NAvarre-9-0400, Sign World
This NAvarre Exchange Name is hidden in the corner of the sign for Phil's Stationery in Midtown. Sign World made this sign, and this phone exchange number advertised that company. I endeavored to buy something at Phil's but the only item I could find that I actually needed that day was a small notepad. That little notepad would have cost me $22! That seemed a steep price for a small pad of paper, though the paper itself felt of a higher grade than most, and the cover felt elegant. Luxurious. Decadent. Normally I spend about 33¢ on a notepad of similar size as one on sale for $22 at Phil's Stationery. Maybe I should get the notepad not despite its price but because of its price. Maybe the extravagant capital outlay for a tiny notebook will ennoble and inspire any thought material I deposit therein, and motivate me to get my money's worth out of the investment. Phil's also offers "ZEROX COPIES".
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!
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.
Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
San Francisco Seen Through a Treo 700p. February, 2010.
San Francisco Seen Through a Treo 700p. February, 2010.
San Francisco Seen Through a Treo 700p. February, 2010.
San Francisco Seen Through a Treo 700p. February, 2010.
San Francisco Seen Through a Treo 700p. February, 2010.
San Francisco Seen Through a Treo 700p. February, 2010.
San Francisco Seen Through a Treo 700p. February, 2010.