
- DAvenport Phone Exchange, Griff's Fence, Inc.
- AStoria-8-5791
This sign, listing business hours of a dentist's office, still shows the old AStoria telephone exchange name instead of the modern all-number-dialing format. I imagine that most people who see this sign are unaware what that AS.8-5791 is a telephone number. Similar to the Millionaire Realty sign in Astoria I think that this old phone number in modern times looks more like some kind of license or certification number. - RAvenswood 8-3510. J. Sgroi & Sons.
- 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. - San Francisco Seen Through a Treo 700p. February, 2010.
- San Francisco Seen Through a Treo 700p. February, 2010.
- 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.