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February, 2011:

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-20

Feb 20th, 2011
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Peter Demetriou & Sons – Insurance Brokers – Prof Gee @ Queens Plaza – Featured Fade

Feb 19th, 2011
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Life, Fire & Casualty © Stafford Gregoire

Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum – A. Citarella Meat Market – Featured Fade – Red Bank, NJ – Dale Hopson

Feb 18th, 2011
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© Dale Hopson

Pocono Treeman – Early Spring Wishes / From an Arboreal Chap / Who Guards Our Driveway #haiku

Feb 17th, 2011
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© Frank H. Jump

Beehive – Bayonne, NJ

Feb 16th, 2011
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© Frank H. Jump

Wells Fargo Express – Jersey City, NJ

Feb 15th, 2011
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© Frank H. Jump

TRAINS ON U. S. STAMPS and POSTAL STATIONERY - WELLS, FARGO & CO 1852-1918

Trattoria Lilli – Roma – Happy San Valentino!

Feb 14th, 2011
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Menu cover from our first restaurant in Rome

Vincenzo and my trip to Rome together in 1991 was magical. To this day, it is probably the most romantic journey we’ve ever taken together, save the RV trip cross-country two summers ago. We wandered into this restaurant, trastevere, and were given menus. When they heard Vincenzo speak to them with his faux Roman accent, we got other menus. These. Better selections. Cheaper prices. We stole them. When in Rome, do as the Romans do and take the silverware. Nah, I’m only joshing folks. But this really was a great meal and I’ve done some Internet surfing and they are still around and have gotten good reviews. So when in Rome, go to Trattoria Lilli and say Enzo and Frank say hello. Don’t tell them we stole their menus.

PS: Happy Valentine’s Day Vincenzo!

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Signs of age all over town – Bygone-era billboards — By HEATHER HADDON – NYPOST.com

Feb 13th, 2011
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Signs of age all over town – NYPOST.com

NY Post Sunday, February 13, 2011 page 16

These are not signs of the times. Despite the Big Apple’s relentless march forward, ancient ads for long-shuttered businesses are still sitting pretty on city buildings. And one city newsstand is still hawking magazines dating back years because of a broken display case.

PHOTOS: BYGONE-ERA BILLBOARDS

The Post dug up some of the oldest and strangest relics of long-forgotten Gotham. [Fading Ad Blog was the soil – FHJ]

1. Kentile Floors
An 8-story-tall rooftop sign looming over Brooklyn — and visible for miles around — trumpets a long-closed vinyl-floor company that opened in 1898. Kentile Floors first lit up its purple neon sign on Second Avenue around 1950, and left it there after the Gowanus company went bankrupt in 1992. It no longer glows at night, but the building’s new owners plan on keeping it.

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“It costs too much to take it down. Why bother?” said a manager for Regal Home Collections, the Manhattan owners. “We will keep it there until it falls down or it causes us problems.”

2. Brush Up

This 3-story sign has loomed over trendy TriBeCa for roughly 100 years, according to Frank Jump, a historian who chronicles old city ads. The West Broadway billboard informs spectators to “Brush Up Business With Paint, Paste, Paper, Push.” City historians have been stumped by its obscure meaning, but the building’s former owner just let it be.

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“He didn’t do anything with the building. He probably didn’t want to spend the money to change it,” said William Wagner, son of the building’s old owner, a scissors grinder.

3. Herald Square magazine rack

A newsstand in the Herald Square subway station at Sixth Avenue has been stuck in a perpetual loop of the year 2000. The owners can’t pry open the Plexiglas window that encases the vintage publications. “The gate is stuck. We haven’t opened it for the longest time,” said one of the managers. Covers on display for more than a decade include James Van Der Beek of “Dawson’s Creek” in “YM” magazine; Tha Eastsidaz (one-hit rap group produced by Snoop Dogg) in “Yo” magazine; N’Sync and Buffy the Vampire Slayer in “Teen Machine” magazine; and the 2000 car-review edition of “Consumer Reports.”

4. 77 WABC

The radio station that once featured on-air legends “Cousin Brucie” and Dan Ingram still lives on a Harlem building. The painted sign on St. Nicholas Avenue advertises Musicradio 77, which shut down in 1982 (the station is now called NewsTalkRadio 77). Building managers weren’t sure why the blocky sign has remained there for so long. The property was landmarked in 2001, and its owners would now have to fork over extra cash to scrub it off.

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5. Omega Oil

This company once pitched its tonic on buildings all over Manhattan. For 10 cents, the elixir promised to cure sunburn, weak backs, stiff joints and sore muscles. The ads date back to the early 20th century, with the company folding in 1924, Jump said. The other signs are long gone, but a three-story model remains on a brick building on West 147th Street. The Brooklyn company that manages the building wasn’t aware that the sign existed when asked about it, but they didn’t seem to mind.

From the upcoming book - The Fading Ad Campaign - The Chrome Age © Frank H. Jump

Real Estate & Insurance – Grand Avenue – Clinton Hill, Brooklyn 2004

Feb 13th, 2011
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© Frank H. Jump

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-13

Feb 13th, 2011
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  • Photo: Reagan was a hack / And a century post-birth / Let’s not forget AIDS #haiku http://tumblr.com/xe71g0ysug #
  • Reagan was a hack / And a century post-birth / Let's not forget AIDS #haiku #
  • Don't know why I cry / Sometimes when I'm by myself / Letting go of pain #haiku #
  • Be nice to yourself / In an unforgiving world / There's enough cruelty #haiku #
  • @SheSupportsHim Don't I know it. I married him. in reply to SheSupportsHim #
  • Hot roasted eggplant / Sweet potatoes and onions / Olive oil and salt #haiku #recipes #
  • So much going on / Overwhelming to observe / Keep your eyes open! #haiku #
  • Mama yo quiero / Sung by a madman in tights / While pushing his Shark #haiku #
  • Video: Mama yo quiero / Sung by a madman in tights / While pushing his Shark #haiku http://tumblr.com/xe71h3aecq #
  • Video: Global Cool Rosario Dawson About Apples (via globalcooltube) http://tumblr.com/xe71h3enq2 #
  • Gathered in the square / Waiting to hear something else / Angry Egyptians #haiku #
  • Gathered in the square / Waiting to hear something else / Angry Egyptians #egypt #haiku #
  • @traciethoms – Uncle Frank here. Loved you in Harry's Law! Was that a fun audition? #
  • Video: Esal Rohak – Know Thyself – Oum Kalthoum http://tumblr.com/xe71hlwog9 #
  • Gathered in the square / They waited to hear something / Sounding like freedom #haiku #egypt #
  • In prosperity / Sea change is more productive / Than adversity #haiku #egypt #
  • GO P.S. 119 Amersfort School of Social Awareness! – Off. of School & Youth Development – NYC Dept of Ed http://t.co/VHdUutR #
  • @amentif 'Said what is your name? / Puddin Tain, ask me again / And I'll say the same #haiku in reply to amentif #
  • Let the peeling tain / Let you see through the mirror / Reveals illusions #haiku #
  • This dure winter plods / Dragging its fast frozen feet / Leave ice chimera! #haiku #
  • @nocoastoffense never heard of him! Never knew who Tim Hardaway was until he hated gays. http://frankjump.com/hardaway.gif in reply to nocoastoffense #
  • From blizzard white-out / To glorious sunny skies / A day of extremes #haiku #

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