A little NYC History…

So while looking at a new apartment; need more natural light!!. Saw one today, and on the hallway wall, this left-over from a very Earth-unconcious era. In the old days apartments just burned their trash, plane and simple. You’d throw your garbage down the shoot and into a whirlwind of flame. Now, only the brick reminds us that the incinerator, while the sign below mentions things you’d best avoid, er, incinerating.

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