Tag: signs

As much as we try to paper over the past, it's usually still hiding near the surface. Two signs that were recently spotted in the neighborhood brought back memories from decades ago.

Soon-to-open restaurant Tiki Chick at 517 Amsterdam Avenue (85th Street) ran afoul of Community Board 7 last year because its sign included a caricature of a bare-breasted woman.

Wheeled vehicles used to mostly mean bicycles, but new modes of transportation have been expanding in the city. So the parks department

The building on the Southwest corner of 81st street and Broadway is in the process of being demolished, and as the facade is being removed an old sign has peeked through.

The foundation that first put up a massive sign about depression on the side of 166 West 72nd Street in the 1990's hadn't spoken to the building's owners

In late August, confronted with oppressive humidity, blinding rays, and damp underarms, city folk turn to ice cream. Thoughts of deodorant and heatstroke are calmed

Check out the new sign at Kosher restaurant and delicatessen Fine & Schapiro, just installed last week. The spiffiest 87-year-old on the block (138 West 72nd street).

Imagine turning back the clock 20 years to a time when small businesses still thrived on the Upper West Side, people read books printed on paper, and your computer

A grocery store on Broadway between 103rd and 104th street in front of a subway entrance closed recently, and construction workers stripped off

Oh, if only Nora Ephron were still alive. She might make a movie about this. A woman who wishes to remain anonymous was walking to CVS during the snowstorm on

The great Upper West Side photographer Glark, or "David" as his parents call him, has put together a hilarious photo essay about the misspellings at fruit stands throughout the Upper West Side. He's thankfully given us permission to post a few of them below. Check out the rest on his ...