It’s still a shock to see the dark, empty buildings clustered around West 12th Street and Seventh Avenue, home to St. Vincent’s until 2010.
This old sign, near a 13th Street exit at the Seventh Avenue and 14th Street station, is pulling a much slower fade.
It goes all the way to when St. Vincent’s was merely a hospital, not a medical center . . . .
I’m not sure when this sign dates to—the 1970s? The 1960s? Whenever New Yorkers still referred to trains by their old transit company initials rather than the letter or number.
Anyway, it sure doesn’t match the current New York City Transit sign motif.
It’s positioned high, almost out of view, just inside the 42nd Street A C E station as you enter the station from the lower level of the Port Authority.
Ephemeral New York 