2240 Church Avenue – Instagram by Rantourage © Vincenzo Aiosa
Brooklyn Storefronts
Glasser & Sons Revisited – Clothier & Tailor – Glasser Hanger – Linda Gioia
Was once visible on Utica Avenue & Empire Blvd © Frank H. Jump
© Linda Gioia
My husband went to a golf outing yesterday and came home with two old hangers from the men’s locker room. I spent many a day with my parents walking and shopping on Pitkin Avenue in the 50’s, so when I saw this hanger it brought back good memories. I Googled it and came up with your short blog on it. So here is a pic of that hanger! 🤗 -Linda Gioia
© Linda Gioia
1508 Pitkin Avenue – Google Images
Previously posted January 31, 2008
American Refractories – 159 Taaffe Pl – Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
Taken in June 2004 © Frank H. Jump
The oxides of aluminium (alumina), silicon (silica) and magnesium (magnesia) are the most important materials used in the manufacturing of refractories. Another oxide usually found in refractories is the oxide of calcium (lime). Fire clays are also widely used in the manufacture of refractories. – Wikipedia
Firestone Then and Now – Bedford Avenue & Empire Blvd – Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Fay S. Lincoln – 1926 – NYPL – As featured on Brownstoner
Fay Sturtevant Lincoln, known professionally as F. S. Lincoln, was an architectural photographer active from the 1930s to the 1950s in New York City, Long Island, New York State, and with commissions in Charleston, South Carolina, and Williamsburg, Virginia. – Penn State University Libraries
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
Vincenzo and I have passed by this corner countless times while driving up Bedford Avenue from end to end. Today we had to stop and look at it with new eyes of wonder. We both have known about Bedford Avenue’s history with automobile dealers since Brooklyn transitioned from a horse-town to an automobile town. Other remnants like the Studebaker showroom building and the Avenue D Oldsmobile derelict neon are stunning examples of this past. In researching the building, I found a Brownstoner article from November 2011 that features the topmost image from F.S. Lincoln. Now, since I’ve posted this, the odds are this building will disappear within a year. I’m bad luck. I don’t recommend hiring me for taking pics of your new home, wedding or newborn. This has been my personal Twilight Zone saga since I’ve started documenting fading ads. Not all of the images I’ve shot are gone thankfully.
Homestretch Bar & Grill – Gravesend, Brooklyn
© Vincenzo Aiosa
Three waitresses all wearing
Black diamond earrings
Talking about zombies
and Singapore slings
No trouble in their faces
Not one anxious voice
None of the crazy you get
From too much choice
The thumb and the satchel
Or the rented Rolls-Royce
And you think she knows something
By the second refill
You think she’s enlightened
As she totals your bill
You say “show me the way
To Barangrill”
Joni Mitchell – Barangrill, For The Roses (1972)
