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[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

Architectural Record
Sept 1959

This women looks like God is talking to her about garbage.

Comments

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

I needed that laugh--she certainly looks like she's hearing some sort of voice from on high.

[spuzzlightyear.livejournal.com]

"Hey Lady" was quite the term used by Jerry Lewis, maybe around this time?

I am darn curious about that box she has in the garbage bag... I want it to say "Happy Gal"

[laplor.livejournal.com]

One set of buildings in my city was built with incinerators. They ended up removing them because people kept throwing aerosol cans into them.

[mejeep.livejournal.com]

I remember when all buildings burned garbage, large or small. The ash and soot went EVERYWHERE! A strong wind would burn your eyes. Then in the 70s, NYC phased in pollution controls requiring scrubbers and other devices to reduce or minimize the spew. Eventually all home incinerators were banned.

The 14 floor apartment building I live in was built around 1960 so there are 2 incinerators/chutes/chimneys. One's closed off, the other was converted to a compactor (the usual solution).

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

When I first came to NYC in 1980, I could still go out in the morning in a white T-shirt and it would be gray by noon. The air is much cleaner now.

All buildings that originally had incinerators now have trash chutes/compactors. A "Trash Room" is now called a "Recycle Room."

In my tenement (built 1895) there are chimneys all over the roof, and they're all sealed off.

[bradygirl_12]

This is hilarious! Looks like a sketch from Your Show Of Shows. Can't you just imagine Imogene Coca playing this part?

*smirks*

We used to have a small incinerator in the back yard to burn leaves until those were banned. I can remember helping my dad rake leaves and he's put them in the incinerator and the smoke would curl up toward the sky. You could tell who was raking their backyards by the smoke. :)

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

The shocked expression and celery in the bag remind me of Lileks' collection of Art Frahm art:

http://www.lileks.com/institute/frahm/index.html

So can we assume her underwear is around her ankles?