27 November 2011

A Good Sign: J. Braun Liquors


I found this wonderful old liquor store sign over the weekend, at Lexington and 90th. Judging by the name, a remnant of the area's German past.

UPDATE: Additional info sent by a reader in the know: "The proprietor was Julius Braun (1914-1995), a Jewish immigrant from Poland who arrived in NY in 1921 with his family. I don't know when Julius opened the store on Lexington Avenue, but it has been there since at least 1971."

There aren't enough people named Julius anymore, in my opinion.
at

1 comment:

  1. T.E. Rinaldi11/29/2011 11:40 AM

    Old Julius had this beauty installed in 1952: http://www.nyneon.org/Retail-88.htm

    ReplyDelete

Sorry. This blog DOES NOT accept Anonymous comments. I also reserve the right to not post abusive or offensive comments, or anything that contains the phrase "a real New Yorker."