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Greenwich Savings Bank – Sixth Avenue b/w 14th & 15th – Chelsea, NYC

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Got the best shoe shine ever on this corner this weekend. Took many shots of this sign but never posted it. This one is from this past weekend. For an in-depth history of the Greenwich Savings Bank, see Walter Grutchfield’s remarkable site that documents fading ads from 14th-42nd Street.

 

Park Slope Grocery & Convinient – Fifth Avenue – South Slope, Brooklyn

© Frank H. Jump

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Grand Hotel - Fireproof - Chattanooga Tennessee © Gunnar & Sherry @ Eccentric Roadside

Check out my buddies Gunnar & Sherry at their Eccentric Roadside blog!

This blog is devoted to old fashioned American roadside attractions… the wonderfully big, bizarre, crazy, wacky, quirky, weird, funny, unique and mundane sites you see travelling cross-country by car in the USA, where getting there really is all the fun!

 

Fountains – Beverages – Displays – Caterers Equipment Corp – 250 Lafayette Street – Soho, NYC

Electric Recirculating - Attractive, Beautiful, Economical , Noiseless © Frank H. Jump

For Caterers, Banqueters, Clubs, Hotels © Frank H. Jump

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Republic Air – Third Avenue & E 59th Street – NYC, 2005

© Frank H. Jump

Gotham Sign Co – Upper East Side – Manhattan, NYC

East 78th Street b/w Second & Third Avenues © Frank H. Jump

Ladies, Gents clothes peek // From above Botanica // Fifth & Fifth, B’klyn #haiku

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Made to order © Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Banksy? Is that you? © Frank H. Jump

Good luck to whatever business winds up here, but do go and spend some time at this storefront while you can. Bring a camera!

Ladies, Gents clothes peek // From above Botanica // Fifth & Fifth, B’klyn #haiku #location #placepoem

Orpheum Theatre – Madison, WI

© Vincenzo Aiosa

Garry Jewelers – Fifth Avenue – Park Slope, Brooklyn

© Frank H. Jump