In New York now it’s easier than ever to find out about things you’d been curious about for years. Intrigued by palimpsests, I’ve always wondered about those old F.M. Ring painted ads about a dozen stories up on several old buildings in the Twenties. I assumed they were many decades old but failed to notice until my last visit that there was no telephone exchange name, like CH5-4565. The ads must be no older than the Sixties, probably late Sixties because there are 7-digit numbers painted there.
Faded a bit, but how old?