Sitemap - 2012 - The Retrologist by Rolando Pujol

The Emigrant ATM Center, a throwback to the days when automated teller machines were new

'Your BankAmericard welcome here:' Old sticker offers fascinating lesson about the history of credit cards

Block breakdown: In Carroll Gardens, uncovering some hidden vintage gems

Mourning the loss of a classic South Village coffee shop, and its beautiful retro sign from another New York

The last wild stretch of the High Line before it was turned into the final leg of the popular park

In the shadow of the new Yankee Stadium, a vintage liquor-store sign lingers from the days before George Steinbrenner

The No. 9 train long ago left the station for the last time, but this sign for the lost line has 9 lives

In honor of Sherman Hemsley, move on up and check out the East Side building where George Jefferson found his 'deluxe apartment in the sky'

Urban archaeology: Uncovering the unexpected past of a Brooklyn hardware store

Hidden in Hell's Kitchen: A massive cigarette billboard from around 1980

Retrolicious sign: This vintage sign on Fulton Street has our 'American Stamp' of approval

The ShopRite Can Can Sale: A New York television tradition keeps on kicking

Retrolicious sign: La Delice Pastry Shop in Kips Bay

Remembering Andy Griffith: A statue in Raleigh, North Carolina pays tribute to the legacy of the beloved actor

Relic found at Ground Zero that survived the destruction: A June 1969 edition of The New York Times reporting Judy Garland's death

Hot Dog Time Machine: Street cart in TriBeCa has 1970s stuck all over it

An intact, vintage penny candy shop survives in the Hamptons

The General Slocum disaster: A hidden memorial for an epic tragedy that was NYC's largest single loss of life before 9/11

A fading trace of the lost St. Vincent's Hospital vanishes for good

A 'Princess' is hiding in this abandoned Harlem storefront

Exploring FDR's legacy -- a drive-in theater, a retro diner and more -- at the real 'Hyde Park on Hudson'

At Chinatown's Nom Wah Tea Parlor, discovering a trace of the past that's easy to miss

In Koreatown, an extraordinary example of 1950s advertising -- long hidden in plain sight -- is fading away

Verizon can't quite erase Ma Bell from its corporate headquarters

'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' drives lower Manhattan back in time

Just how did these classic New York City street signs end up 'South of the Border'?

A drive-thru in Anaheim and other places where McDonald's Mac Tonight is still creepily crooning

In 1910, in 1972, and today, the same has been true: 'Lucky City Dwellers Know Their Knishes'

Urban archaeology: A wisp of smoke from the old Second Avenue in Murray Hill

Retrolicious sign: Get your 'Zerox' copies at Phil's Stationery

Time Capsule: Upper West Side storefront becomes an unintentional exhibit of yesteryear's corporate names

One of New York City's most beautiful neon signs is gone

Next time you visit Katz's Deli, look down before you walk in

Reel city: Getting lost inside Kramer's 'Nexus of the Universe'

Mad Men's America: The forgotten Howard Johnson's restaurants of the American roadside

Man Men's America: Artifacts salvaged from the lost Times Square Howard Johnson's

Mad Men's America: A tribute to the Times Square Howard Johnson's

Mad Men's America, HoJo's edition: We're off to the Lake Placid Howard Johnson's

Mad Men's America: A road trip to Howard Johnson's in upstate Lake George

A Retrolicious sign that's no more: New Caporal Fried Chicken and Shrimp

Reel Estate: A visit to the 'Diff'rent Strokes' building on Park Avenue

'All in the Family' director Paul Bogart dies: A visit to Archie Bunker's house in Queens, forever linked with Bogart's name

Retrolicious Sign: Rockaway storefront offers window into an earlier New York

A 'Legendary' ride: Taking the Ichabod Crane train to Headless Horseman country

Reagan-Bush '84 is sticking around

Mike Wallace's New York: The two TV newsrooms that shaped him (and his favorite place for meatloaf)

Retrolicious Sign: J&R Color TV in Park Slope

The Time Warner Center vanquished The Coliseum, but the name hasn't gone away

Tort lawyer's dream: Faded Brooklyn ad for 'The Hottest Coffee Around'

Long-ago demolished Mayflower Hotel still offering hospitality (sort of)

A puntastic sign: U.N. Piece Cleaners