2014年2月14日 · Did you know that 62 lampposts were designated as landmarks in NYC? Here are 5 historic ones to check out on your daily routine.

2020年4月12日 · City Hall Park, about half of which (the lower half) is open to the public, is the largest repository of early-era Type 1 BC lampposts in New York City. However, that was mitigated in the 1990s by a large restoration program that severely modified the appearance of the original poles; most notably by the addition of new globe ornaments on the ...

1998年10月8日 · In New York City, between the golden age of cast-iron lampposts, approximately 1895 and 1950, and prior to the brave new world of green-white fluorescent bulbs (which held sway between 1960 and 1972, when super-bright yellow sodium bulbs took over) there was an interregnum of sorts, when old-style yellow incandescent lights were installed on ...

2025年2月20日 · Discover the fascinating history of iconic lampposts in New York City. Explore their evolution from wooden posts to ornamental designs.

2012年2月26日 · The Donald Deskey lamppost was introduced in 1958 at Broadway and Murray Street alongside City Hall Park, and was brought out as a standard NYC lamppost in 1962. It was designed by architect and industrial designer Donald Deskey, who is most famed for the interiors of Radio City Music Hall, as well as the Crest toothpaste tube.

2012年4月6日 · 100 historic, cast-iron lamp posts are known to survive in New York City. In all likelihood, even fewer survive today.

Approximately 100 historic, cast-iron lampposts are known to survive in the City of New York. The earliest, dating from the mid nineteenth century, are two gas lamp posts. Electric lights first appeared in 1880, on Broadway.

2024年1月16日 · Dec 20, 2023 - There are 1,600 lamp posts inside of Central Park, each with a number at its base that can help you navigate direction like a map. The first two to three numbers represent the closest street, and the last number indicates whether you are on the east side (even numbers) or west side (odd numbers) of the park.

2014年3月11日 · Robert Mulero shared with us photographs of New York City's historic bishop's crook lampposts, which he's been photographing since the 1970s.

2018年4月30日 · The bishop's crook isn't the only old-school style New York lamppost. But it might be the most beloved. Named for the fanciful staff bishops carried, cast-iron bishop's crook lampposts first hit the streets around 1900, according to …