tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post7041760886020728044..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Burton's NYCJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-10133297296144496642011-06-14T17:23:44.607-04:002011-06-14T17:23:44.607-04:00After they closed down the porno theaters but befo...After they closed down the porno theaters but before they were torn down the city invited artists to post on the marquis. The only one I remember is "it's wrong to be killed for a stupid reason," or something like that.Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676923637518639414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-92092588082468171492011-06-09T16:38:03.638-04:002011-06-09T16:38:03.638-04:00Looking at these photos I think what's really ...Looking at these photos I think what's really interesting is how the scale (for want of a better word) of New York has changed, at least in a superficial sense. <br /><br />Take the FUJIFILM and TOSHIBA neon signs from the Times Square series, or even S. KLEIN in Union Square, and how they dwarf the stores and people below. My mind thinks of other signs in the area long gone: CANON, PANASONIC, even the old "I found it at the COLONY" sign. <br /><br />These days a gigantic blinking logo isn't enough. International corporations don't want to advertise themselves as such (at least in the western world), and so the vastness and indifference of the city's brazen commercialism which has been lost. Ironically, in attempting to appear more approachable what replaced it is even more obnoxious.James Taylorhttp://www.jamescampbelltaylor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-20551718177660946742011-06-08T13:22:51.718-04:002011-06-08T13:22:51.718-04:00These are fantastic, thanks for sharing!These are fantastic, thanks for sharing!Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-21823946720149935282011-06-08T11:10:54.015-04:002011-06-08T11:10:54.015-04:00In my novella 'My Father's Semen' anth...In my novella 'My Father's Semen' anthologized in "Cruising for Bad Boys" STARbook Press, a 16 year old boy comes into NY looking for his gay father just as the 42nd St movie house are all shut down with strange lettering appearing in marquees up above. I quote from a few, but can't remember any. The book has it: <br /><br />http://www.starbookspress.com/search.php?ID=2834&SEARCH=SINGLEMykola ( Mick) Dementiukhttp://www.MykolaDementiuk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-72181654163116093832011-06-08T10:39:13.383-04:002011-06-08T10:39:13.383-04:00Great photos and memories! Thanks for sharing them...Great photos and memories! Thanks for sharing them. I was in Times Square the other night and was thinking how I'd love to have a beer at the old Howard Johnson's bar in the back in all its orange glory.Marty Wombacherhttp://www.martyafterdark.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-73712791442580260452011-06-08T10:35:49.077-04:002011-06-08T10:35:49.077-04:00i'm curious about the billboards in the times ...i'm curious about the billboards in the times square shots. they are clearly an art project and not advertisements. does anyone know what they were for?Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-91325593812080097142011-06-08T10:06:07.266-04:002011-06-08T10:06:07.266-04:00Thanks. Beautiful photos, beautiful old city.Thanks. Beautiful photos, beautiful old city.onemorefoldedsunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995652957356064546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-77874043174086487792011-06-08T09:02:34.878-04:002011-06-08T09:02:34.878-04:00Quite a stash of photos... Thanks to Carl for maki...Quite a stash of photos... Thanks to Carl for making them available on Flickr (And I GUESS to you for posting about them...)EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-2670513085296408702011-06-08T09:02:00.332-04:002011-06-08T09:02:00.332-04:00Amazing the way he can speak in boldface like that...Amazing the way he can speak in boldface like that.Little Earthquakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08357902966348718076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-31812841857688494642011-06-08T08:11:47.398-04:002011-06-08T08:11:47.398-04:00I love the 1980's street photos--they show the...I love the 1980's street photos--they show the real grit and facing up to the fact that this is not the most perfect world but we are surviving..on small faces that says alot. Thanks Burton.Melaniehtp://melaniemusings2.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-91463175366568891822011-06-08T07:31:36.396-04:002011-06-08T07:31:36.396-04:00Ah, the Times Square Howard Johnson's. I miss ...Ah, the Times Square Howard Johnson's. I miss that delicious chicken pot pie!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-11943295711604310022011-06-08T07:20:24.722-04:002011-06-08T07:20:24.722-04:00Ah, the back of S. Klein's. Used to crawl ther...Ah, the back of S. Klein's. Used to crawl there a lot. On Irving Place & 14th St was Clancy's Bar which was my drinking hangout in the 70s, boy, was a lot of beer consumed there. A seriously heavy drinking bar. I'd stagger out of Clancy's and totter up 15th St where I'd collapse on the short freight stairs of S. Klein's department store and in the 70s it was all boarded up and ready to be torn down. For some reason I'd sit there an hour or two just sit and stare at the non-activity of the night. If I didn't collapse I'd eventually stagger home to sleep. Oh God, memories take me back...please...Your pics are divine.Mykola ( Mick) Dementiukhttp://www.MykolaDementiuk.comnoreply@blogger.com