tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post5006550958544508364..comments2024-03-26T04:26:04.911-07:00Comments on Lost City: The Awning Police Claim Another VictimBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-14291220291030826972009-09-03T18:37:36.653-07:002009-09-03T18:37:36.653-07:00Seems to me they have baskets outside
of the store...Seems to me they have baskets outside<br />of the store with merchandise perhaps<br />that and the new awning are linked to<br />rain protection of the sidewalk goods?<br />Ironrailsandironweights has brought<br />memories of store ownwers in the 1940's letting me crank the store<br />awnings up or down when I was a little boy,what ever became of those<br />great shade and rain shelters?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-22440703139657057122009-09-03T10:24:20.004-07:002009-09-03T10:24:20.004-07:00I am with you 100%... The changing face of NYC is ...I am with you 100%... The changing face of NYC is a sad one as this is yet another step in the wrong direction.Mr. Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00164137669276160575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-39934207199573640782009-09-03T10:10:13.740-07:002009-09-03T10:10:13.740-07:00Of course no awning is better....except when it...Of course no awning is better....except when it's raining. What's really "Lost City" are those roll-up awnings, you know, the kind that The Three Stooges would fall through when leaping out a window. Those awnings were rolled down on an as-needed basis by the store proprietor. You'd have the best of both world's with those: signage and protection from the elements.MartinD28https://www.blogger.com/profile/05298910740682015626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-53323478607573091182009-09-03T10:02:10.685-07:002009-09-03T10:02:10.685-07:00The old sign's picturesque, but it also might ...The old sign's picturesque, but it also might be obsolete because it refers to things the store probably doesn't sell any longer: sporting goods, hobbies (which I assume are things like model airplanes), paperbacks, maybe party goods. I don't know how practical it would have been to have modified the sign to remove these items.<br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com