Fire Call Box
Why this FDNY Call Box on the Bowery is Now Painted Fluorescent Red
Posted February 2, 2015 at 10:00 am
One of the last old-school FDNY call boxes on the Bowery is now part of an art installation. Stroll over to the corner of Rivington Street; this ornate piece of street furniture (a sculpture, really) is freshly coated with eye-grabbing fluorescent red. We are told that the Two Rams Gallery across the street had previously secured […]
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Busted Orchard Street Call Box Replaced
Posted October 19, 2012 at 10:23 am
The call box at the corner of Orchard and Rivington remained a toppled mess three days after an alleged collision by a sanitation vehicle.
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Obit for a Fallen Call Box on Orchard Street
Posted October 15, 2012 at 12:28 pm
A vanishing breed, there aren’t many left on the Lower East Side. That of the decorative corner call box. And we’ve just lost another.
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Fire Call Box on Orchard Painted Bronze for “Now You See Me” Filming
Last modified June 27, 2012 at 1:34 am
At the end of last week, the old-world fire call box at the northeast corner of Orchard and Broome mysteriously changed colors from bright red to dirty bronze.
