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www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/Fire%20Alarms%20page/Alarms.html This article has been viewed 4075 times in the last 3 years Peter: 22nd Nov 2005 - 21:13 GMTha! look what i was just about to post when i saw your entry:
awesome find! i see so many of those, but 99%+ of them are disused, and lack the box on top... only the stubby red base remains, capped off. apparently, back in the day, they communicated via telegraph, believe it or not... i urge you to capture as much of this quickly disappearing urban minutia before its too late... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: 22nd Nov 2005 - 21:24 GMTIt's freaky that you were about to post your pic! I've had this in my files for a while and just hadn't got round to putting it up. These alarm boxes range from the really beautiful to the utilitarian. This one is lovely, check out the scrollwork. Peter: 22nd Nov 2005 - 21:27 GMTi knew you must have saved this one to post, as yesterday's weather was nothing like that in your photo, sadly ;) ahh, winter. yes! you have a good eye for interesting details... its always nice to see the random stuff you pass a million times yet never really look at... Jamie: 30th Nov 2005 - 10:28 GMTwhilst randomly stumbling through flickr, i found this series of photos flickr.com/photos/tags/sidewalkaltar/ Catherine Penfold-Waxman: 30th Nov 2005 - 14:17 GMTFantastic link, thanks! I love that the old fire alarms have a second life as altars. Peter: 30th Nov 2005 - 15:51 GMTthat last link reminded me of the avenue a shrine (oldskool citynoise). also: another disused pullbox, across hte street from the atlantic yards:
Peter: 2nd Dec 2005 - 14:51 GMTheres a good example of one that has a new-style pullbox on top of the antique base, as in the firwst one. I spotted it on washington avenue at dean street in prospect heights, brooklyn:
Catherine Penfold-Waxman: 6th Dec 2005 - 05:37 GMTSorry, It was a very obscure reference. Silkwood is a movie about Karen Silkwood (played by Meryl Streep) who worked at a very unsafe nuclear power plant. She was contaminated with plutonium. During one scene, Meryl and Cher have to go through a horrible decontamination in a shower where they have to scrub themselves raw. ian: 6th Dec 2005 - 07:08 GMTRadioisotopes are wonderful things. Their decay brings about our decay, yet, they have taught us so much about life, chemistry, and the nature of the universe. I exhalt them, on a mighty altar, in a chalice of Boron tubes to shield us from the glory of their neutrons. ian: 6th Dec 2005 - 07:12 GMTps. that movie sounds like anti-nuclear fear-mongering. I'd probably just become irritated and frustrated if I watch it. Of course, fear sells. How else would we have conquered the majestic oil fields of the Persian Gulf but for a bearded bogeyman ready to snatch away our Lindbergh babies. In fact, I have quite a beard myself. Catherine Penfold-Waxman: 6th Dec 2005 - 15:21 GMTBeards are great. You can keep badgers, babies and boron tubes in them. Unfortunately Silkwood was based on a true story. She was inexplicably contaminated whilst working at the Kerr-McGee's plutonium fuels production plant in Crescent, Oklahoma. She also died very suspiciously in a car crash as she was gathering evidence of negligence to take to the union. Peter: 6th Dec 2005 - 15:30 GMTi love silkwood. though that shower decon scene is rather terrifying. Catherine Penfold-Waxman: 15th Dec 2005 - 22:31 GMTFire alarm box with a torch motif on 64th and 3rd ave.
on the juice 90: 6th Feb 2006 - 06:12 GMTthe land of oz is a very funny place where everyone wheres a funny funny face,all the streets are paved with gold n no one ever grows old in that funny place called the land of oz.and thats what i have to say about pull box's.take that waxman..........
Peter: 24th Feb 2006 - 19:57 GMTi found some more oldskool ones in prospect heights, what with the torch/ice-cream finial atop:
elaine: 25th Feb 2006 - 15:03 GMTganked with permission - and if you wanna see more this is his website
Peter: 31st May 2006 - 14:27 GMThere's a differently-styled one i spotted on mermaid avenue on coney island this past weekend:
Catherine Penfold-Waxman: 19th Jul 2006 - 18:26 GMTOldstyle with flame. I think the first one is a flamebot.
AnthonyP: 1st Sep 2006 - 03:32 GMTDoes anyone know where you can buy old obsolete NYC fireboxes? preferably with the torch! Comment on this article..[previous] :: [next] |
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