Wednesday 11 April 2012

J is for Joey Ramone

On 30th November 2003, New York's East 2nd Street was officially named Joey Ramone Place in honour of The Ramones frontman. Since then, it's become the city's most stolen street sign - surprisingly half-inched more than that of Broadway and Wall Street.

After its last disappearance, action was taken to prevent the removal of its replacement. While the rest of New York's street signs stand around 12 to 14 feet off the ground, the sign for Joey Ramone Place has been raised to 20 feet with an aim to deter thieves. About as tall as the man himself then.

From the information I've just provided, can you work out what is wrong with the picture below...?



No? Well, the sign's actually pointing the wrong way. The last time they replaced it they positioned it towards the Bowery, rather than East 2nd Street, which as you can see is the one at the bottom pointing towards the camera.




All 5'4" of me next to the 20' high sign.
It would have made such an awesome souvenir as well.

8 comments:

  1. C'mon, with a bit of effort you could've *totally* reached that sign! ;-) (Hey, I'm only 5'2" and shrinking daily, so...)

    Some Dark Romantic

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    1. Damn, even if you stood on my shoulders we still wouldn't reach. Maybe with the help of the others that have commented we could make a human ladder! Baggsy keeping the sign.

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  2. Well, for your S blog on A to Z, how about 'Shimmy,' as in shimmy up that pole and 'snag' that rascal!?

    Or, you can opt for a few cold ones while singing, 'I Want to be Sedated.'

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    1. Hey Jeremy, thanks for your comment. I'm not much of a shimmy-er, but I like your thinking. Maybe you could go up and get it for me?? I'll sing to you while you're doing it.

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  3. LOL That's pretty funny. I can just imagine a city worker standing at the base of the pole, hands on hips and saying "Well, they're going to send me out here to replace it next week anyway, I'm not going all the way back up there to point it the right way."

    :)

    ~ Rhonda Parrish

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    1. Haha, I wonder if they even realise the error of their ways. Thanks for visiting Rhonda.

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  4. Who knew? I'm trying to visit all the A-Z Challenge Blogs this month.

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    1. Hey, thanks for stopping by and good luck on your travels! I'm trying to do the same, but it's not going too well.

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