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Birds on Bag Man
Fifth Avenue
Long Island City
Steinway Street
DISH
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Welcome Service In English
Rotary Dial
Plain Sight
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Hot New Camera
Film Photography
Megatouch at Hammacher Schlemmer
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Times Square, Then and Now
Anti-Possession
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Exile
Telephone Exchange Name Sightings
Florida Waterfront
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Pacific Image PowerSlide 3650
Flag Blowing In the Wind
Plain Sight
Seeing Things
Hot New Camera
Film Photography
Megatouch at Hammacher Schlemmer
Stuffed
Basement
Synaptic Theater
Prodigies
Corporata
Times Square, Then and Now
Anti-Possession
Boatyard
Exile
Telephone Exchange Name Sightings
Florida Waterfront
Unfinished Thoughts
Pacific Image PowerSlide 3650
Flag Blowing In the Wind
WOrth 6-5758. A&A Coffee Shop/Porto Rico Importing Company
I happened to spot A&A Coffee (a.k.a. the Porto Rico Importing Company) on Thompson Street, and not only do I love their sign with its old school phone number (I said so to the cashier) but I also think the coffee was first-rate. I do not know how long this exact location has been a coffee shop but I could see how it would have been in business a long time, surviving against a Starbucks on every corner and other corporate manifestations of the timeless beverage. The place reminded me of the old Siberia Bar, which used to be inside a midtown subway station. According to the Telephone Exchange Name Project, the WO in A&A's old phone number probably stood for WOrth, but in these modern times the WO.6-5758 phone exchange number would be 212-966-5758.
Avignone Pharmacy/Chemists. CHelsea.2-3033
The Avignone Pharmacy on 6th Avenue still prominently features its old school telephone number, which was CHelsea-2-3033. Today this much-liked independently-owned shop can be reached at 212-242-3033.
BAinbridge 9-4088. Magnasign of N.Y. Inc.
I do not know where Magnasign of N.Y. Inc. was based, but it was probably the Bronx, where the BA in their phone number stood for BAinbridge.
I happened to spot A&A Coffee (a.k.a. the Porto Rico Importing Company) on Thompson Street, and not only do I love their sign with its old school phone number (I said so to the cashier) but I also think the coffee was first-rate. I do not know how long this exact location has been a coffee shop but I could see how it would have been in business a long time, surviving against a Starbucks on every corner and other corporate manifestations of the timeless beverage. The place reminded me of the old Siberia Bar, which used to be inside a midtown subway station. According to the Telephone Exchange Name Project, the WO in A&A's old phone number probably stood for WOrth, but in these modern times the WO.6-5758 phone exchange number would be 212-966-5758.
Avignone Pharmacy/Chemists. CHelsea.2-3033
The Avignone Pharmacy on 6th Avenue still prominently features its old school telephone number, which was CHelsea-2-3033. Today this much-liked independently-owned shop can be reached at 212-242-3033.
BAinbridge 9-4088. Magnasign of N.Y. Inc.
I do not know where Magnasign of N.Y. Inc. was based, but it was probably the Bronx, where the BA in their phone number stood for BAinbridge.
This caused me unexpected pleasure during a very frustrating moment in my life
Comment by nail — January 17, 2010 @ 3:48 pm