Once upon a time there was a giant SONY sign hovering above Times Sq…
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“Give ’em the Bird” 2012
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“Religion Gone Bad” Harlem 1988
I wish the days of kooky religion were gone, but these sort of sentiments are still very much alive these days. This sign was painted during the height of the AIDS epidemic and was up on a fence in Harlem for a couple of years. No one dared take it down…
Notice the © sign. Was this worth copyrighting?
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Harlem 1985
Thirty years ago I decided to try and liberate every single Coke button and other vintage advertising sign in the tri-state area…I almost succeeded and all these years later I still don’t know why I spent so many late nights probing for these artifacts, while many of my friends were having the time of their lives at the night clubs downtown.
I like this view of a rundown neighborhood where almost everybody knows everyone on their block and the next few over…
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Black and White Street Photographs of New York City by Matt Weber 