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A Little Slice of Grand Street History
Two Abused Federal Survivors I wrote a paper on Grand Street’s commercial history for Documentation class last year and this post from Daytonian in Manhattan gives the flavor. I thought I would link to it because the author used one … Continue reading
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Mergenthaler Linotype Complex
All these years, because I had only seen the word in print, I was pronouncing it lin-o-type. Apparently, its pronounced line-o-type.
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Shadow of a Sign
It used to say “Swingline”. The building is still there but it has a lot more empty space inside and far fewer people working there.
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Sunnyside, Queens
The tragic replacement windows to be found in Queens are fascinating. Necessity may be the mother of invention but it is also the mother of some unappealing facades.
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