8

    by Kevin Walsh February 27, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh February 27, 2018 4 comments

    The Westinghouse MO-8 (some say OV-8) once lit NYC streets by the hundreds or perhaps thousands from 1962 to 1972. Known as “open-bottom” or “cutoff” luminaires, they were designed to illuminate…

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    MERCURY FALLING: 1960s luminaires disappearing, in NYC at least

    by Kevin Walsh February 4, 2006
    by Kevin Walsh February 4, 2006 0 comment

    In 1963, the life of a 6-year-old lamppost enthusiast changed irrevocably: the cast iron Type 24M “Corvington” poles that had dominated the streets of Bay Ridge disappeared seemingly overnight, with mostly…

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    CHANGING OF THE GUARD: Documenting the beginning of the end of the ornate castirons in 1960.

    by Kevin Walsh November 18, 2001
    by Kevin Walsh November 18, 2001 0 comment

    ROLL CALL OF LUMINAIRES I’ll admit it. There’s a big hole in my information on NYC lamppost manufacturers and makes, since I’ve not a clue of these designs’ actual names, nor…

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    HARLEM NOCTURNE. Some extremely old posts in Harlem have survived.

    by Kevin Walsh March 18, 2001
    by Kevin Walsh March 18, 2001 0 comment

    They used to light an underpass that brought traffic from Adam Clayton Powell Blvd (formerly 7th Avenue) under the Harlem River Drive. They’re a New York City lamppost with no…

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    WEDGE WAY IS UP. NYC’s 1960s non glass bowl lamps

    by Kevin Walsh November 9, 1999
    by Kevin Walsh November 9, 1999 0 comment

    Wedges, scoopers, turtlebeaks and nozzles! When the talk turns to street lighting, as it often does with me and Forgotten Fans (remember those cone-shaped things that turned up on bishops…

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