
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- I don't know what this is/was, in Greenpoint.
- I'm not sure what this is, in Greenpoint
- Plymouth Barracuda in Greenpoint
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
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- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Curbside
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- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Neil H. McInnes Iron Works. STillwell 4-6162
The Neil H. McInnes Iron Works company, formerly at 38-50 Review Avenue near Calvary Cemetery, is long gone. The company's name and old telephone exchange phone number -- STillwell 4-6162 -- is still seen in this medallion on a Long Island City Sidewalk. - Infiniti in L.I.C.
- Valiant in Astoria
- EVergreen? EMpire?
The top of this medallion on a sidewalk door looks like it starts with an E, and ends with 978. If it is a telephone exchange name then it might be an EVergreen, or an EMpire, or it might be neither and nor. - Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
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what - what - Chevrolet in an L.I.C. Showroom
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- NEvins 9-4012. Aldom Signs. Seen in Woodside, Queens.
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Picture from Android Phone
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Picture from Android Phone
- Picture from Android Phone
- Chevrolet. (Hey, it drives)
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- ORegon 4-1868
- Picture from Android Phone
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- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Picture from Android Phone
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- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Bond NYC No. 9, in Midtown
- Discarded Photographs of a Family
- Discarded Photographs of a Family
- Discarded Photographs of a Family
- Discarded Photographs of a Family
- School Portrait
- Discarded Photographs of a Family
- Discarded Photographs of a Family
- Discarded Photographs of a Family
- Discarded Photographs of a Family
- Discarded Photographs of a Family
- Discarded Photographs of a Family
- Discarded Photographs of a Family
- Discarded Family Photo Album
- Baby Picture Spilled From a Family Photo Album
- Photos and a DVD Case.
- A Tiny Flip-Flop Among the Refuse
- Smiles For All Ages
- Smiling Kids
- Discarded Photographs of a Family
- Where Your Photo Albums Could End Up
- Pictures From a Birthday Party?
- These Landed Under a Car's Tail Pipe
- Discarded Photographs of a Family
- Discarded Photographs of a Family
- Trash? Or Treasure?
- Discarded Photographs of a Family
- Discarded Photographs of a Family
- Discarded Photographs of a Family
- Rainey Park Panoramic
- Rainey Park Panoramic
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- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- T-REX 1400R in L.I.C.
- Mercury Comet on Queens Boulevard
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- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Ford Gran Torino
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Picture from Android Phone
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- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- 1953 Buick Lead Sled
- 1953 Buick Lead Sled
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- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Police Interceptor
- Ford Granada
- Pontiac Bonneville
- JAmaica 3-1881. Cinelli Carting Company, Jamaica
- Corvette
- Chevy Nova
- Albert St. & Winthrop Avenue. Old Astoria Streetnames.
- De Ville - License Plate reads "Sixty 9"
- Hood Ornament
- Lincoln Town Car in L.I.C.
- Bentley in L.I.C.
- Coupe de Ville in L.I.C.
- Rolls Royce in L.I.C.
- Antique Volkswagen (Florida plates) in L.I.C.
- Cadillac in L.I.C.
- My New Temporary Address
My new temporary (very temporary) address. This item was shipped via UPS. UPS used to be unable to deliver to USPS post office boxes. These days some retailers use UPS' "Mail Innovations" as a bridge between UPS and USPS-restricted delivery addresses, such as my P.O. box. I've had mixed luck with items delivered through UPS Mail Innovations. One package took months to arrive after languishing in a Jersey City post office for 5 or 6 weeks. - Amazon Locker
I did not use the buttons or anything but the touchscreen to open the locker. - Amazon Locker 11 is now open
Locker 11 is now open! Wow! - Amazon Locker 11
Locker 11 popped open after I touched the "Open Locker" button on the screen. - Amazon Locker
Inside was a familiar-looking Amazon box. In case you are wondering the book I ordered was "Samuel Johnson: The Major Works." - Amazon Locker: Package is in Locker 11
After entering the valid 6-character code the screen said "Your package is in Locker 11. Open Locker." - Amazon Locker 11
Locker 11 - Amazon Locker: Enter Pick-up Code
Amazon e-mailed me a 6-character pick-up code. I entered the code here. - Amazon Locker
Here is the Amazon Locker. The screen says "Touch screen to Start" - Amazon Locker is in the downstairs dining area of Morton Williams Supermarket
The Amazon Locker I used was down here, in the dining area of the Morton Williams supermarket on West 57th Street. - Northern Boulevard
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Old Volkswagen in L.I.C.
