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Wholesale Grocers’ Sign Revealed on 55 Ludlow Street – Concord Painting Inc. – Glenn Adelson

© Glenn Adelson

© Glenn Adelson

© Glenn Adelson

© Glenn Adelson

Other Concord Painting signs featured on FAB:

Glenn Adelson
Rigger License # 5652
CONCORD PAINTING INC
212 382 1100
600 Third Avenue 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10016
www.concordpainting.com

James Ensor exhibit in the Gemeentemuseum – The Hague, NL – 2011

© Gaia Son

© Gaia Son

© Gaia Son

Courtesy of Gaia Son

The Despair of Pierrot (Jealous Pierrot) 1892

James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor (13 April 1860 – 19 November 1949) was a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life. He was associated with the artistic group Les XX. – Wikipedia

Handelshuis Hilvaria – Hilvaria Trading – Hilvarenbeek, NL – Lowlands Correspondent, Gaia Son

© Gaia Son

© Gaia Son

In the early twentieth century….came Kees Schijvens’ Hilvaria bicycle factory to Diessenweg. Besides bicycles Kees also sold Wertheim sewing machines.  – Tilburg Regional Archive

Brides in the Eucharistic procession, followed by the St. Sebastian’s Guild.In the background Handelshuis Hilvaria, owned by the Schijvens family. 1948 – Tilburg Regional Archive

Jacobs Garage – Dr. Jim’s Lofts – 3450 SE Alder – Portland, OR – Pacific NW Correspondent, Howie Schechter

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Notes from an Early Assistance Appointment held in 2012 (EA 12-120164) identified the building being constructed in 1919 as a warehouse and/or garage, with a 1961 variance (VZ 38-61) allowing the building to be occupied as a nonconforming printing plant and warehouse. – City of Portland, Oregon – Bureau of Development Services – Land Use Services – April 5, 2013

Blueprints from the proposal to convert the existing nonconforming warehouse structure on the site to four dwelling units. – City of Portland http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bds/article/442832

According to the developer, Dr. Jim:

The Dr. Jim’s Lofts imaginatively adapted a turn-of-the-century Standard Dairy building into four single-family lofts ranging from an airy 2-bedroom to a cavernous 4-bedroom. CHANGING PORTLAND 3000FT AT A TIME.

Dragonfly Smiles On – International Peace Day – Oh, What Does She Know? #haiku

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Electr. Lasschen – Electric Welding – Amsterdam, Centrum – Lowlands Correspondent, Gaia Son

Nieuwe Ridderstraat & Montelbaanstraat  © Gaia Son

Lasschen is the old-fashioned way of writing ‘lassen’, which means ‘welding’. So ‘Electr. lasschen’ is electric welding.

I am rather overwhelmed with the fact that you are featuring me on your blog so many times in a row. Happy that you like my photos, honored to be your guest blogger! – Gaia Son

It is my pleasure to feature your outstanding photographs!

Feb 8, 2008 – TypoTrip © Wojtek Mejor

Koffie Rombouts – Antwerpen, BE – Lowlands Correspondent, Gaia Son

© Gaia Son

ANTWERP (Belgium). Bogie motor car type 7000 (1908-1975). With publicity of “Koffie Rombouts”. Postcard of VETRAMU/AMUTRA No. 39. Photo E. Keutgens. – The Traveler’s Drawer

© Gaia Son

Alles begint in Antwerpen, waar Frans Rombouts op een dag besluit een brandtrommel te huren om zijn eigen koffie te branden. – It all began in Antwerp, where Frans Rombouts decided one day to rent a coffee roasting drum to roast his own coffee. – Rombouts Website History

© Gaia Son

Luchthaven – Vliegveld Deurne – Antwerp International Airport – Belgium – Gaia Son

April 2005 © Gaia Son

Carmen’s Cafe – Marfa, TX – December 2004 – Gaia Son

© Gaia Son

Fabens Cotton Gin – Fabens, TX – El Paso County – December, 2004 – Gaia Son

© Gaia Son

Wayne Strachan Farms Ft. Hancock TX  © Gaia Son