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A Sign Onto You: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 02/21/2009 - 3:04am.
New York, February 23, 1912. "Three-ton electric sign blown into Broadway." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
BIG WIND BRINGS HAVOC AND DEATH
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 02/21/2009 - 4:39pm.
The winds reached 100 MPH that day and caused massive havoc and numerous deaths and injuries.
Ticket Office
Submitted by Kevin McSkimming on Sat, 02/21/2009 - 2:43pm.
Too bad the crashed sign didn't read:
"BUY YOUR TITANIC TICKETS HERE!
Only seven weeks until sensational return voyage to Great Britain!"
Everything must go
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 02/21/2009 - 2:42pm.
Was there any chance the sign was an advertisement for a sidewalk sail? Rock bottom prices? Cash and scary? Cash and scurry? Low, low overhead certainly.
Not a good sign!
Submitted by Mal Fuller on Sat, 02/21/2009 - 1:07pm.
It's fair to say that this was a sign of trouble.
Hotel Astor Roof Gardens
Submitted by Katella Gate on Sat, 02/21/2009 - 11:59am.
The enormous mansard roof housed the hotel's ballrooms, while the rooftop sported gardens and an eatery.
A clever use of space, but the bane of architectural researchers. Whenever I collect local information about antebellum Southern mansions, the locals always insist there was a ballroom in the attic.
Her Majesty
Submitted by Susan811 on Sat, 02/21/2009 - 8:23am.
seems a bit amused over the brouhaha.
Attention New Yorkers
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 02/21/2009 - 3:44am.
What's that incredible palace in the background?
[It's the Hotel Astor. - Dave]
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