{"id":7027,"date":"2010-08-25T14:59:12","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T14:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/?p=7027"},"modified":"2011-11-11T22:02:10","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T22:02:10","slug":"fading-ad-blog-does-ny-daily-news-queens-edition-tuesday-august-25-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/2010\/08\/25\/fading-ad-blog-does-ny-daily-news-queens-edition-tuesday-august-25-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Fading Ad Blog does NY Daily News: Queens Edition- Tuesday, August 25, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2epabw8\" target=\"_blank\">Fading away on brick buildings throughout Queens, &#8216;ghost signs&#8217; advertise the businesses and product<\/a> BY\u00a0<a href=\"\/authors\/Nicholas%20Hirshon\" target=\"_blank\">NICHOLAS HIRSHON<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fading away on brick buildings throughout Queens, &#8220;ghost signs&#8221; advertise the businesses and products of yesteryear &#8211; a form of commercial art that preserves history with a vintage touch.<\/p>\n<p>But the unique signs, some of which date to the 1930s, often go unnoticed by locals and tourists because the borough does not promote its own old-fashioned flair.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They help paint the landscape you live in,&#8221; said\u00a0<a title=\"Frank Jump\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/topics\/Frank+Jump\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Jump<\/a>, a Queens-bred blogger who photographs ghost signs. &#8220;We&#8217;re urban-dwellers. There&#8217;s not a lot of beauty in cities. It brings you back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To call attention to the classic ads, Jump is pushing Borough Hall to create a trail linking them with brochures or podcasts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/queens\/jeanne_noonan_ny_daily_news.jpg?resize=570%2C382\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"382\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeanne Noonan for NY Daily News taking the shots for this article \u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2epabw8\" target=\"_blank\">NY Daily News<\/a> &#8211; Tuesday, August 24, 2010<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/ny_local\/queens\/galleries\/queens_ghost_signs\/queens_ghost_signs.html\" target=\"_blank\">PHOTO GALLERY<\/a> &#8211; NY Daily News<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/ny_local\/queens\/2010\/08\/24\/2010-08-24_advocates_of_ghost_sign_trail_in_queens_garnering_kudos_from_experts.html\" target=\"_blank\">Advocates of ghost sign trail in Queens garnering kudos from experts;\u00a0BY NICHOLAS HIRSHON <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0Tuesday, August 24th 2010, 4:00 AM<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/archives\/entertainment\/2000\/12\/16\/2000-12-16_if_these_walls_could_talk__p.html\" target=\"_blank\">If these walls could talk: Photographer preserves fading glory of the city&#8217;s painted building ads<\/a> BY JIM MELANSON &#8211;\u00a0Saturday, December 16th 2000, 2:15AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fading away on brick buildings throughout Queens, &#8216;ghost signs&#8217; advertise the businesses and product BY\u00a0NICHOLAS HIRSHON Fading away on brick buildings throughout Queens, &#8220;ghost signs&#8221; advertise the businesses and products of yesteryear &#8211; a form of commercial art that preserves history with a vintage touch. 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