Is it a relic sign or a fine example of Art Deco architecture? The answer is both.
I admired this charming old storefront for years on my walks to and from Moynihan Train Hall, but for some reason, I only recently thought to take a picture of it.
It was easy to find the opening-day newspaper advertisements for the A.S. Beck shoe store, but I’ve yet to determine the designer. Whoever it was, they did a swell job.
References
- Advertisement. Daily News (New York), September 18, 1936, p. 16. ↩︎