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Marine Power & Light – Richmond Terrace, SI – Future Waterfront Park Planned

Nov 20th, 2013

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In early August 1991, the body of twenty-eight year old restaurateur Mark Raffone was found by divers near the Marine Power & Light Corporation boatyard. Raffone was abducted two weeks earlier by a 36 year old homeless woman and two teenagers, according to Jacques Steinberg of the New York Times. ¹

I could find no other information about this organization except for the fact that it has been closed for some time now. Plans for using this site for a future park was found on the North Shore Waterfront Conservancy of Staten Island website. Here is an excerpt from their site:

Future Park in West Brighton

The North Shore Waterfront Conservancy is working with the Trust for Public Land, local elected officials and residents on the creation of a 9 acre waterfront park. The site is the former Marine Power and Light Marina and is located west of Snug Harbor at Richmond Terrace and Tompkins Court. The park will allow for community access west of Snug Harbor and greatly enhance the quality of life for the residents of West Brighton and the entire North Shore. With funding rom Citizen’s Committee of New York, the NSWC will conduct community planning workshops this fall. – NSWC-SI

Packard West Brighton Co – Sales – Service – West Brighton, SI

Nov 19th, 2013

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Also at Kevin Walsh’s Forgotten-NY!

Come Together Bar & Restaurant – Richmond Terrace, SI

Nov 17th, 2013

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Unskewed © Frank H. Jump

Here come old flattop, he come moving up slowly…” Come Together, John Lennon

Jaburg Bros. 1912 – Bakery Supplies – Stapleton Waterfront, SI

Nov 4th, 2013

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The building at 150 Front Street features five-to-one common brick bond construction and a central gable-roofed monitor extending the length of the building between Front Street and the Staten Island Railway viaduct. Corbelled cornices ornament the monitor’s gable end as well as the two flanking one-story structures and the eastern portion of the southern elevation facing Thompson Street. Raised letters stating the year “1912” and the name “Jaburg Bros.” occupy the monitor peak.

Based upon the dated cornice, 1912 likely was the year the larger monitor structure at 150 Front Street was built. Both buildings appear on 1917 insurance maps. Insurance maps indicate that Jaburg Brothers manufactured bakers’ machinery, utensils, and woodenware (Sanborn 1917). A good example of early-twentieth-century industrial architecture, the 150 Front Street building has previously been determined eligible for listing on the S/NR. The eligible property consists of the entire lot. – NEW STAPLETON WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT PLAN, FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT

National Baker 1915 © Google Books

Jaburg Bros., Inc., 94 Hudson. Tel. Walker 2600 – WHITE-ORR’S 1930 CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY–NEW YORK CITY SECTION – Bklyn Genealogy

New York Times – June 6, 1918 – CLICK FOR FULL ARTICLE

Resources:

National Baker – 1915 – Google Books
New York Herald, January 18, 1912 – Fulton History dot com
New Stapleton Waterfront Development Plan – Sept, 2006
$20,000 PENALTY FOR PROFITEERING – New York Times, June 6, 1918

Rare Vintage Small Sitting Cat Chocolate Candy Mold #14 Jaburg Bros – Ebay

Fiftieth Anniversay Jaburg Bros Inc – 1885 – 1939 – Ebay

[Want?] To Be A Millionaire – Advertise Here – Stapleton, SI

Nov 1st, 2013

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Livery Stable – circa 1851 – Singer – Historic Snapshot from Port Richmond, SI

Oct 28th, 2013

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This former livery stable has since been painted bright green. © Vincenzo Aiosa

Port Richmond Avenue & Church © Frank H. Jump

This stables may not be associated with the mentioned biography of W.H. Johnson, but it provides an accurate snapshot of the family livery stables business in Port Richmond in the mid-19th-century.

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Fletcher’s Castoria – Richmond Terrace, SI

Oct 27th, 2013

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Beach 129th Street Merchants Sign – Belle Harbor, Rockaway

Oct 25th, 2013

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Department of Water, Supply Gas & Electricity – Headquarters High Pressure Service – TriBeCa, NYC

Oct 22nd, 2013

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Grutchfield mentions this building having ” a “vintage” sign that is carved in stone….on West Broadway between Beach and Franklin streets.” According to a gentleman on last week’s Fading Ads of TriBeCa Walking Tour, this was done in a time when there was so much pollution, the building and sign could be power-washed.