As New York’s manufacturing base continues to slip into oblivion, so do the manufacturing ads and signs. The Standard Toiletries sign in Bushwick could use a fresh coat of paint:
This Franco American Baking Company ad near the Javits Center is probably the most endangered:
RIP, Walsh Shoe Factory in Greenpoint:
Another shoe factory off Broadway in Williamsburg:
Tags: Franco American, Old factories in New York, Standard Toiletries, Walsh shoe factory
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March 19, 2013 at 4:41 am |
Anybody know the address of the web site that has black and white photos of the cast iron district taken back in the 60′s. I found it late one night and never found it again. The neighborhood was completely wrecked back then, a lot of vacant buildings and homeless folks living there.