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New York, February 23, 1912. "Three-ton electric sign blown into Broadway." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
The winds reached 100 MPH that day and caused massive havoc and numerous deaths and injuries.
Too bad the crashed sign didn't read:
"BUY YOUR TITANIC TICKETS HERE!
Only seven weeks until sensational return voyage to Great Britain!"
Was there any chance the sign was an advertisement for a sidewalk sail? Rock bottom prices? Cash and scary? Cash and scurry? Low, low overhead certainly.
It's fair to say that this was a sign of trouble.
The enormous mansard roof housed the hotel's ballrooms, while the rooftop sported gardens and an eatery.
A clever use of space, but the bane of architectural researchers. Whenever I collect local information about antebellum Southern mansions, the locals always insist there was a ballroom in the attic.
seems a bit amused over the brouhaha.
What's that incredible palace in the background?
[It's the Hotel Astor. - Dave]
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