RAvenswood-1-2089. Astoria Finast Windows
The signage at the Astoria Finast Window shop is notable for its Telephone Exchange Name phone number, though the company seems to have tried to gloss over this relic of its past. I would expect any company to be proud of this tell-tale sign of its longevity. Nevertheless, like Astoria Finast, many long-time companies sanded over or obliterated their Exchange Name numbers, replacing them with modern phone numbers.
STillwell 4-2468. Henri Billharz Inc. Plumbing & Heating
According to the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce web site (link no longer works): “Billharz Plumbing, Inc. has been family-owned and operated for three generations since 1927 – Henri X. Billharz, Robert H. Billharz and Henri J. Billharz are licensed and certified.” One of the signs on the Billharz Plumbing building still shows its exchange name number of STillwell 4-2468, but in these modern times the number is (718) 784-2468. You can also reach Billharz Plumbing at billharzplumbing.com.
AStoria 8-7979. Steinway Street.
STillwell 6-0640. Metro Systems Corp.
Chevy Impala in L.I.C.
EMpire 1-9240. Able Steel Equipment
This is the first EMpire exchange name I spotted. The Able Steel Equipment Company is alive and well. Their old-school telephone exchange name phone number of EM 1-9240 is today dialable at (718) 361-9240. UPDATE: Spotted another barely-visible EMpire exchange number a few months later.
STillwell 6-6300. Don Liebermann Realty.
STillwell 6-6300. Don Liebermann Realty.
Some kind of truck. I don't know what this is.
OLympia 9-4444. Typhoon Fence Company.
