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VAVA Voom! SAVE THE DATE – May 14, 2012

Mar 6th, 2012
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Souveniers – Coney Island Boardwalk – July 2003

Mar 6th, 2012
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© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Buildings’ Fading Ads Come With Lingering Tales | New York City | United States | Epoch Times

Mar 5th, 2012
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A fading ad for Reckitt's Blue, a blue substance once used in laundry to tint whites slightly blue, which was seen as more white-looking than whites with a yellowish tint. The ad is on a building on Washington Avenue between Pacific and Dean streets in Brooklyn. (Frank Jump)

A fading ad for Reckitt's Blue, a blue substance once used in laundry to tint whites slightly blue, which was seen as more white-looking than whites with a yellowish tint. The ad is on a building on Washington Avenue between Pacific and Dean streets in Brooklyn. (Frank Jump)

NEW YORK—Famed photographer Walker Evans (1903–1975) saw the beauty in New York City’s “ghost ads.” The once brilliantly colored paintings advertising all sorts of obsolete wares—like a fig and syrup children’s laxative—now fading into the cityscape.

Evans shot some of the fading murals of his day, and a new generation of artists now captures the fading works, often delving into the stories behind them.

Brooklyn photographer Frank Jump began documenting what he calls the city’s “fading ads” after he learned in 1986 that he was HIV positive.

“I was documenting something that never expected to live so long, and I didn’t expect to live so long,” said Jump, who has compiled his work into a book titled “Fading Ads of New York City.” – READ MORE

by Tara MacIsaac

New York Editor
Editorial Department
The Epoch Times

Buildings’ Fading Ads Come With Lingering Tales | New York City | United States | Epoch Times.

Cyclone Rollercoaster – Coney Island, Brooklyn – July 2003

Mar 5th, 2012
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Two digital images spliced © Frank H. Jump

Missing the Coney Island of my yoot.

Saks Fifth Avenue – Midtown, NYC

Mar 4th, 2012
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Saks Fifth Avenue is the successor of a business founded by Andrew Saks in 1867 and incorporated in New York in 1902 as Saks & Company. Andrew died in 1912 and in 1923 Saks & Co. merged with Gimbel Brothers, Inc., operating as a separate autonomous subsidiary. On September 15, 1924, Horace Saks and Bernard Gimbel opened Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City. – Wikipedia

We always shopped at Gimbels.

 

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-04

Mar 4th, 2012
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Griffon Shears Revisited 2011 & 1997 – Chelsea, NYC

Mar 3rd, 2012
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From the Fading Ads of NYC - History Press, 2011 © Frank H. Jump 1997

LUCIO DALLA | Rispondimi | (4 March 1943 – 1 March 2012)

Mar 2nd, 2012
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Lucio Dalla, one of Italy’s most prolific singer-songwriters, died Thursday in Switzerland during a European concert tour. Lucio Dalla, Grand Officer, (4 March 1943 – 1 March 2012) was a popular Italian singer-songwriter and musician. He also played clarinet and keyboards.

Frank Jump @ Greater Astoria Historical Society: Events – Mon Mar 5, 7:00 pm

Mar 2nd, 2012
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Mon Mar 5, 7:00 pm

Greater Astoria Historical Society
Quinn Building, 35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor
Long Island City, NY 11106
718-278-0700 | info@astorialic.org

New York City is eternally evolving. From its iconic skyline to its side alleys, the new is perpetually being built on the debris of the past.

Fading ads are a beacon in the navigation of an urban life.They weave together the city’s unique history, culture, environment and society and tell the stories of the businesses, places and people whose lives transpired among them – the story of New York itself. Of the thousands of ads photographed, many have faded out of existence, been covered over or destroyed. But still many silently cling to the walls of buildings, barely noticed by the rushing passersby.

Quickly, this effort became a metaphor for survival since, like Jump himself, many of these ads had long outlived their expected life span. Although this campaign doesn’t deal directly with HIV/AIDS, it is no accident that he chose to document such a transitory and evanescent subject.

Frank H. Jump is a New York City artist and educator. Jump’s first major photo-exhibition ran at the New-York Historical Society from August to November of 1998. In the mid-2000’s, Jump and partner Aiosa opened the Fading Ad Gallery in Brooklyn where Jump’s photography was on display. Jump continues his documentation of these remnants of early advertising with the acclaimed Fading Ad Blog, a daily photo-blog featuring images he and Aiosa have taken of ads worldwide as well as the work of other fellow urban archaeologists.

These programs are supported by public funds form the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and NYC Council Member Peter Vallone, Jr. Additional support provided by the membership of the Greater Astoria Historical Society.

Paragon Oil - LIC

Greater Astoria Historical Society: Events.

Borchard Building Management – ULster – 8 Phone Exchange – UWS, NYC

Mar 2nd, 2012
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© Vincenzo Aiosa

© Vincenzo Aiosa

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