Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Carnegie Neon Sign

Yesterday, workers removed the gorgeous neon sign of the shuttered Carnegie Deli.


photo by Jonathan Walland

The 79-year-old deli closed at the end of December--for reasons no one fully understands.

Its famous Walls of Fame were recently stripped and its contents auctioned:


photo: Ken Jacowitz


photo: Ken Jacowitz


photo: Ken Jacowitz


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5 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 31, 2017 at 9:15 AM

    Man lives until it is remembered. Our memory - that's all. I started doing art project "1937 Carnegie Deli"
    https://www.facebook.com/jonatanart61/

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  2. DowntownerJanuary 31, 2017 at 9:32 AM

    Amazing to think of the number of souls who came and went, wearing those floors down. And now it's lifeless. Being picked liked the carcass of a dead animal.

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  3. JamesJanuary 31, 2017 at 10:06 AM

    This is really one of those losses I felt was beyond imagining - at least years ago before all the other unimaginable losses in that very neighborhood. I did enjoy that delicatessen, met friends there, ate well. Perhaps the sign will be sent out to Vegas where the imaginary New York lives.

    Here's a commemorative mug (and clock):

    https://society6.com/product/carnegie-deli-mug_mug#s6-6401820p30a27v199

    I loved that sight. JS

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  4. CaleoJanuary 31, 2017 at 10:40 AM

    Downtowner 9:32- The same could be said for New York city as a whole- Amazing to think of the number of souls who came and went, wearing those streets down. And now it's lifeless. Being picked liked the carcass of a dead animal.

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  5. BrianFebruary 1, 2017 at 2:44 PM

    In "Broadway Danny Rose" the neon sign was practically another character in the movie. Go to 3:34. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBtQ-aWhtGA

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