© Frank H. Jump
Fine foods was advertising an Italian restaurant.
Pintchik was a paint store. The razorwire is ubitquitous.
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Ebony Oil Corp. – Merrick Blvd. – Jamaica, Queens
© Frank H. Jump
As I continue posting images from my Rediscovering Jamaica, Jamaica Queens series- which was prompted by the urging my friend Thurman Mathis from my Queens College days in an effort to document the area before urban redevelopment erases all traces of Jamaica’s past- I found this article in the October 21, 1991 edition of the New York Times by Alan S. Oser entitled Perspectives: The Planner in Jamaica; Carrying the Torch for Downtown Growth , which foreshadows today’s continuing urban development. Notice the references to the Ebony Oil Corp.
Don’t Tax Our Web – Seminal Info
On November 1st, the ban on taxing Internet service is set to expire. The ban was originally implemented in 1998, in order to encourage the proliferation of Internet access. by Josh @ Seminal
