Forgottentour 18
01/10/05
Belated photos from Forgotten NY's Forgottentour 18 in Hamilton Heights, Sugar Hill and City College. Previous Forgottentours: 15 (Jamaica cemetery/mansion) and 17 (downtown).
The Times on misspelled signs.
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so that's they way they spell 'wow' in Spanish...
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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at January 10, 2005 01:32 AM
The bunny building makes me think of "Donnie Darko", but the Silk_Ribbons one makes me wistful - think of the girls that would save their pennies to go there to buy pretty things for their hair :-)
Posted by: recountess at January 10, 2005 06:44 AM
Churches with neon lights are always a bit funny and strange to me. Very nice.
Posted by: Jesse at January 10, 2005 05:29 PM
The Bunny font and bunny head bear a resemblance to a postcard I have that's a reproduction of an ad from the early 1900s. It's an ad for Bunny brand "Louisiana Porto [sic] Rican Yams" It's got a picture of a rather stern looking bunny about to eat a yam "packed by Ayron G. Boudreau, Sunset, LA." Maybe they had a distributor in NY?
Posted by: aileen at January 10, 2005 10:49 PM
Doubtful; the Bunny was a theater.
Ayron G. Boudreau isn't a very Porto Rican name. Maybe that's why he couldn't spell it.
Posted by: Mike at January 10, 2005 11:58 PM
You have good style and a good eye for the right moment.
Great pictures, great Blog !
Move on
Roland
Posted by: Roland at January 11, 2005 04:10 AM
Hey! I'm not sure how I stumbled across this website, but have been lurking around for about a month now! You're stuff is great! I'm wondering....have you ever encountered any crazy scenarios while shooting in some of these neighborhoods or subways? Some of these places look pretty ghetto and I'd love to explore Phoenix, where I live, like you do but would be a little worried for my safety.
Posted by: Amy at January 11, 2005 07:14 PM
>>>I have that's a reproduction of an ad from the early 1900s. It's an ad for Bunny brand "Louisiana Porto [sic] Rican Yams"
Puerto Rico was frequently spelled "Porto" on maps in the early 20th Century and earlier. Why, I dunno.
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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at January 12, 2005 11:29 AM
incredeble
Posted by: Gary at January 13, 2005 12:18 AM
Looks a lot like the older parts of early Los Angeles county suburbia: Whittier, Pasadena, Covena, Santa Ana. We live in a small world
Posted by: Brandon at January 14, 2005 12:40 AM
Nice to see even god's word can have the occasional typo.