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Elephant Walk: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 09/02/2007 - 8:03pm.
April 24, 1920. New York City. "Overalls Circus Parade." View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. In the background: The Cort Hotel, probably at 301 West 48th Street and Eighth Avenue. Is it still there?
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Yes, it's still there
Submitted by Kathy on Thu, 11/25/2010 - 7:21pm.
The hotel is definitely still there, though it's an apartment building now -- I live there. Single room occupancies with the bathrooms down the hall. Just like hotels used to be.
Drinking Game
Submitted by zoltarpanaflex on Wed, 09/05/2007 - 2:21pm.
May I suggest?
"It's Photoshopped!" = three sips
"There was no color film in the old days" = four sips
[I'd be on the floor all day long! - Dave]
Cort Hotel
Submitted by jonny on Tue, 09/04/2007 - 11:08am.
Still standing and still making news (1991)!
Take two sips!
Submitted by bellhalla on Tue, 09/04/2007 - 7:39am.
For those of you playing the Shorpy Drinking Game™ at home, it's time to take two sips!
• Disparagement of dress today vs. yesteryear = one sip
• World in decline = one sip
dress code
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 09/03/2007 - 10:10pm.
look at those ladies and gentleman.. no jeans, tee shirts, or sneakers.. classy people. Has anyone but me noticed that the world is in a slow and steady decline??
Cort Hotel
Submitted by Manhattan Guy on Mon, 09/03/2007 - 1:26pm.
The buildings on both ends of the block are still there, and one of the smaller buildings in between. Incidentally, the Cort Hotel building is a block down from the building "Where Elsie Met Her End," the photo posted on 3 July.
Elephant
Submitted by robcat2075 on Mon, 09/03/2007 - 2:19am.
I wonder if an elephant ever got fed up during one of these parades and just started whacking people.
301 West 48th
Submitted by Mike Galos on Mon, 09/03/2007 - 12:06am.
It sure looks like the Cort Hotel building is still standing. It's the building on the Northwest corner with the green awning on the side. The architectural details seem to match.
Notice how all the
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sun, 09/02/2007 - 8:50pm.
Notice how all the spectators have their shoes hanging over the edge of the curb.
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