© Vincenzo Aiosa
© Vincenzo Aiosa
© Vincenzo Aiosa
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Harlem
Theo F. Tone & Co – Coal Wharf & Pocket – 125th Street – Harlem, NYC
Mount Morris Baths – Steam & Turkish – Madison Avenue & 125th Street – Harlem, NYC
- April 1997 © Frank H. Jump
July 2011 © Frank H. Jump
Mount Morris Baths – Steam & Turkish
Harlem, NYC-
taken April, 1997 – July, 2011This image was originally part of a collection I call Urban EdiGlyphs- which was also featured at the THE FADING AD GALLERY in Brooklyn in 2004.
This establishment had been around since the late 1800s and gay since the 30s. It had been frequented chiefly by African-American men. When gay bath houses were systematically closed during the 80s by the NYC Dept of Health – in their hasty response to the AIDS crisis, this one was overlooked. I’ll let you draw your own conclusions.
Mt. Morris had remained open until 2003, when it was closed by the NYC Buildings Department for structural problems. It had come to my attention that since its closing, the “gay press” had not made the same uproar as they had over the closing of the Wall Street Sauna in 2004. It was one of few establishments in that area that distributed safe-sex information and paraphernalia. It will be sorely missed.
Remember- the AIDS crisis is not over!
Omega Oil Revisited – Fading Ad Campaign: The Chrome Age
Omega Oil, 1997 – Fading Ad Campaign © Frank H. Jump
This is the first image I ever shot for the Fading Ad Campaign. Below are some pics I took when revisiting Omega for the filming of the documentary short Not Fade Away by director Jim Sayegh.
December 5, 2009 © Frank H. Jump
December 5, 2009 © Frank H. Jump
December 5, 2009 © Frank H. Jump
December 5, 2009 © Frank H. Jump
Reflection in Police Precinct’s Window – December 5, 2009 © Frank H. Jump
Working cover for upcoming book © Frank H. Jump
77 WABC – Harlem, NYC — Cousin Brucie & Dan Ingram – Long Island Boys – The 1965 & 1977 Blackouts – Campbell Soup – Alison Steele, The Nightbird
© Frank H. Jump
- WABC 77AM – Wikipedia
Bruce Morrow (born Bruce Meyerowitz on October 13, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American radio personality, known to many New York metropolitan area listeners as Cousin Brucie. – Wikipedia
Daniel Trombley “Dan” Ingram (born September 7, 1934 in Oceanside, New York) is an American Top 40 radio disc jockey with a forty-year career on radio stations such as WABC and WCBS-FM in New York. – Wikipedia
November 9, 1965 Northeastern Seaboard Blackout – Wikipedia
Area affected by the 1965 Northeast Blackout – Wikipedia (click for larger image)
It’s funny where my searches will take me when I put together a blog posting. In researching WABC’s theme song on YouTube, I found two great clips (both recently deleted) of two of my favorite DJs of my youth Bruce Morrow and Dan Ingram. The one with Ingram featured the moment the 1965 Blackout began in NYC. I remember I was watching I Love Lucy on our two-toned green Zenith black and white TV when the lights began to flicker.
1957 RCA two-toned green Portable TV
It was late autumn and the sun was already going down. My mom Willy was on the phone with her friend Barbara who lived a few doors down in our Laurelton Queens garden apartment. Then the TV tube gave one last gasp and the screen shrank into a glowing dot as the lights went out. Before I knew it, Barbara and her three kids – Dawn (my first girlfriend) – and her fraternal twin brothers David and Lester, crying from down the block – were in our apartment. I was hungry. I found a flashlight and got some candles and our camping stove. I lit some candles and started to make some Campbell’s Tomato Soup. I was five years old. I have since always done well in emergencies.
Campbell Soup Co. envelope – Brass Dragon
Campbell Soup postage meter slogan – Brass Dragon
Campbell Soup Company envelope – Brass Dragon
After the 1960s, I became a fan of the WNEW DJs since I was by the early 70’s an AOR (Album Oriented Rock) listener and we had moved to Howard Beach to escape the oppressive “bussing” experiment implemented to racially integrate NYC schools. Jonathan Schwartz, Vince Scelsa & Alison Steele were my favs. I remember calling Alison Steele regularly to request Yessongs. She got to know my voice after a while. “Hey Frank,” The Nightbird would say with her breathy, smoky voice – “Wanna here something from Yes?” “And here is Heart of the Sunrise for Frankie in Howard Beach.” I was listening to Alison Steele during the 1977 Blackout. She had just announced that Yes’ Going for the One album was going on sale with an early NY release when the lights went out.
Going For The One – Yes – 1977
It was the day before Bastille Day, hot and sticky. I worked a 48 hour shift at JFK that day and the following day I drove to Sam Goody in Green Acres to buy the album. I drove there in record time on South Conduit without any traffic lights. I miss you Nightbird.
Alison Steele – The Nightbird – 1937-1995
Alison Steele (born Ceil Loman on January 26, 1937; died September 27, 1995) was a pioneering American disc jockey in Manhattan at what would become the archetypal progressive rock radio station in the United States, WNEW-FM. She was commonly known as “The Nightbird“. She also became a writer, television producer, correspondent, and an entrepreneur. – Wikipedia
