Sunday, December 21, 2025

“GAS COSTS LESS”

[79 West 9th Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn, c. 1939–1941. From the NYC Municipal Archives Collections. Click for a much larger view.]

Is he auditioning for a role in Hamlet ? Um, no.

The girl at the window: did you spot her?

The 1980s tax photo shows a vacant lot in disrepair. Today there’s a parking lot.

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comments: 4

Anonymous said...

Nice, here's another view

https://www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu/PHOTOS/nycha/photos/02.007.02376.jpg
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Anonymous said...

A bite for lunch
https://www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu/PHOTOS/nycha/photos/02.015.0173.jpg

Michael Leddy said...

Thanks. Is that a horseshoe above the garage?

Michael Leddy said...

I answered my own question. This tax photograph shows the words HORSE SHOER above the doors:

https://1940s.nyc/map/photo/nynyma_rec0040_3_00535_0040#17.5/40.677134/-74.004385