This was painted on the tile wall of a kitchen that probably hasn’t been used in about 60 years:
I love the red fingernails, the font on the lettering, the detail on the hands, and especially the fact that either its painted as if looking at someone who is holding up their hands for inspection…or the thumbs are on the wrong side.
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If you’ve ever been annoyed at the fact that most of Fifth Avenue’s mansions probably don’t want you knocking at their front door, do yourself a favor and check out one most don’t realize is open to the public: the Ukrainian Institute at the corner of 79th Street and Fifth Ave, built in 1899 as…
A great day is getting to scout an empty 19th century mansion… …and coming across a secret wall panel! A full tour coming soon! -SCOUT
When is a bookcase not a bookcase? When it’s the floor… ..and ceiling and walls to D’Espresso cafe at 317 Madison Ave, famous for having been designed as a library turned sideways! I was a little disappointed when I first went saw it in person that the designer had used images of books instead of…
Cypress Hills Street might as well be called the Graveyard Highway. A wide, four-lane thruway located in Glendale, Queens, it cuts through The Cemetery Belt – a sprawling collection of cemeteries established after the State Rural Cemeteries Act of 1847 forbade the creation of any new cemeteries in Manhattan. I was out there recently to…
When you first come to Eighth Avenue between 43rd & 44th, it appears to be nothing more than a strip of touristy gift shops. Swing around the corner on 44th Street, and you’ll just find a row of restaurants. But look at this intersection from above, and you’ll see something unusual hidden from view… Nestled…
Last week, I was taking pictures of the bridge over 96th Street on Riverside Drive… …when a detail caught my eye on the apartment building to the north… This bit of decoration on the corner… …featuring a buffalo skull with ceremonial decorations: As I stared at it, I started to notice more interesting details, like…
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Do you think it’s a one-sentence descriptive statement, or rather two separate commands?
Oh creepy! Maybe the person who painted it used their own hands as a guide, then added the last touch of the fingernails without really thinking. But quite a little gem you found. The color is pretty rich for 60 years or so.
Your photos make my heart race- SO good! I Love all of them and this one is fabulous for my bathroom because we are dirty people-and it would be quite helpful…Thanks for your posts- they are brilliant!
Or the black guy with the big bald head is looking up at his hands wondering why they’re so tiny and white.
the thumbs aren’t on the wrong side: the painting on the left is clearly a right hand; the one on the right is a reflection of the painting on the left. Perhaps this is to show that the “lady” who just washed her hands is standing in front of a mirror and checking both sides of her hand to make sure they’re clean
Not so sure, looks a little evil to me. The red fingernails? Come on!