Bruckner Bar & Grill is located in the Mott Haven section of the South #Bronx. The #bar and grill is housed in a former elevator repair factory and is one of the pioneering small businesses taking part in the revitalization of the South Bronx or "SoBro" which began in the late 1990s. We love it's oversize #neonsign with the martini glass 🍸which is animated. Photo from 2010 and full text appears in our book "New York Nights". #storefront #eyesonthebronx #everydaybronx #everything_signage #neon #signgeeks #bronxbestshots #signcollective #jj_texttypographical #tv_retrotype #typevstime #guardiancities #reportagespotlight

Subway Inn on the Upper East Side was in business for more than 77 years before it was forced to close in December 2014 after it's lease was not renewed. One of its most famous customers was Marilyn Monroe , who filmed the "Seven Year Itch" nearby and stopped in for drinks. Arsemio Salinas, who has owned the #divebar since 2007, after working as a porter, bartender and manager for the original owner, luckily was able to relocate the #bar less than 2 blocks away at Second Avenue and 60th Street and re-installed the iconic #vintage #neonsign, the original wooden bar and stools and even the bar booths. Photo and full interview appears in our book "New York Nights". #subwayinn #neon #signgeeks #storefront #signcollective #myfeatureshoot #guardiancities #reportagespotlight #everything_signage #ig_signage #gas_food_lodging #ipulledoverforthis #igs_nyc #tv_retrotype #jj_texttypographical

Delicatessen on Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn has a great ‪#‎vintage‬ ‪#‎sign‬ with wonderful green ‪#‎script‬ lettering. This ‪#‎deli‬ has been closed as long as we can remember and the ‪#‎signage‬ is peeling away but it still looks great to us. We also love all of the ‪#‎rust‬ and ‪#‎graffiti‬ on the doorway. ‪#‎storefront‬ ‪#‎tv_retrotype‬ ‪#‎type‬ ‪#‎font‬ ‪#‎fontastic‬ ‪#‎typography‬ ‪#‎typevstime‬ ‪#‎jj_texttypographical‬ ‪#‎rustlord_texturaunique‬ ‪#‎abandoned‬ ‪#‎signgeeks‬ ‪#‎trb_ipoft_signs‬ ‪#‎trailblazers_urbex‬ ‪#‎80sixd‬ ‪#‎ipulledoverforthis‬

Lines have been reported to be very long to get inside but it is your last chance to dine at this iconic 7th Avenue location which opened in 1937. We are not sure what will happen to its #vintage #neonsign with its mix of #script and fanciful #font but we hope that it will be saved as the entire building is up for sale. As far as getting its famous sandwiches and cheesecake, people will still be able to visit their franchised locations in Madison Square Garden, Las Vegas and Bethlehem, PA. Photo from 2010 appears in our book "New York Nights". #storefront #gas_food_lodging #everything_signage #signage #signgeeks #typevstime #gas_food_lodging #signcollective #guardiancities #myfeatureshoot #jj_texttypographical #fontastic #ig_signage #neon #typography

We also love the patterns of the brickworks on their #storefront. 🚴#jj_texttypographical #tv_retrotype #signgeeks #tv_retro #signcollective #typevstime #disappearingfaceofnewyork #bicycles #bike

This small ‪#‎storefront‬ carries a wide variety of ‪#‎antique‬ ‪#‎jewelry‬, figurines, bric-a-brac, and assorted household items. We love the ‪#‎handpainted‬ ‪#‎sign‬, which is original. Evelyn told us that although "I've had it repainted two times, I am not going to touch it again because it now has great character. I love that it has faded and chipped areas from the rain and snow hitting it though the years." Photo from 2013 appears in our newly released book "Store Front II-A History Preserved" along with a full interview with Evelyn. ‪#‎tv_typography‬ ‪#‎tv_retrotype‬ ‪#‎type‬ ‪#‎typography‬ ‪#‎font‬ ‪#‎fontlove‬ ‪#‎signofgrime‬ ‪#‎typevstime‬ ‪#‎jj_typeiseverywhere‬ ‪#‎jj_texttypographical‬ ‪#‎signgeeks‬ ‪#‎signcollective‬

