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“$25 SUITS” NYC 1985
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Coney Island 1986
Call CO-6-3161 for buffet catering…
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BRIGHT FOOD SHOP 1985
The 7-UP signs are probably why I took this picture. This little restaurant became a very popular spot in the 1990’s and closed in 2007…
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The Crows Rest-Variety Theater 1987
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“Abandoned Coke Sign” Times Sq. 1989
After a store would close, Con Edison would often leave some illuminated signs running for weeks before turning them off…
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“LUNCHEON” Harlem 1985
This corner was the subject of one of my favorite Black & White pictures.
This image and most others can be licensed for documentary use and is also available as a signed print…
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Times Square Go-Go Club 1985
I shot a few rolls of Ektachrome and some of the older rolls have faded badly. Maybe the sign was so vivid that the emulsion still held enough of the original colors to look decent thirty years later…
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Corner Book Store 1985
To heck with the snow, I found this snap last night which will compliment the B&W version I posted earlier…
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Benny’s 89th & Broadway 1985
A sad photo of a tiny restaurant which was built into the New Yorker movie theater, and had to give way to a high-rise in ’85…
This image and most others can be licensed for documentary use and is also available as a signed print…
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“Greasy Spoon” 6th Ave 1985
I posted a picture of this in Black & White awhile back and then found this negative last night…
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“The YALE Truck” West Side Highway 1985
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SOHO 1986
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Jackson Heights 1987
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“Sugar Hill” Harlem 1985
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“Servants & Delivery” 1986
I have always loved old signage and in the early 1900’s when a “Pre-War” building was finished, this stencil was used to let the less fortunate know where their entrance was…
Prints available of most images seen here.
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“No Parking 1957”
Another very old New York City parking sign from the late 1950s…Maybe these signs are below the radar of Forgotten New York, or then again maybe not…
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