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February, 2012:

Obscured Coca-Cola Ad – Greektown – Toronto, CA

Circa 1970s © Frank H. Jump

Elaine’s Avenue M Deli – Midwood, Brooklyn

Off Nostand Avenue just North of the Plaza Auto block © Frank H. Jump

I’ve heard so much about Elaine’s Avenue M Deli and finally I bought a delicious brisket of beef sandwich on an onion roll with a savory gravy on the side. In an era of fast food and other franchise food businesses taking over the home-cooked food restaurant and delicatessen market, I’m happy to see eateries like Elaine’s holding on. There was a great selection of sandwich meats and cheeses as well as specials of the day. I highly recommend Elaine’s if you are in the mood to order out for lunch. Support local businesses!

Prudential Savings Bank – Flatbush Avenue – Kings Highway – Flatlands, Brooklyn

Kings Highway - East of Flatbush Avenue © Frank H. Jump

Kings Highway - Previously posted on Mar 10th, 2009 © Frank H. Jump

Flatbush Avenue - South of Kings Highway - © Frank H. Jump

Flatbush Avenue - South of Kings Highway - © Frank H. Jump

A true ‘renaissance man’ Jump starts the classroom scene at a Brooklyn public school – NY Daily News

Frank Jump prepares to read and showing slides from his book 'Faded Ads of New York City' in an appearance at the Queens Historical Society in Flushing - ROBERT MECEA FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Author, AIDS activist and ‘urban archeologist’ Frank Jump is now also a civil servant, teaching at Brooklyn’s PS 119

 by Lisa Colangelo for the NY Daily News

Frank Jump is one of those people who is impossible to describe in a title, a sentence or even a full paragraph.

He is an urban archeologist whose photographs of fading advertisements have brought him acclaim. He’s also an accomplished musician and writer.

Jump is an AIDS activist who has defied all odds since finding out he was HIV-positive more than 25 years ago.

To say he’s a survivor would be an understatement. Jump beat a bout with cancer about 10 years ago.

Add to that list the title of civil servant. Jump is a New York City schoolteacher at the P.S. 119 Amersfort School of Social Awareness in Brooklyn.

Read more: A true ‘renaissance man’ Jump starts the classroom scene at a Brooklyn public school – NY Daily News.