Old gas stations

[LizzieMaine]

I think there are a lot of apartment buildings in NYC that would benefit from having a giant fiberglass brontosaurus on the roof.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Meanwhile, here's a bit of promotional fluff from the Sinclair exhibit at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Any resemblance to any actual big-city tabloid front page is purely coincidental.

 

[3fingers]

I think there are a lot of apartment buildings in NYC that would benefit from having a giant fiberglass brontosaurus on the roof.

That was my thought as well. Where there's a will, there's a way.

 

[LizzieMaine]

And another issue of Sinclair Big News, this time featuring that gabby tyrannosaurus who ended up on the back of the Dodgers' scorecard. Scientists at the time believed that such creatures lived on a diet of cheesecake.

 

[LizzieMaine]

And finally, the Star of the Show, Dino himself, with his pal Tricey and some little frill-headed character. Under the NRA Code for Dinosaur Exhibitions, they received a minimum salary of $20 for a 44-hour week.

 

[Fading Fast]

I think there are a lot of apartment buildings in NYC that would benefit from having a giant fiberglass brontosaurus on the roof.

That was my thought as well. Where there's a will, there's a way.

You guys are spot on:

From a recent WSJ article:

A luxury condominium is for sale. Bring on the safari animals!

Ever since Tony the Tiger made his debut in the 1950s, animals have been a staple of the ad business—but not so much in the rarified realm of Manhattan real estate.

Until now. With the competition for buyers intensifying as new projects launch around the city, developer Harry Macklowe has queued up a menagerie of giraffes, elephants and rhinos to draw buyers to his new condo project, a 35-story modernist concrete and glass building across the street from Bloomingdale’s flagship store on East 59th Street.

In videos, renderings and social-media posts, a friendly looking giraffe peers over the railing of a glass-walled terrace, munching on some greenery. An elephant rears up, placing a front foot on a terrace railing to chase some red balloons.

In a few weeks, after the top floor is poured at the building, known as 200 East 59th St., an 18½ foot tall fiberglass replica of a giraffe will be trucked in and mounted on a temporary pedestal, along with a 10 foot tall, 12 foot long elephant, Mr. Macklowe said, adding that he found the statues in Southampton, New York. ​

1) No reason they couldn't squeeze a Tyrannosaurus Rex onto one of those terraces
2) I check every single time I walk by, but so far, the promotion hasn't started - I am stupidly excited about seeing this

 

[Fading Fast]

And finally, the Star of the Show, Dino himself, with his pal Tricey and some little frill-headed character. Under the NRA Code for Dinosaur Exhibitions, they received a minimum salary of $20 for a 44-hour week.

According to the handy dandy internet inflation calculator that works out to about $400 in today's dollars or $9.10 an hour. Not even minimum wage in Chicago today ($11 an hour). They survived extinction, only to be exploited - a sad, but common dinosaur tale.

As an aside, back in the '80s/'90s, I worked twenty paces from 45 Nassau Street (where the paper's publisher was). All the streets in that area are very old (some of the earliest NYC streets that date back to the original Dutch settlers).

 

[Fading Fast]

And another issue of Sinclair Big News, this time featuring that gabby tyrannosaurus who ended up on the back of the Dodgers' scorecard. Scientists at the time believed that such creatures lived on a diet of cheesecake.

"Cheesecake" good one Lizzie .

Also, echoes our good friend King Kong and Fay Wray whose movie, not coincidentally I'll bet, came out in '33.

 

[Fading Fast]

I think there are a lot of apartment buildings in NYC that would benefit from having a giant fiberglass brontosaurus on the roof.

I'll bring it up at the next coop board meeting. Having gone to enough of those meetings where every wackadoodle apartment owner gets a say, it would not be the furthest out-there idea that has ever been suggested.

 

[2jakes]

Mobil went mobile years ago!

But Pegasus remains lit to this day!

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[2jakes]

Rob

Rob... you robbed me of the chance to post this one on Christmas Day!

 

[2jakes]

Never mind... found one!

 

[Fading Fast]

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Never mind... found one!

And bonus points for the reindeer lifting off at a good angle.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob... you robbed me of the chance to post this one on Christmas Day!

Sorry about that, Jake!

Rob

 

[2jakes]

Sorry about that, Jake!

Rob

"Sokay"....

I'm also lifting up at a "good angle".

Thanks to Capt. Morgan!

 

[2jakes]

To Fading Fast & his Super Girl Friend!

I am green with envy... she sounds like a nice lady!

 

[2jakes]

Gal has got some powerful looking biceps!

 

[ChazfromCali]

Rob

That is one cool cat !

1940's ? I'm not good at picking up on the model years of vehicles .....maybe it's just the picture fuzziness and rural location that makes it look older than it is.

 

[2jakes]

That is one cool cat !

1940's ? I'm not good at picking up on the model years of vehicles .....maybe it's just the picture fuzziness and rural location that makes it look older than it is.

Could be 50s!
Dude has the "rebel without a cause" look.
Pumps are too close to each other.
Place could be from someone who enjoyed collecting antiques.