@denoswonderwheelpark The ‪#‎wonderwheel‬ was erected in 1920 and stands 150 feet high and holds 144 people at once. Its unusual design for a ‪#‎ferriswheel‬ incorporates sections of curved tracks connecting an outer wheel and a smaller inner wheel, with 16 swinging cars which roll back and forth between the two wheels. There are also 8 stationary cars. All of the cars give riders panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean. We not only love riding on this Ferris wheel but also love the park's ‪#‎vintage‬ ‪#‎neonsign‬ depicting its colorful ride! ‪#‎coneyisland‬ ‪#‎americana‬ ‪#‎ig_nycity‬ ‪#‎IGS_NYC‬ ‪#‎ig_nyc‬ ‪#‎insta_america‬ ‪#‎vintagesign‬ ‪#‎insta_america_americana‬ ‪#‎just_unitedstates‬ ‪#‎ig_signage‬ ‪#‎signgeeks‬ ‪#‎neongeeks‬ ‪#‎neon‬ ‪#‎SignCollective‬ ‪#‎typevstime‬ ‪#‎typography‬ ‪#‎jj_texttypographical‬ ‪#‎trb_ipoft_signs‬ ‪#‎ipulledoverforthis‬ ‪#‎tv_retrotype‬

#July4th, Nathan's Famous in Coney Island will hold its annual #hotdog eating contest. This iconic #frankfurter store opened 100 years ago as a small 5-foot long counter selling #hotdogs for a nickel. Nathan and Ida Handwerker, #Polish immigrants, started the business insisting on selling quality specially spiced franks which came in natural casings and freshly fried potatoes. This weekend, this original location will sell an estimated 26,000 hot dogs! Photo and full text on the history of this #storefront appear in our book "New York Nights". This photo really highlights the glorious #vintage #neon signs Nathan's has as it just had finished raining and the glow of the #neon signs are reflected in the puddles on the sidewalk. #WHPilluminate #neonsign #neongeeks #signgeeks #tv_retro #tv_typography #tv_retrotype #trb_ipoft_signs #everything_signage #signcollective #jj_texttypographical #myfeatureshoot #gas_food_lodging

Book Horizons, a family-owned and operated college and law bookstore in Coral Gables, Florida near the University of ‪#‎Miami‬, has been open since 1953! We love its ‪#‎vintage‬ ‪#‎sign‬ in ‪#‎script‬ ‪#‎type‬. ‪#‎typevstime‬ ‪#‎fontlove‬ ‪#‎typography‬ ‪#‎storefront‬ ‪#‎independentbookstoreday‬ ‪#‎tv_retrotype‬ ‪#‎tv_typography‬ ‪#‎jj_texttypographical‬ ‪#‎umiami‬ ‪#‎bookstore‬

We love the ‪#‎handpainted‬ ‪#‎signage‬ this ‪#‎bodega‬ has and were lucky enough to speak with the self-proclaimed "mayor of the block" as he was reading his ‪#‎newspaper‬ outside! ‪#‎eyesonthebronx‬ ‪#‎everydaybronx‬ ‪#‎storefront‬ ‪#‎disappearingfaceofnewyork‬ ‪#‎signgeeks‬ ‪#‎jj_texttypographical‬ ‪#‎font‬ ‪#‎fontlove‬ ‪#‎typevstime‬ ‪#‎typography‬ ‪#‎fontastic‬ ‪#‎tv_retrotype‬ ‪#‎myfeatureshoot‬ ‪#‎signofgrime‬ ‪#‎signcollective‬ ‪#‎WHPedibleart‬ ‪#‎grocery‬ ‪#‎igs_nyc‬ ‪#‎ig_nycity‬ ‪#‎Mashpics‬ ‪#‎tv_retro‬ ‪#‎tv_typography‬

The building was one of the tallest structures on the Upper West Side when Henry Grimm, who operated a grocery on the ground floor and lived with his family above the saloon, had it built. The #diner has been in business since 1993. Photo from 2010 and full text appear in our book "New York Nights" #storefront #igs_nyc #ig_nycity #signgeeks #everything_signage #jj_texttypographical #signcollective #gas_food_lodging #ipulledoverforthis #myfeatureshoot #tv_retrotype #guardiancities

Not only do we love the unique #font used in the #sign but we also love how they installed a tile mosaic of #Chinese characters. #storefront #fontastic #tv_typography #typevstime #signgeeks #jj_texttypographical #tv_retrotype #signcollective #type #typography

