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O'Loughlin Florist. STillwell Phone Exchange.
The O'Loughlin Florist is on Laurel Hill Boulevard, next to Second Calvary Cemetery and across the street from Third Calvary. Their old STillwell phone exchange name number actually rises twice in this picture -- once at top center and again (barely visible) on the bottom left.
Riley Bros. Mausoleums. STillwell Phone Exchange.
Riley Bros. is a maker of tombstones and funerary art. I have seen the Riley name on countless grave markers at all the Calvary cemeteries, old and new. This picture, taken through an opening in a fence, shows how half of their sign still stands, with an incomplete STillwell phone exchange number. Riley Bros. has been in business since 1883 -- before exchange names and telephone numbers even existed!
TWining 8-7610. Acropolis Realty.
My inspiration to collect exchange name sightings came from two sources. One was D., who first drew my attention to how unusual it was to see these old numbers still posted here in the 21st century. The second source came from a bus trip to upstate New York. On that trip I noticed that some real estate agents in the area had advertised themselves using exchange-name formatted phone numbers. I don't recall which two-letter combinations appeared but at the time I imagined that these real estate companies were inspired by the Telephone Exchange Name Project web site (a long-time favorite of mine). Whatever the reasons I found the retro-chic use of exchange name phone numbers to be intriguing, and I was reminded of those upstate New York billboards when I spotted this "For Rent" sign in Astoria. The Acropolis Realty Corp., located in Flushing, uses the old-fashioned TWining phone exchange for its phone number: TW8-7610. Potential clients in the know will recognize this code and they will wisely call Acropolis at (718) 898-7610.
RAvenswood 8-3510. J. Sgroi & Sons.
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LOngacre 9-8843
Superintendent Richard Reyes, PLaza9-2284
In the foyer of the Ambassador Terrace in Manhattan (which shows a LOngacre phone exchange on its front-facing placard) is this sign showing an old PLaza exchange name phone number (PLaza9-2284, or (212) 759-2284 in modern usage). I don't know if Richard Reyes is still Superintendent at this building but if this sign is as old as it seems then he would have been in that job for a long, long time.
