tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post2412142144717236357..comments2024-03-26T04:26:04.911-07:00Comments on Lost City: Unfortunate Brickwork in Red HookBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-83530906904948288532014-02-27T03:41:22.186-08:002014-02-27T03:41:22.186-08:00Ole J.C. - you're a fool who just read Wiki.Ole J.C. - you're a fool who just read Wiki.Johnhttp://www.smithtown.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-66339800340790716602012-02-28T12:24:48.431-08:002012-02-28T12:24:48.431-08:00Gees, research the swastika. America used the symb...Gees, research the swastika. America used the symbol freely and with love before WWII. Has nothing to do with Nazis.Cuntry Trashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05721594982194464895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-31045222056937732032010-05-23T04:30:52.312-07:002010-05-23T04:30:52.312-07:00could be a facsist supporter as owner architect of...could be a facsist supporter as owner architect of the building. Remember in Europe between the wars many forms and types of nationalism / facism were discussed supported etc. <br />Not sure but I think the swasticka is also part of Bhuddist symbology. But i think it appears the otther wayt roundKeir Harnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252373420854341792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-82230381729530068232010-05-15T18:10:47.773-07:002010-05-15T18:10:47.773-07:00Reminds me of visiting a lawyer
of the Jewish fait...Reminds me of visiting a lawyer<br />of the Jewish faith at his country home in Upstate NY who had an Indian<br />antique rug but as some of his Family in Hungary were killed by the Nazi's<br />in 1943 ,he had the Swastikas nicely<br />re-embroided to look like squares.<br />Who can blame him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-64487891930925149762010-05-15T06:47:10.789-07:002010-05-15T06:47:10.789-07:00There are swastika-type designs in the ceilings at...There are swastika-type designs in the ceilings at the ends of the GPO on 33rd Street.<br /><br />Plus, many government and commercial buildings of the 1920s have fasces adorning them, e.g. the flagpole in Wash Sq Park.FlyOnTheWallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364347823977164984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-90157181155309266972010-05-13T07:04:04.810-07:002010-05-13T07:04:04.810-07:00My folks went to New Mexico State University and t...My folks went to New Mexico State University and the school's yearbook was called The Swastika into the 1980's I believe. I was blown away when I saw old copies of it in our living room as a kid. It was a fairly common symbol in Navaho art, as it was in many other cultures, I gather.Stray Bongonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-26923066698977305242010-05-12T12:22:50.846-07:002010-05-12T12:22:50.846-07:00Let's just say I wouldn't choose this bric...Let's just say I wouldn't choose this brick pattern for flooring in a synagogue.Frank Jumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01280749757286901412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-33033448884896418102010-05-11T20:02:45.982-07:002010-05-11T20:02:45.982-07:00The fact that it's diamond-shaped is interesti...The fact that it's diamond-shaped is interesting. Most "good luck" swastikas were square; when Hitler comandeered it he altered it slightly, making it diamond-shaped. <br /><br />I'm almost positive what you got there is an honest-to-goodness Nazi Swastika.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-57421590598833052482010-05-11T09:14:39.402-07:002010-05-11T09:14:39.402-07:00They're also on the crown moulding of the US P...They're also on the crown moulding of the US Post Office on 21st Stree in Long Island City. A friend in Sheepshead Bay had a house from around 1910 and they were the trim design on the wood floors in EVERY ROOM of her house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-85999462735589823662010-05-11T06:40:51.929-07:002010-05-11T06:40:51.929-07:00I'm all for preserving historic architecture w...I'm all for preserving historic architecture without getting too hung up on modern context, and the swastika was a perfectly lovely symbol before the Nazis got hold of it, but this is definitely an instance in which if I were the building owner I'd have at least painted over that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-29969539545615327142010-05-11T05:25:22.936-07:002010-05-11T05:25:22.936-07:00I see swastikas used as interior door frame rosett...I see swastikas used as interior door frame rosettes quite frequently. It was considered a good luck charm for centuries before the Nazis appropriated it.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-71919507244804855752010-05-11T04:23:58.024-07:002010-05-11T04:23:58.024-07:00Perhaps before WW2 many Germans lived in the area....Perhaps before WW2 many Germans lived in the area. Nothing wrong with that. Even old man Kennedy supported Nazi Germany before the Holocaust.Mykola Dementiukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02267125930152870083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-39208359253393540612010-05-11T04:10:24.803-07:002010-05-11T04:10:24.803-07:00They're all over the subway, too. The Transit...They're all over the subway, too. The <a href="http://www.transitmuseumstore.com/product/New-York-Subway-Columbia-University-full-view-Tile.html" rel="nofollow">Transit Museum Store</a> even advertises the fact.Queens Crapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02527465812176461894noreply@blogger.com