Comments on: The Disappearing Face of New York http://www.retronaut.co/2011/05/the-disappearing-face-of-new-york/ The past is a foreign country. This is your passport. Sat, 26 Nov 2024 05:48:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Marie http://www.retronaut.co/2011/05/the-disappearing-face-of-new-york/#comment-87750 Marie Fri, 18 Nov 2024 23:02:09 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=15250#comment-87750 I love these kinds of facades, would like to know what preceded these... THESE KINDS OF PLACES ARE ONE OF THE TOP REASONS I LOVE NEW YORK CITY. i REMEMBER WHEN TIMES SQUARE WAS KINDA, WELL, WAS SEEDY. One Hispanic place in the pics. looks like a hybrid, but it looks okay anyways. The problem is the corporations and super-cheap developers and builders. Plus, how many people can afford to open a storefront in NYC anymore? Thanks retronaut!!!! I love these kinds of facades, would like to know what preceded these… THESE KINDS OF PLACES ARE ONE OF THE TOP REASONS I LOVE NEW YORK CITY. i REMEMBER WHEN TIMES SQUARE WAS KINDA, WELL, WAS SEEDY. One Hispanic place in the pics. looks like a hybrid, but it looks okay anyways. The problem is the corporations and super-cheap developers and builders. Plus, how many people can afford to open a storefront in NYC anymore? Thanks retronaut!!!!

]]> By: Frances http://www.retronaut.co/2011/05/the-disappearing-face-of-new-york/#comment-80021 Frances Sat, 08 Oct 2024 07:06:28 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=15250#comment-80021 The Optimo cigars place is located in Rockaway Park, and I used to go in there almost every day after school when I was a teenager because they sell the best candy and magazines. I bought my first pack of cigarettes there too, when I turned 18! The Optimo cigars place is located in Rockaway Park, and I used to go in there almost every day after school when I was a teenager because they sell the best candy and magazines. I bought my first pack of cigarettes there too, when I turned 18!

]]> By: Gabriel http://www.retronaut.co/2011/05/the-disappearing-face-of-new-york/#comment-57270 Gabriel Sat, 06 Aug 2024 14:02:46 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=15250#comment-57270 The Flushing Noodle House is still and has great, GREAT dumplings The Flushing Noodle House is still and has great, GREAT dumplings

]]> By: Laura http://www.retronaut.co/2011/05/the-disappearing-face-of-new-york/#comment-52750 Laura Wed, 06 Jul 2024 23:58:06 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=15250#comment-52750 Dear Stephen, Kove Brothers is still on 7th at 21st. Taught me everything I learned as a girl super! Dear Stephen, Kove Brothers is still on 7th at 21st. Taught me everything I learned as a girl super!

]]> By: michelle http://www.retronaut.co/2011/05/the-disappearing-face-of-new-york/#comment-46286 michelle Wed, 25 May 2024 23:50:17 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=15250#comment-46286 oh my gosh..i grew up and lived over miller's pharmacy (173 broad street, town of stapleton, staten island) from birth thru age 24... my mother lived there for a total of 54 years...in an apartment that my grandfather took "temporarily" so that he could live next door to his store...there were 4 apartments above the pharmacy...all 4 were walk up railroad flats...all were 4 rooms in a row.my growing up years there have given me countless cherished memories.... thank you for sharing these wonderful photos of the face of NY that is SO familiar to me... oh my gosh..i grew up and lived over miller’s pharmacy (173 broad street, town of stapleton, staten island) from birth thru age 24…
my mother lived there for a total of 54 years…in an apartment that my grandfather took “temporarily” so that he could live next door to his store…there were 4 apartments above the pharmacy…all 4 were walk up railroad flats…all were 4 rooms in a row.my growing up years there have given me countless cherished memories….
thank you for sharing these wonderful photos of the face of NY that is SO familiar to me…

]]> By: Drawmark http://www.retronaut.co/2011/05/the-disappearing-face-of-new-york/#comment-46283 Drawmark Wed, 25 May 2024 23:08:31 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=15250#comment-46283 I grew up in NY/NJ and moved out west 20 years ago. I have only had the opportunity to get back a handful of times over the years, and last week was one of those times. As much as the city has changed over the years, buildings and businesses replaced with newer, bigger, sleeker models, my eye on this last trip was continually drawn to the old and familiar signs, and typefaces hiding in plain sight amongst the shock of the new. Not sure whether this was related to pangs of nostalgia, or the mere fact that the hand drawn/hand hewn signage of yore just plain sticks out like a beacon of authenticity in an era of sameness. Great post and site. I grew up in NY/NJ and moved out west 20 years ago. I have only had the opportunity to get back a handful of times over the years, and last week was one of those times. As much as the city has changed over the years, buildings and businesses replaced with newer, bigger, sleeker models, my eye on this last trip was continually drawn to the old and familiar signs, and typefaces hiding in plain sight amongst the shock of the new.

Not sure whether this was related to pangs of nostalgia, or the mere fact that the hand drawn/hand hewn signage of yore just plain sticks out like a beacon of authenticity in an era of sameness. Great post and site.

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