© Vincenzo Aiosa
© Vincenzo Aiosa
Thanks to Vincenzo’s eagle eye, this was the find of the weekend! I love the element of discovery even when you thought you have examined every square foot of NYC.
Fading Ads of TriBeCa Tour – OHNY – A Big Wet Success
From Fading Ads of Tribeca Walking Tour OHNY © Vincenzo Aiosa
Beautiful & dubious – From Fading Ads of NYC © Frank H. Jump
From Fading Ads of Tribeca Walking Tour OHNY © Vincenzo Aiosa
Hey- There want a table for 150! © Vincenzo Aiosa
Groceries, Liquor, Segars © Vincenzo Aiosa
From Fading Ads of Tribeca Walking Tour OHNY © Vincenzo Aiosa
From Fading Ads of Tribeca Walking Tour OHNY © Vincenzo Aiosa
From Fading Ads of Tribeca Walking Tour OHNY © Vincenzo Aiosa
© Frank H. Jump
From Fading Ads of Tribeca Walking Tour OHNY © Vincenzo Aiosa
Instagram © Frank H. Jump
From Fading Ads of Tribeca Walking Tour OHNY © Vincenzo Aiosa
Staple Street © Frank H. Jump
Staple Street © Frank H. Jump
New York Hospital – Staple Street – From Fading Ads of Tribeca Walking Tour OHNY © Frank H. Jump
Dear Columbus – A Letter from a First Grade Elementary School Class
Dear Columbus-
We are sorry that you are dead and we are writing you a little note. Please, Columbus be nice because other people don’t want to be slaves. Please do not hurt other people because they can’t find gold for you. Also, share the gold and the spices you have stolen with poor people. Cutting off people’s hands who can’t find you gold isn’t a nice thing to do. We are peacebuilders.
We wish you would have been nice. The stories about you don’t tell the truth. Please say you are sorry.
Sincerely,
First Grade Class
Children need to be taught the truth about Columbus’ blood-and-gold-thirsty voyages and their impact on the indigenous people of the Western Hemisphere and the people on the African continent.
- About.com – The Truth About Christopher Columbus: Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain?
- Huffington Post – Columbus Day? True Legacy: Cruelty and Slavery
Featured Guest – Pat M in NYC – Bridge of Sighs – Staple Street – TriBeCa, NYC
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The old NY Hospital connecting/pedestrian bridge across Staple Street in TriBeCa NYC reminds me of a similar covered bridge in Venice. –PatM_in_NYC
Today I had the pleasure to meet PatM in NYC on my Fading Ads of TriBeCa Walking Tour and he shared with me this breathtaking image of the bridge on Staple Street. Thanks for coming today and thanks for sharing!
Fading Ads of Chelsea/Flatiron Walking Tour For OHNY A Major Success!
© Vincenzo Aiosa
© Vincenzo Aiosa
© Vincenzo Aiosa
Over 125 people arrived for the walking tour today and I want to thank every one of you for coming. What an incredible day! I thoroughly enjoyed showing you around Chelsea/Flatiron and weather permitting, I hope to see you tomorrow for the Tribeca tour.
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Ghost Sign Stories: Photographer Frank Jump Is Haunted By New York’s ‘Fading Ads’ By Kim Velsey – New York Observer
The Omega Oil sign, on Frederick Douglas and 145th, that started it all. (Courtesy Frank Jump)
For more than 20 years photographer Frank Jump has been documenting New York’s fading ads. Slowly vanishing signs of yesteryear, the building ads are ephemera that has stubbornly persisted in our constantly changing urban landscape, in defiance of development, decay and all the other challenges conspiring against them. The most common term for such remnants is ghost signs, but Mr. Jump prefers fading ads. “I never felt comfortable with the word ghost,” he says. “I don’t really believe in ghosts.”
While some may see such remnants of the past as manifestations of loss, Mr. Jump sees them metaphors for survival. “Like myself, many of these ads have long outlived their expected lifespan,” he explained in a recent interview. In 1986, at the age of 26, Mr. Jump was diagnosed with HIV and told that he had a few good years left. Despite the discouraging prognosis, a decade later he was finishing his long-postponed college degree when he saw a massive, faded sign for Omega Oil at 145th Street and Frederick Douglas Boulevard. – CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
Open House New York: A Decade of Showcasing New York’s Secret Spaces – Observer
It’s that time of year again when New York flings open its too-often locked and double barred doors for the 10th annual Open House New York (OHNY) weekend. The event promises unprecedented access to the cities myriad of architectural, cultural and historical gems. From the spectacular—The Grand Masons Lodge, which is participating with the event again this year at its historic 23rd street location—to the austere—the Brooklyn Army Terminal, an imposing 5 million square-foot site of criss-crossed steel and exposed concrete—to the just plain obscure and whimsical—come explore the lost streams of New York, which can be observed, using a flashlight, through the ventilation holes of old manhole covers, but normally that’s about it.
It’s a wonderland, this city.
Likewise, the Fading Ads of New York City tour offers a chance to stop and remember the New York that once was. The tour is directed by the remarkable Frank Jump, a documentarian and historian of these commercial artifacts for more than twenty years now, whose breadth of knowledge on the topic is unsurpassed.
