It's not unusual to see signs on public buildings in New York or any other city with elected officials names on them. You might have the commissioner of that particular department, but you can be sure the mayor will want their name on top. It is unusual for that sign to last a century.
There is a building near the Brooklyn Bridge, now in use by the NYPD, but was originally built for the Department of Street Cleaning. The mayor's name is John Hylan. Hylan served as NYC mayor from 1918 to 1925. The Department of Street Cleaning was renamed the Department of Sanitation in 1929. This sign must be right around 100 years old!
Wow! That's pretty cool, Bo. I wonder what street cleaning in New York City entailed back then. Push brooms? Buckets of water?
ReplyDelete1923: That's the year my Uncle Fred was born.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised that it doesn't have graffiti all over it.
ReplyDelete1923. Gehrig plays his first game as a Yankee.
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