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- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Not sure what this is, in L.I.C.
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- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
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- FLoral Park 2
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- TRafalgar 5-6400. Boro Sign.
- Curbside
- At the Open Gate
- LExington exchange name number in neon.
LE 2-0980 House of Wine & Liquor. 250 E 34th St Modern day phone number: (212) 532-0980 Old school number: LExington 2-0980 - Rolls Royce in Astoria/LIC (aka, AsLIC)
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- RAvenswood 1-0320. Edward B. Robotti Insurance
This was a first for my collection. I had never seen a telephone exchange name in neon. Pretty cool. A few days later I spotted another old phone number in neon: LExington 2-0980. - Fiat 500 in L.I.C.
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- '55 Chevrolet on Shore Boulevard
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Rolls Royce in Midtown (PHANTOM)
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- I don't know what this is, in L.I.C.
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Typhoon Fence Company (Second sighting). OLympia Phone Exchange.
I saw another Typhoon Fence Company Sign with the OLympia exchange name a year or so ago. - Standing Up
- temporarily closed
- on Saturday and Sunday
- this sunday closed
- BAD WEATHER CONDITION
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- 8/28(Sun) Close
- BE SAFE!
- as quickly as possible
- TAPE
- Chevy Convertible on Steinway Street
- INCONVENIANCE
- Severe Weather Advisory
- Sunday will be closed all day
- we going to reopen when it is safe to do so
- we going to reopen when it is safe to do so
- CLOSED!
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- Closed Until Monday =)
- Due To Wheather
- Flashlights Batteries Radios
- Mini Mall Closed Due to Hurricane
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- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING
- Taped Windows
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Due to Hurricane Irene
- GQ ic Currently Closed...
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Critical Weather Conditions
- Blame the Weatherman
- Sandbags
- Colorful Tape
- Sandbags
- Inconvience
- X Marks the Spot
- Due to Weather
- Closed for Irene's Hurricane
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- NO PARKING BY FENCE CRAZY IRENE COMING
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- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Buick in L.I.C., With a Stuffed Tiger, Of Course
- Cadillac with "Historic" New Jersey Plates
- Cutlass Supreme
- Vans.
- L.I.C.
- Giraffe
- Talking Double
- Out Of Business
- At the Front Door
- I don't know what this was (Part 3), in L.I.C.
- I don't know what this was (Part 2), in L.I.C.
- I don't know what this was (Part 1), in L.I.C.
- Checker Marathon, in L.I.C.
- Coupe de Ville in L.I.C.
- Under a Subway
- I don't know what this is, Long Island City
- Citro?n D Special, Long Island City
- Citro?n D Special, Long Island City
- DAvenport 6-2888. Griff's Fence. Grand Ave., Maspeth, N.Y.
I saw another copy of this sign last year (click here), but that sign was worn out and partly unreadable. This sign for Griff's Fence Company, at DAvenport 6-2888 in Maspeth, is fully intact. - JAmaica 9-4100. Brancato Iron Works.
I spotted this old sign on June 25, 2011. It was my first new sighting of a Telephone Exchange Name since 2010. I was starting to think I had seem them all already. - Mini, in Astoria
- Ford, in Astoria
- I don't know what this is, in Astoria
- I don't know what this is, in Astoria
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- The Captain of this ship was awesome. I'd sail with her any time.
