In Plain Sight
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The 9th Ave Demons Don’t Like You
I’ve been scouting for something around Times Square/Hell’s Kitchen over the last week (as evidenced by some of my recent posts), and I noticed this great building on 9th Ave between 52nd and 53rd. Above each window on the second and third floor are these awesome busts of…well, I’m not really sure what. They sort…
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Tragedy on Broadway
It’s funny how you stumble on interesting bits in the unlikeliest of places. I was scouting Broadway in Brooklyn, which runs underneath the elevated JMZ train and is basically a series of greasy restaurants, dollar stores, and bodegas. If you look closely, partially covered up by the 99¢ store sign is this really great sculpture,…
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NY Hotel Miraculously Offers Steam Heat, Housekeeping, and Hot Water!
A neat old brick wall ad on the side of the New York Inn (8th Ave btw. 46th & 47th): I love that at the time this sign was put up, the hotel had to advertise these amenities as if you might not get them otherwise: Furnished (?) Rooms 1-2-3 | Steam Heat | Housekeeping…
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Sin Will Find You Out!
I love religious crosses with neon-lettering attached to buildings, especially when they have ominous messages. Ignoring the tackiness factor, the fact that anyone seriously thinks these are still effective in modern day New York, to the point where they continue to replace the neon, is just incredible to me…and in a way, makes them all…