Fellow fans of New York City in gorgeous neon: feast your eyes on this vertical vintage beauty on quiet East 76th Street between First and Second Avenues.
The glowing sign tells us that the blond-brick garage is open to “transients.” That must mean short-term parkers, but it’s a word you don’t see on city garages anymore.
I don’t know how old the sign is. But it wouldn’t surprise me if it’s almost as old as the garage, which dates to 1930.
This might be part of the garage, in a 1940 tax photo. It’s on 76th Street but the building number is slightly off…possibly a typo? The smaller sign is to tiny to read.
[Third photo: Department of Records and Information Services]
Tags: Neon Garage Signs Vintage, Neon signs New York City, Old Neon Signs New York City, Vintage Neon Signs New York City, Vintage Sign Windsor Garage, vintage signs NYC, Windsor Garage Upper East Side
Ephemeral New York 
May 11, 2020 at 6:48 am |
You are so cool. It is delightful to read this wonderful stuff about NYC in the old days. Especially these days. This poor city. My heart aches.
May 11, 2020 at 6:54 am |
Thanks Penelope! But you know, New York will come back strong.
May 11, 2020 at 9:54 am |
[…] Source: FS – NYC Real Estate A vintage neon garage sign lights East 76th Street […]
May 11, 2020 at 2:23 pm |
The NYC on-line archive, from which the bottom photo comes, is a treasure trove, with many “needles” in its “haystack.” I discovered it last night and spent far too many hours perusing it. One takeaway ref: Penelope’s and your comments: yes, we will come back, but as before, things will change in the process, which is another reason your blog and others like ForgottenNY and ScoutingNY are so important. History may not repeat, but we can certainly learn from it.
May 11, 2020 at 3:07 pm |
Agree…especially about the archive, a wonderland of lost New York images!
May 13, 2020 at 1:12 am |
Can someone give me the link to photo archive? Thank you.
May 15, 2020 at 11:38 am |
NYC Municipal Archives
http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet