tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088113792698926514.post2135532965591667578..comments2024-03-19T11:28:13.688-07:00Comments on New York Neon: Long Island CityT.E. Rinaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07342150623593087755noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088113792698926514.post-46902296111578797502013-12-30T07:25:27.371-08:002013-12-30T07:25:27.371-08:00Tydol Flying A Gasoline had a big neon on the Chat...Tydol Flying A Gasoline had a big neon on the Chatham-Phenix building, either at the same time as Lockheed, or just after.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088113792698926514.post-1677394835384530752013-10-02T21:05:01.030-07:002013-10-02T21:05:01.030-07:00Oh, the Silvercup sign and the wonderful smell of ...Oh, the Silvercup sign and the wonderful smell of baking bread. Fond memories of the 7 trainAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088113792698926514.post-47405246849026458512013-08-23T21:53:45.204-07:002013-08-23T21:53:45.204-07:00What a great site this is! (Went looking for a par...What a great site this is! (Went looking for a particular building and found a favorite piece of my childhood, these wonderful signs.) I fondly recall many of these, though in my aging memory the Silvercup sign would have been there before I was a 10-year-old. I also seem to recall a large sign for Serval Zippers, but a web search turned up only a clock tower, which didn't look at all familiar. One favorite memory is of the close-in screeching turn the train made around Eagle Electric; you felt you could reach out and touch the corner of the building. Another site from the train, though not meant as a sign, I believe, was a tin man or robot figure standing on the roof of a building right next to the elevated tracks. Thanks for bringing a bit of my past back to life. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088113792698926514.post-60874831706122152162013-08-21T09:46:45.054-07:002013-08-21T09:46:45.054-07:00Hi, I came upon your website looking for a photo o...Hi, I came upon your website looking for a photo of the Goodman Noodle Man sign in LIC. I grew up in LIC, on 29th street, half block away from Queensboro Plaza, or as we called it "Bridge Plaza". Do you know the sign, or where I can see a photo?<br />The "Pan Am" sign was on the corner by my building, right on the Plaza at corner of 29th, I think you have address wrong on website. There was also a moving"Flying A" sign, atop the Chatham Phoenix, or as we called it in our childish phonetics (Chana Phoenix) I lived across the street from it. We used to play in the lobby, with the countenance of the elevator operator, who allowed us to run through from 29th Street to the other entrance on 41st Ave.<br />In the summer, when the building was closed on weekends, neighbors projected home movies from our stoop onto the unlit building!<br />We were very proud of our Neon. Silvercup, Goodman, Chiclet, Swingline, they were wonderful from a child's eyes.<br />I would appreciate it if you can direct me to the Noodle Man.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00095461516363428649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088113792698926514.post-87035773498240201452013-06-22T22:17:59.866-07:002013-06-22T22:17:59.866-07:00The Broadway Maintenance sign was visible from my ...The Broadway Maintenance sign was visible from my living room window in L.I.C. from mid-50s to late-60s. It originally had a revolving "Sputnik" satellite globe, then it was changed to a revolving clock/thermometer sign.<br /><br />The Goodman's Noodle factory used to create some great smells throughout the neighborhood when they were baking. Also Barricini Chocolates. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088113792698926514.post-26016645788934064512013-03-07T09:05:39.676-08:002013-03-07T09:05:39.676-08:00Wow! I remember seeing most of these signs as a ki...Wow! I remember seeing most of these signs as a kid while riding the Flushing elevated line with my parents. <br />I recall some other Long island City less prominent signs like Broadway Maintenance (they serviced the N.Y.C. street lights) and Goodman's Noodles but I believe Goodman's was lighted but not in neon. <br /><br />Thanks for the memories!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088113792698926514.post-15635738967542098212012-10-01T16:31:43.949-07:002012-10-01T16:31:43.949-07:00Anon: I agree - and if you find one please let me ...Anon: I agree - and if you find one please let me know!T.E. Rinaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342150623593087755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088113792698926514.post-44346946406097259862012-10-01T08:06:00.793-07:002012-10-01T08:06:00.793-07:00Could have had a better photo of PAN AM, since it ...Could have had a better photo of PAN AM, since it was in business for 64 years and was a huge part of aviation history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com