2012 February 05 – Fading Ad Blog

Obama Blasts GOP Candidates on Booing of Gay Soldier at Debate: http://t.co/XWMWquR5 via @youtube #
Merriam-Webster Online http://t.co/lCWiCLXC #
Chris Hedges: Why I’m Suing Barack Obama – Chris Hedges' Columns – Truthdig http://t.co/Uyddlhm2 via @addthis #
Chris Hedges Biography http://t.co/SBNrpp3z via @addthis #
Mitt Romney’s Gay Marriage Flip-Flops live updates on @huffingtonpost http://t.co/aGn0j56F #
Video: Sweet　Bird　　Joni　Mitchell (by wwopa77) http://t.co/e0D4KfXv #
@steveweinstein Romney trumped Trump's trump. in reply to steveweinstein #
Shame on @komenforthecure for putting politics ahead of women's lives. #ShameOnKomen #KomenFail http://t.co/vNjBxIK8 via @MoveOn #
#FF @jensrealia @BonnywoodManor @MenopslStoners @Jennyablue @lisagolden @lemmycaution25 @kwarnockny @kayemdub @UTSavage @susantiner CROCUS #
#FF @mjdub @rolandopujol @nickhirshon @NYDNcolangelo @DanAmira Another winter weekend above the freezing point! #
@jensrealia One day I'll tell you my Ethel Merman story. in reply to jensrealia #
@jensrealia Can't do my Merman story in 140 characters or less! LOL! in reply to jensrealia #
@ConeyHistory Got a tip from my buddy Vlad at FadedPast in reply to ConeyHistory #
@ConeyHistory Thanks! Hope to see you @brooklynhistory on Feb 15th in reply to ConeyHistory #

From the roof of 3017 Ocean Pkwy © Frank H. Jump

After being told about this painted ad on many occasions (recently by Ellen Levitt and Faded Past’s Vlad Iorsh, where it is also featured) for an apartment building on Ocean Parkway, south of the Belt Parkway and across the street and a block or so south of Jesus Shuttlesworth’s (He Got Game) alma mater – Abraham Lincoln High School – I decided to shoot this before it was too late. Totally obscured by arboreal foliage in the warmer months, this sign is best shot from atop another apartment building just a few addresses south. A handsome older Russian chap with shopping bags was fumbling for his keys and I was kind enough to hold the door for him and let myself in. Thanks Vlad for your urgings. On Vlad’s Then & Now pages on Faded Past, he includes this image from the New York Public Library’s Digital Collection: