The cool thing about the Lamb’s Theater (currently under renovation) on West 44th Street in Times Square?
The row of fairly unnoticeable lamb skulls lining the exterior.
Sort of a weird building motif, especially for family-friendly Times Square, no?
-SCOUT
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One of my favorite cemeteries in New York is so small, I must have walked by it dozens of times in my travels before I first noticed it. Don’t feel bad if you’ve missed it too. Lined by residential buildings, it’s only natural to assume the short stretch of fencing on the south side of…
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Last week, I was trudging through a very slushy midtown when I happened to turn onto 47th Street… …and walk past what has to be one of the strangest buildings in Manhattan: A six-story office building, the facade of 15 East 47th Street is completely obscured by a wall of brass-colored rings: Here’s a close-up….
Someone emailed me a couple weeks back that there was a man jumping off a ledge on West 23rd btw. 8th & 9th. It took me a while to finally get around to checking it out, but luckily, the man is still in the process of jumping: I believe this is some sort of art…
Spotted on a wall in Williamsburg… -SCOUT
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They aren’t real, are they??
By the way, just watned to say great job on the blog, its a great read.
-Zac
http://zacsstrokes.wordpress.com
It’s interesting that it’s a ram’s skull although, given the name of the theatre, it makes sense.
You’ll notice, if you look at the second or third storeys of a lot of turn-of-the-century architecture in the city, a motif of an ox skull hung with garlands. This was a common motif in antiquity, from Roman temples (referring to sacrificial oxen).
Here’s an example I was able to find in a quick Google images search (although not one in NYC):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66122200@N00/714644952
I find it odd that not only did you find these skull motifs on the building…but the building itself looks to be closed/abandoned! Former cult lodge perhaps?
@Ali: the Scout notes in the first paragraph that the building is being renovated.
Those are rams’ skulls, not lambs’ skulls.