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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'retro'

May 20, 2008

Those retro TV dinners with the pre-formulated portions aren’t just for Eisenhower-era loners anymore; the factory-made frozen meals have been cleverly revived for big city sophisticates dining at the Regency Hotel's 540 Park restaurant. The first Swanson TV Brand Frozen Dinner sold for 98 cents in 1953; at the Regency it’s been brought up to date for $30. Chef Andrew Rubin is offering three iterations on the classic, each one served on that famous, sectioned......

Continue Reading "Retro TV Dinners Get Uptown Twist at the Regency"

May 14, 2008

Photo: Ed Levine’s Eats. Say goodbye to the maddening ear-poison of Kool Man’s “Pop Goes the Weasel,” and harken back to the more civilized jingle of a bygone era: the gently ringing bell of the retro Good Humor ice cream truck. On Sunday Adam Kuban got the scoop of the week when he happened upon this atavistic enabler of sweet teeth outside the Museum of Modern Art. The vintage customized Ford pick-up is just one......

Continue Reading "Retro Good Humor Man Recalls Less Irritating Era"

April 1, 2008

Don’t adjust your television sets, because since Monday WNBC has been using "News 4 New York" in on-air mentions and on-screen graphics, switching gears from "Newschannel 4" (and "Newschannel 4 HD"). If you are from the Tri-State Area, you may remember the station used "News 4 New York" from 1980 until 1995. The old CGI opening included a bolt of lightning and a giant 4 heading towards the viewer (out of the Statue of Liberty's......

Continue Reading "WNBC Does the Time Warp Again"

December 18, 2007

When we saw today’s edition of The New York Times we did a double take since it was in black and white above the fold. The black and white fifty year old photo of presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his father gave a classic retro look to the paper, making newsstands throughout the city look like there was a bit of a time warp among the stacks of newspapers. You may remember that the......

Continue Reading "Let's Do the Times Warp Again: Gray Lady Goes Gray"

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