- Sunset
- Erie Lakawanna
- The new Ghery building, near the Brooklyn Bridge.
- Bayonne, NJ
- Bayonne, NJ
- Statue of Liberty
- You feel very, very, very close to the water sometimes when you sail on the Schooner Adirondack II
- Red boat
If I remember right, this boat had some connection to a restaurant by Chelsea Piers - Sailboat on the Hudson
- View from Schooner Adirondack II
- Tour group
The captain asked us where we were visiting from. We said "Nowhere." She indicated that this particular trip was populated by a large tour group from overseas. This, apparently, is them. - Schooner Adirondack II
- Cabana
- Pink building
- Empire State Building
- Schooner Adirondack II
- Yellow balloon with a vaguely humanoid head in the reflection.
- The Moonraker.
The Moonraker, docked across from the Adirondack II, was an object of fascination to some of us. It is a private boat. I mistakenly associated the word "Moonraker" with James Bond film "Goldfinger," and I found myself singing the Shirley Bassey song by that name, replacing the word "Goldfinger" with "Moonraker." It sounded good in my mind. - Clouds and light rain accompanied the early part of our sail
- Clouds and light rain accompanied the early part of our sail
- Adirondack II Design & Construction By Scarano Boat Building, Albany, NY
- Schooner Adirondack. This is not the boat we rode. We sailed on the Adirondack II.
Schooner Adirondack. This is not the boat we rode. We sailed on the Adirondack II. The two boats are said to be virtually identical. - Magnum Super Bee
- Volkswagen in the air
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- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Oldsmobile in L.I.C.
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- At the Supermarket
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- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
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- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
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- I don't know what this is.
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- LUNATIC1 & LOWRIDR on 5th Avenue (A Cadillac and a Monte Carlo)
- Fiat in Midtown
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Chevy Chevelle
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- London Sterling
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- BMW
- Model T in LIC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Dodge Demon in Astoria
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- RAvenswood-1-2518. L&L Overhead Garage Doors., Inc.
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Buick Skylark in L.I.C.
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Chevrolet in L.I.C.
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what - what - IMG_20110305_184522.jpg
what - what - Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Dodge in Blissville
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what - what - Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
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what - what - MAyfair 3-4940. Rotary Dial Telephone.
I spotted this rotary dial phone at a second-hand shop in Queens. I do not know if MAyfair is a variant on the MAyflower exchange in Brooklyn, or if this phone was from some place outside of New York. The phone cost $28! - IMG_20110301_154942.jpg
what - what - Volkswagen
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Skylark in Astoria
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
- Discarded Umbrella Carcasses, NYC
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what - what - Corvette in L.I.C.
- Mustang
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what - what - The Crowd Goes Wild!
- The Crowd Goes Wild!
- Elvis Presley in Concert at Radio City Music Hall
- Elvis Presley in Concert at Radio City Music Hall
- Elvis Presley in Concert at Radio City Music Hall
- Elvis Presley in Concert at Radio City Music Hall
- Elvis Presley in Concert at Radio City Music Hall
- Elvis Presley in Concert at Radio City Music Hall
- Elvis Presley in Concert at Radio City Music Hall
- Elvis Presley in Concert at Radio City Music Hall
- Elvis Presley in Concert at Radio City Music Hall
- Elvis Presley in Concert at Radio City Music Hall
- Elvis Presley in Concert at Radio City Music Hall
- Elvis Presley in Concert at Radio City Music Hall
- Elvis Presley in Concert at Radio City Music Hall
- Elvis Presley in Concert at Radio City Music Hall
- Elvis Presley in Concert at Radio City Music Hall
- Elvis Presley in Concert at Radio City Music Hall
- Elvis Presley in Concert at Radio City Music Hall
- Elvis Presley in Concert at Radio City Music Hall