is what appears to be a navy Chief Petty Officer. I can't see their left arms, but they could be wearing SP armbands signifying Shore Patrol. I'm a retired Navy Chief, and ran Shore Patrol on my last two ships, including going ashore in New York City. Great times indeed. Thanks for the memories.

Can someone clear this one up for me. We have sailors in dress whites and dress blues. When I was in the Navy the uniform was dictated by the season. Any thoughts?

Love the 3-D Budweiser sign.

It appears there is one sailor on the corner that is out of uniform. He is in 'blues' and al the other sailors are in "whites". In June the uniform of the day would have been whites. (Blues are for winter months.)

I am also impressed with the size and complexity of the Budweiser billboard. Being able to look behind it shows a remarkable infrastructure.

"In twenty years everybody will wearing the pants like mine."

I need to know more about that cast iron appendage to the Walgreens corner. Is that the Times building?

The dictionaries say "omnibus" is the dative plural of "omnis" "all," implying it's "for all." I'd go with ablative plural if the bus takes everybody away.

1,000 seat Toffenetti Restaurant. The place to see and be seen.

... is probably "Silver City Bonanza" with Buddy Ebsen as his sidekick.

I say it is Alice (as in Wonderland) and not Dorothy.

But the main thing is this: I shall never again go to New York. This is chaos enough for me. I was there in 1999 for four days and never again! Though I had a very pleasant stay at Crystal's Bed and Breakfast in Harlem!

Is that the Shorpy Dentist (Painless, of course), Shorpy Accountants, or Shorpy Insurance advertising in the window?

When she escaped Oz and discovered Walgreens.

Check out those bellbottoms. (I also attach a movie poster.)

Sailors in Times Square? I'm reminded of Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munshin, trying to see all of New York in just twenty-four hours.

They never did get to the Hippodrome, the Aquarium, or the Woolworth Tower.