Reiser Men's & Boys in Williamsburg, Brooklyn has been in business since 1966. We love its ‪#‎vintage‬ ‪#‎sign‬ with the awesome ‪#‎typography‬ and the owner, Jose standing outside with the tape measure around his neck. We are also in love with its "lobby" entranceway with all of the wonderful, deep windows displaying a huge variety of ‪#‎suits‬, ‪#‎shirts‬, pants and ties. ‪#‎storefront‬ ‪#‎Brooklyn‬ ‪#‎fontastic‬ ‪#‎typevstime‬ ‪#‎tv_typography‬ ‪#‎jj_texttypographical‬ ‪#‎tv_retrotype‬ ‪#‎fontlove‬ ‪#‎type‬ ‪#‎signgeeks‬ ‪#‎signcollective‬ ‪#‎myfeatureshoot‬ ‪#‎tv_retro‬ ‪#‎signofgrime‬ #

Normandie Bake Shop in Brooklyn had a great ‪#‎neonsign‬ complete with ‪#‎script‬ lettering that at one point must have brought in lots of customers. We could not find out much about the history of this ‪#‎bakery‬ except that it was known for its black and white ‪#‎cookies‬. We hope the relics of this great ‪#‎neon‬ ‪#‎sign‬ was saved. ‪#‎storefront‬ ‪#‎disappearingfaceofnewyork‬ ‪#‎80sixd‬ ‪#‎neongeeks‬ ‪#‎signgeeks‬ ‪#‎signage‬ ‪#‎type‬ ‪#‎typography‬ ‪#‎font‬ ‪#‎fontastic‬ ‪#‎jj_texttypographical‬ ‪#‎trailblazers_urbex‬ ‪#‎tv_retrotype‬ ‪#‎foundtype‬ ‪#‎neonbulletholes‬ ‪#‎ipulledoverforthis‬ ‪#‎everything_signage‬ ‪#‎trb_ipoft_signs‬ ‪#‎tv_typography‬ ‪#‎typevstime‬

Jay Dee Bakery in Forest Hills, Queens was open for nearly 60 years before it closed in 2009. We loved its #ArtDeco #storefront which had an amazing reverse channel #neonsign with a unique #font. We also loved the Ravenna green mosaic columns surrounding the windows which had an orange and red vertical swirl pattern. Jay Dee Bakery was known for its kosher cookies including rainbow 🌈 and cherry cookies as well as their classic black and white cookie. Analog photo from 2004 appears in our book "Store Front:The Disappearing Face of New York."#type #typography #signgeeks #dailytype #jj_texttypographical #fontastic #script #lettering #gas_food_lodging #signcollective #everything_signage #disappearingfaceofnewyork #queenscapes

When SL Green began knocking down a full block of prewar commercial buildings next to Grand Central Terminal last year to make way for its new 1,401-foot-tall office tower at One Vanderbilt Avenue it revealed this #vintage #sign for Sozodont, a popular brand of oral hygiene 😁product from the mid nineteenth-century. Sozodont was created in 1859 and its was chosen from the #Greek word "sozo", meaning to save, and "dontia", meaning teeth. We love its statement "Cleans Teeth Clean- Our Only Claim". We wish this #ghostsign could have been saved but sadly it was demolished and SL Green just recently broke ground for the new building which will eventually become the second tallest building in #nyc! #fontastic #lettering #signgeeks #tv_retrotype #tv_architectural #signcollective #jj_texttypographical #myfeatureshoot #reportagespotlight #empirestatebuilding #gct #teeth #typevstime #signofgrime #everything_signage

Ralph's Deli & Grocery in #NYC has a colorful #storefront and #fontastic signage! We especially love the "R" and the mix of Spanish and English groceries listed. Who can resist cervezas and sodas. #bodega #signgeeks #everything_signage #gas_food_lodging #ipulledoverforthis #signcollective #typevstime #tv_retrotype #jj_texttypographical #signage #lettering #ig_signage #handpainted

