Bernheimer Building
West 116th Street, Harlem
New York, September 2008
“Contrary to information posted elsewhere on the Internet there does not seem to have been a Bernheimer Department Store in New York City. There was a famous Bernheimer Brothers Department Store established in Baltimore in 1884, but this company did not have a New York branch. Instead, the Bernheimer Building here on 116th St. in Harlem was a modest two-story office building constructed by the Bernheimer family who were brewers at, first, the well-known Lion Brewery owned by the firm of Bernheimer & Schmid, at 108th St. and Columbus Ave., and, later, the Bernheimer & Schwartz Pilsner Brewing Company at Amsterdam Avenue and 128th Street. The building seems to have been purely a speculative real estate venture and not to have had any connection with the business of the Bernheimer breweries.” (Bernheimer Building, Walter Grutchfield)
10 comments:
I know not the Bernheimer Building and really don't understand why one side of it would be painted with funny pictures ... but to each his own. Do they make shoes in the Bernheimer Building. Maybe they make shoes to throw at lousy politicians. If so, I'll buy a pair!
Weird and wonderful. Nicely composed photo with the woman in blue in a perfect spot!
Jacob - I don't know either. I read the name on the front, probably only an old dilapidated building...
Well, one has to admit it is colorful and makes for an interesting and speculative photograph!
Hope your day is going well!
Some graffiti really works.
Beautiful colors. :)
Cool, very cool!
Do they have Shoe Trees in Europe? It's a crazy phenomenon in this country. I saw my first one along a very empty road in the country. I'll have to find it and post it. Then I read about it. Sometimes they use telephone wires, so that's what this graffiti is referencing. Nobody knows how it got started.
Very interesting and colorful art! :-D Nice capture! :-D
This is soooo cool! Fabulous find, I wonder what it looks like when the store blinds are up?
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