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Clint Eastwood in “Trouble With The Chair” – Billboard Near Manhattan Bridge

Oct 8th, 2012
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Whatever Life Throws At You… © Frank H. Jump

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Featured Guest – Pat M in NYC – Bridge of Sighs – Staple Street – TriBeCa, NYC

Oct 8th, 2012
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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!

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Fading Ads of Chelsea/Flatiron Walking Tour For OHNY A Major Success!

Oct 7th, 2012
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© 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.

Posted in: Chelsea, Fading Ads Events, Fading Ads of NYC - the book.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-10-07

Oct 7th, 2012
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Ghost Sign Stories: Photographer Frank Jump Is Haunted By New York’s ‘Fading Ads’ By Kim Velsey – New York Observer

Oct 6th, 2012
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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

Posted in: Fading Ads Events, Fading Ads of NYC - the book, Ghost signs, ghost ads & other phantoms, Media, Press Coverage.

Downtown Denver Wheatpaste – Walnut Street Alleyway & 26th Street – Denver, CO

Oct 5th, 2012
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Posted in: Denver CO, Wheat Paste.

Open House New York: A Decade of Showcasing New York’s Secret Spaces – Observer

Oct 4th, 2012
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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.

Open House New York

Posted in: Fading Ads Events, Fading Ads of NYC - the book.

Puritan Pie Co – Champa Street – Five Points – Denver, CO

Oct 4th, 2012
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The Snowden Apartments were diagonally across the intersection of 26th and Champa from the Puritan Pie Company. Some of Neal’s older brothers made moonshine in the apartment; they felt that the smell of the baking pies covered that of the mash! – Denver Beat Tour

Posted in: Bakeries, Denver CO.

Fading Ads of Chelsea/Flatiron Tour this Weekend! – Philip Morris – America’s Finest Cigarette – cough

Oct 3rd, 2012
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From The Fading Ads of New York CIty – History Press, November 2011 © Frank H. Jump

Posted in: Cigarettes, Fading Ads Events, Fading Ads of NYC - the book, Flatiron District, Tobaccoania.

Showtime Two – Unisex Salon – Allentown, PA

Oct 2nd, 2012
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Posted in: Allentown PA, Barber Shops, Neons, Salons, Storefronts.

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