A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeye's fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

Recent entries:
• Big Apple Jazz Tours (6/18)
• “New York, the ‘Big Apple,’ the jazz mecca” (Hart’s Guide to New York City, 1964) (6/18)
• Big Apple Jazz Tours (1997-present) (6/18)
• The Big Apple Band (1972-1977); Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band (1976) (6/18)
• “New York, the ‘Big Apple,’ the jazz mecca” (Hart’s Guide to New York City, 1964) (6/18)
More new entries...

Entries in the categoryArt/Sculpture
Page 1 of 2 pages  1 2 >
“Art is how we decorate space. Music is how we decorate time”
“Crime in New York is really serious. The Statue of Liberty had both hands up”
“Earth without art is just eh”
“Got a job as a human statue. It’s a permanent position”
“How many surrealist painters does it take to change a lightbulb?"/"A fish.”
“I accidentally bought too many art supplies. I’m having an excess stencil crisis”
“I asked a museum worker if I could take pictures. He said they stay on the walls”
“I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men” (Beatrice Wood)
“I slapped a statue’s ass. I’ve officially hit rock bottom”
“I totally understand why Italian Renaissance paintings are of naked fat people laying on a couch”
“I totally understand why Italian Renaissance paintings are people lying around with their tits out”
“I’ve come to the conclusion buying art supplies and actually using them are two separate hobbies”
“I’ve come to the conclusion buying craft supplies and actually using them are two separate hobbies”
“It was so cold in New York the Statue of Liberty put the torch under her dress”
“It was so hot in New York that the Statue of Liberty has pit stains”
“It was so hot in New York that the Statue of Liberty put her arm down”
“It was so hot in New York that the Statue of Liberty was asked to blow out her torch”
“It was so hot in New York that the Statue of Liberty was holding a Slurpee”
“It was so hot in New York that the Statue of Liberty went topless”
“It was so hot in New York that the Statue of Liberty wore a bikini”
“Life is the art of drawing without an eraser”
“No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist”
“Some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re the statue”
“The last time I was inside a woman was when I visited the Statue of Liberty”
“The phrase ‘Built to stay free’ is an anagram of what monument?” (riddle)
“The Statue of Liberty has been trying to hail a taxi for years!”
“To make us love our city, we must make our city lovely” (Municipal Art Society motto)
“Toot and scramble” (tout ensemble)
“What do you call a woman who can’t draw?"/"Tracy.”
“What do you call an American drawing?"/"A Yankee Doodle.”
“What should you say when the Statue of Liberty sneezes?"/"God bless America.”
“What’s a seal’s favorite subject?"/"Art art art!”
“Who painted Whistler’s mother?” (riddle/joke)
“Why did the painting go to jail?"/"It was framed.”
“Why did the picture go to jail?"/"Because it was framed.”
“Why did the Statue of Liberty take karate?” (riddle)
“Why does the Statue of Liberty stand in the harbor?"/"Because it can’t sit down.”
“Why is the Statue of Liberty surrounded by water?” (riddle)
“Why wouldn’t the Statue of Liberty work in France?"/"Because she has only one arm raised.”
“You can’t spell earth without art”
“You can’t spell heart without art”
“You can’t spell paint without pain”
“You can’t spell painting without pain”
“You know it’s tax season when you see a dancing Statue of Liberty on the street corner”
Alamo (black cube at Astor Place)
Audrey Munson (New York’s “Civic Fame” and “Miss Manhattan,” San Francisco’s “World’s Fair Girl")
Bell of the Unforgotten
Civic Virtue (Big Boy, Fat Boy, Rough Guy)
Columbia University’s Alma Mater (Mary Lawton, model)
Diana (of Madison Square Garden)
Page 1 of 2 pages  1 2 >