Lenox Lounge in Harlem was founded in 1939 by the Greco family. It was named for its location on Lenox Avenue in #Harlem. Billie Holiday, John Coltrane and Miles Davis performed in this iconic #jazz club. Alvin Reed purchased the lounge in 1988 and restored much of its original #ArtDeco interior including the famous "Zebra Room" where live music 🎶 was played nightly. Sadly, #LenoxLounge was forced to close in 2012 after the rent was increased from $10,000 to $20,000 a month. Alvin Reed took the original #neonsign and much of the interior in hopes that he could reopen the club at another location but to this date, Lenox Lounge has not reopened. Photo from 2004 appears in our book "Store Front:The Disappearing Face of New York". #storefront #signgeeks #tv_architectural #tv_retrotype #jj_texttypographical #signcollective #disappearingfaceofnewyork #neon #everything_signage #fontastic #typevstime #font #myfeatureshoot

To celebrate the holidays we are releasing 11x14 inch signed prints of Bright Food Shop for $99 with free shipping to anywhere in the continental U.S. DM or email us at jandkphoto@att.net to send payment via PayPal or Venmo.

Bright Food Shop in Chelsea was in business from 1938-2007. Upon closing, the original #neon sign which wrapped around the corner, was carefully removed and stored by the owners. Earlier this year, they reached out to us to let us know that they donated their #neonsign to the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati. @americansignmuseum. We are so happy to hear that such a beautiful #sign was saved and can now be seen again! #signage. #signgeeks #typevstime #storefront #jj_texttypographical #signcollective #fontastic #typography #type #dailytype #everything_signage #ig_signage

Cheese-D-Lox in Borough Park, Brooklyn is an appetizing store that specializes in #lox 🐟, cream cheese, and #bagels but also sells nuts, candies and dried fruit. They are known for catering #kosher affairs. We love their #handpainted #signage with its original #font and the basket holding the herring and dried fruits as well as the wheel of #cheese . Photo from 2004 appears in our book "Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York". #tv_retrotype #signgeeks #jj_texttypographical #signcollective #fontastic #typevstime

In honor of #memorialday 🇺🇸 yesterday we are posting our photo of the former Navy Yard Cocktail Lounge ⚓️ in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. This #divebar was in business from 1907 to 2010. Steve Frankel, who owned the business since 1999, lost his lease when the building was sold to a developer. The #cocktail 🍸lounge originally served the tens of thousands of Brooklyn Navy Yard personnel who worked in the shipbuilding industry,and later catered to the workers in the many industrial businesses and film and television studios, which have rented spaces at the revitalized Navy Yard industrial park. Photo from 2008 appears in our recently published book, "Store Front II- A History Preserved". #storefront #disappearingfaceofnewyork #signgeeks #tv_retro #tv_typography #jj_texttypographical #memorialdayweekend #signcollective #typevstime #jj_doorsandwindows#myfeatureshoot #Mashpics #signofgrime

Guzman Grocery in Brooklyn is a classic New York ‪#‎bodega‬. We love its ‪#‎handpainted‬ ‪#‎signage‬ and colorful array of products in its window displays. There used to be hundreds of old bodegas in many neighborhoods of Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and the Lower East Side and Harlem but they have been rapidly disappearing in the face of modernization and ‪#‎gentrification‬. ‪#‎storefront‬ ‪#‎disappearingfaceofnewyork‬ ‪#‎jj_texttypographical‬ ‪#‎tv_retro‬ ‪#‎signgeeks‬ ‪#‎tv_retrotype‬ ‪#‎everything_signage‬ ‪#‎signcollective‬ ‪#‎myfeatureshoot‬ ‪#‎reportagespotlight‬ ‪#‎gas_food_lodging‬

This was one of many Greenpoint, Brooklyn #furriers that catered to the large group of Polish immigrants who made the neighborhood the center of #NYC 's Polish community. By 1990, eighty percent of the area's residents were #Polish but that number has drastically been reduced since #Greenpoint has become gentrified. Photo from 2007 appears in our book "Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York". #storefront #signcollective #jj_texttypographical #tv_retrotype #signgeeks #disappearingfaceofnewyork #everything_signage #handpainted #vintage #ig_signage

🍳🍔 Empire Diner is one of the last free-standing diners left in Manhattan and is located inside a 1946 Fodero Dining Car. It closed in 2015, after a second failed attempt to revive it. This photo was taken in 2009 before the #miniature stainless steel stylized #Empire State Building @empirestatebldg replica was removed from its roof. Photo and full interview with former owner Carolyn Benitez appear in our book "New York Nights". #storefront #tv_retrotype #jj_texttypographical #signgeeks #typevstime #signcollective #gas_food_lodging #ipulledoverforthis #igs_nyc #guardiancities #reportagespotlight #myfeatureshoot

This restaurant specializes in ‪#‎cuchifritos‬, a variety of pork-based dishes that are commonly fried. The word cuchifritos literally translates to "fried pig" 🐷This colorful ‪#‎storefront‬ has an equally colorful name "El Coqui" 🐸which is a very small tree frog and the official mascot of ‪#‎PuertoRico‬. We love that they have the little ‪#‎frog‬ on their ‪#‎signage‬ and the great ‪#‎script‬ ‪#‎font‬ they used! ‪#‎jj_texttypographical‬ ‪#‎signcollective‬ ‪#‎tv_retro‬ ‪#‎tv_retrotype‬ ‪#‎signgeeks‬ ‪#‎gas_food_lodging‬ ‪#‎everything_signage‬ ‪#‎reportagespotlight‬ ‪#‎myfeatureshoot‬

Mitchell's Wines & Liquors on the Upper West Side is sadly removing their #vintage #neonsign. We loved this red channel #lettering beauty with its blue dot in the center of #wines and #Liquors. The letters uniquely are placed on a black Carrara-pigmented glass background. The owner is renovating the entire #storefront and is not replacing the 1946 #neon. We hope that it will be saved! Photo from 2010 appears in our book "New York Nights." #disappearingfaceofnewyork #tv_typography #tv_retro #tv_retrotype #jj_texttypographical #signgeeks #signcollective

Luigi's Pizza in Park Slope, Brooklyn has been in business since 1973. We absolutely love @luigispizzaparkslope 's #signage with the #script #lettering and are huge fans of their fresh mozzarella #pizza 🍕which is sprinkled with their home-grown fresh herbs. The 2nd-generation owner Giovanni Lanzo told us, "my father Luigi emigrated here from Calabria where he was a farmer. He opened this #Pizzeria using his family's recipes for the sauce and pizza. He still grows many of the fresh ingredients we use including tomatoes 🍅 and herbs 🌿 at his farm in Staten Island". Photo from 2006 and full interview with Giovanni appear in our book, "Store Front:The Disappearing Face of New York". #storefront #signgeeks #tv_retrotype #ipulledoverforthis #gas_food_lodging #signcollective #jj_texttypographical #everything_signage #ig_signage #typevstime #fontastic

Mr. Figaro Unisex Hairstyling in Sheepshead Bay was established in 1977 by Jerry May aka Mr. Figaro. Mr. May was born in Russia in 1927 into a family of barbers and not only learned to cut #hair but also to sing #opera at a young age. He told us that he "took the name Mr. Figaro after the original singing #barber from Rossini's 1816 comic opera." We love the #handpainted #signage 💈✂️as well as all of the photos of Mr. Figaro and his customers in the windows. Photo from 2009 and full interview with Mr. Figaro and his protege Sal "Cutz" appear in our book "Store Front II- A History Preserved." #tv_retro #tv_retrotype #signgeeks #tv_typography #jj_texttypographical #signcollective #type #fontastic #typevstime #storefront #disappearingfaceofnewyork #reportagespotlight

This one-stop shop for toys, cards, office supplies 📓✂️, sporting goods ⚽️🏈🏀, gifts, games, bicycles 🚲, and stationery has a great #vintage #handpainted sign. We are not sure how they fit all those items into this small #store but the window displays were jam packed. Photo from 2004 appears in our book "Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York." #storefront #ipulledoverforthis #tv_retrotype #jj_texttypographical #signgeeks #typevstime #signcollective #everything_signage

Williams Seafood in Savannah, Georgia has an amazing #vintage #neonsign with, coincidently wonderful Christmas colors. This seafood restaurant had its beginnings as a roadside concession in 1936 and later expanded into a full sit-down restaurant. Although no longer in business this oversize #neon remains. #signgeeks #signage #tv_retrotype #signcollective #ig_signage #everything_signage #ipulledoverforthis #gas_food_lodging #jj_texttypographical #fontastic #signsofgrime #signswitharrows #typevstime