Pineapples have been symbols of hospitality for centuries; no wonder they adorn so many of the doors, railings, and fences of the city’s oldest neighborhoods.
This one is attached to a circa-1800s house on 16th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in Chelsea.
Tags: Chelsea, New York brownstones, Pineapples
June 11, 2008 at 11:00 am |
Is that not a pine cone?, because pineapple does not look like that; even if you invert it
June 11, 2008 at 4:36 pm |
On closer inspection, maybe you’re right. I thought it was as close to a pineapple as the ironworker who made it could manage.
June 21, 2008 at 3:27 am |
It is a stylized pineapple. Not very easy to make a completely realistic one and reproduce for a mass market out of cast iron. These are very common, and are most definitely pineapples.
June 21, 2008 at 12:04 pm |
That’s what I thought; it would be difficult to make a really detailed cast iron pineapple. Thanks for the clarification.
January 21, 2013 at 7:11 am |
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