Instagram Sign Tribute

Time to say thank you to the talented Instagramers who contributed to this week's post, a celebration of the ever-engaging Tudor City sign.

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HATFIELD HOUSE, THE CLOISTER, and THE HERMITAGE. . . almost

A return to the collaboration of the Works Progress Administration and the New York City Tax Department to compile a photographic record of all the buildings in the five boroughs. This group of photos shows part of Tudor City's buildings, and only just a part.

This first photograph depicts the awning of 304 E. 41st Street ‒ Hatfield House ‒ as well as two buildings to its west. Today, this anonymous duo has been replaced by Turken House, sponsoring Turkish students in New York.   

We now move to E. 43rd Street. The Cloister (far right) is overshadowed by the four-story building next door that takes up most of the picture. It was eventually demolished and replaced by the headquarters of the Consulate General of Malaysia.      

Then there is The Hermitage, which plays second fiddle to the 43rd Street rowhouses and the huge trunk of a car.

In this second shot, the camera has moved up the street for a more pleasing composition. At the top is the Tudor City sign.

The sequence ends with a shot of the other rowhouse on the western side of The Hermitage. It went away ‒ along with the adjoining Hospital for Special Surgery ‒ when the Ford Foundation headquarters replaced it in 1967.

More MISCELLANY

Once again, a few interesting bits of trivia.

From last Sunday's Post comes a story about the vicissitudes of New York's real estate market, entitled Prices Growing, Growing, Gone! The study of the market over the last ten years, it was a uplifting tale ‒ particularly if 0ne is a real estate agent ‒ except for a couple of straggling neighborhoods.

The main straggler, according to the Post, is "Tudor City, an apartment complex that consumes the area between East 40th and East 43rd streets and First and Second avenues. It took the greatest hit, with prices falling 17% from $402,000 in 2014 to $335,000 last year." 

Thanks to Vanessa Groce for the tip.

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Photograph around 1929, showcasing the two Tudor City signs. Then there was another sign on The Woodstock's western wall. . .

WOODSTOCK TOWER is all we can make out, however.

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The oil painting, Festival of St. Roch by E. Debat-Ponsan, hung in the lounge of Hotel Tudor in the 1950s; this postcard celebrated it.

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Finally, John McKean calls for an emergency meeting in his newsletter of January 25, 1981. "We still can win, but we must fight!"

Instagramable

A tip of the hat to the inspired Instagrammers whose work makes up this week's post.

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Instagramed

Once again, please welcome the latest group of talented Instagrammers who provide the content of this week's post. 

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Instagramable You

Hello, once again from the wondrous world of Instagram, offering inspiration to our intrepid Instagrammers. 

    

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Instagrammed

Once again, we welcome our intrepid Instagrammers to the dance floor. Drum roll, please.

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Anatomy of a Photo

Once again, our Anatomy of a Photo series. This time out, we have a panoramic view looking north from about 39th Street and 3rd Avenue. It feels like the rooftop sun deck of a hotel.   

First we have No. 25 and No. 5, offset by shrubbery and patio furniture.  
 

The Woodstock and No. 45, along with the sign.

In the center of the photo, there's a sign advertising the Beaux-Arts apartments, the Queensborough Bridge, and the Hotel Tudor sign.

More patio furniture. The articles on the table appear to be magazines.

Finally, the Daily News building, just barely clearing the awning.

SEASON'S GREETINGS

SIGNS

Some 1940 photos recently came our way, a collaboration of the Works Progress Administration and the New York City Tax Department to compile a photographic record of all the buildings of the five boroughs. 

Looking at the neighborhood around Tudor City, we spotted TUDOR LUNCH. It brought to mind a past post about businesses that trade off the name ‒ like TUDOR HAIRDRESSING ‒ yet have no official affiliation with the complex. Here are the latest examples:

The first occurs near the corner of 43rd and 2nd. TUDOR LUNCH, it reads, plain and simple. 

In fact, there were two of them, the other one on 44th and 1st, TUDOR LUNCH BAR. This one also offered cocktails.

One also couldn't exclude traveling vehicles, as seen below: TUDOR CITY PAINT SUPPLY CO had an office on Second Avenue. 

Then there was the case of Haddon Hall Cigars, sitting on a corner of 44th and 2nd, while Haddon Hall, the Tudor City apartment house, lies three blocks away. Coincidence? Who knows? 

Finally, a sign of the French Company's design, HOTEL TUDOR with an arrow, below. This corner of 42nd and 1st was also home to the MURRAY HILL DINER, which "never closes."