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Summer 1938. "New York street scene, Seventh Avenue at West 125th." Fast-forward to 2013 and the Triborough Bridge sign would read "Robert F. Kennedy Bridge"; Seventh Avenue is now Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard; W. 125th Street is also known as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Photo by Jack Allison for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
Would cost you $1,000 or more today. Timelessness gets expensive.
The man in the middle holding his hat. This is a perfect suit and fits him perfectly. He looks pretty confident. He'll never be out of style.
Can't quite match the perspective.
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The city's decision several years ago to rename the Triborough (usually spelled Triboro) Bridge the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge was highly controversial. Many people thought it odd that the city was honoring someone who had been dead for 40 years by that point. Mostly, though, the major complaint was that the Triboro Bridge was too good a name to lose, as the bridge actually does connect three boroughs. Despite the official name most people continue to say Triboro Bridge and there's no sign of that changing anytime soon.
Note: almost all the buildings shown in this photo were demolished in the late 1960's for the Adam Clayton Powell Harlem State Office Building.
Vim was a 60 store Radio, TV and Appliance chain that was in business in the NYC area from 1927 to 1967. Some of the storefronts had large Vertical signs. An enterprising Jeans Merchant rented a few of the shuttered shops, kept the signage of the former tenants, called his company V.I.M. and to this day seems to be prospering.
Most everywhere, it seems.
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