Rotten to the Core / Assholes in Albany

Rotten to the core © Vincenzo Aiosa

I think it is really Rotten that we  are still not allowed to get married in New York State- thanks to a bunch of Republican Assholes in Albany. Also  adding to the list of assholes are the Democrats who voted against the bill included Sens. Joseph Addabbo, Shirley Huntley, George Onorato and Hiram Monserrate of Queens, Carl Kruger of Brooklyn, Ruben Diaz Sr. of the Bronx, Darrel Aubertine of the North Country, and William Stachowski of the Buffalo area.The Federal Government, should take example from our neighbor to the North (Canada) .

Frank Jump and Vincenzo Aiosa got married on Valentine’s Day, February 14th 2004 in Toronto, Canada.

Thank you Equal Marriage Canada, The Great City and People of Toronto, The Honorable Justice Harvey Brownstone and his partner Marty, and Brendan Fay and Jesús Lebrón!

For more information about same-sex unions see the website The
Civil Marriage Trail, sponsored by Brendan Fay and Jesús Lebrón

or click on the link below:

Here is the Press release that was sent to the Associated Press for printing
as of February 10, 2004:

Frank Jump & Vincenzo Aiosa have been living together in Brooklyn since 1990. Mr. Jump is a photographer/composer and NYC school teacher. He has recently completed his Masters Degree at Brooklyn College through the NYC Teaching Fellows Program. Jump is an original ACT-UP member and in April 2004, he will be living with HIV/AIDS for twenty years. Jump’s photographic website project, The Fading Ad Campaign documents vintage mural advertisements in New York, across the U.S., and Europe and is a metaphor for his survival.

Mr. Aiosa, a NYC contractor, apartment remodeler and owner ofM V R Remodeling, Inc., is originally from Torino, Italy and has been living in the U.S. since 1982. Both Jump & Aiosa are thrilled to be tying the knot in Toronto and thank the Canadian regional government for their broad-minded and inclusive marriage laws. They are both hoping the United States makes the right choice in recognizing same-sex unions.

Places

Maimonides Cemetery Cypress Hills, Brooklyn © Vincenzo Aiosa

Maimonides Cemetery Cypress Hills, Brooklyn © Vincenzo Aiosa

The Maimonides Cemetery on Jamaica Ave,  Brooklyn from the exterior has a  mysterious and foreboding presence. I am sure that with some power washing and a fresh coat of paint it would go back to its original splendor and it will generate some work with area businesses.

I remember in 1973 walking past it every day on the way to Abraham Lincoln Middle School I.S. 171, and even then I always accelerated my pace  while walking that stretch of  Jamaica Avenue where there are three cemeteries entrances.

Luigi Gauthier Modern Monuments Middle Village Queens NY. © Vincenzo Aiosa

Previously posted  on Fading Ad Blog

Middle Village is a neighborhood in central Queens

Chiesa Gran Madre di Dio

If you cross the Po on the Piazza Vittorio bridge, you will find yourself directly in front of the Gran Madre di Dio church. It is a scenographic construction in a circular shape, built between 1818 and 1831 to commemorate the return of Vittorio Emanuele I to Turin on the 20 May 1814. The church houses the remains of 5000 men who fell in the first world war. Note the access staircase with the two statues of Religion and Faith and, inside, the Crucifix and Sacred Heart of Jesus. – My Travel Guide

Ass Holes & Butts

Pat Robertson Reuters; Mike Segars

Pat Robertson – the homophobic of the year is on hemorrhoid on the butt of the Lord

Rush Limbaugh Chris Carlson / Associated Press

Rush asshole of the month

State, municipal and finance police in Torino, Italy© Vincenzo Aiosa

Previously posted on Fading Ad

Guardia di finanza (finance police green hat)

Polizia di stato (state police blue hat)

Polizia municipale (Municipal police)

All display great Butts!

American Legion Post 309 – Poles of America – Cleveland, OH

American Legion / Frank H Jump Cleveland Oh. © Vincenzo Aiosa

• Previously posted on Fading Ad Blog: American Legion Post 309
• American Legion – NYC Post
• Frank H Jump – Fading Ad Campaign

Alliance of Poles of America Auditorium - Cleveland Oh . © Vincenzo Aiosa

Alliance of Poles of America . Cleveland Oh . © Vincenzo Aios

The ALLIANCE OF POLES OF AMERICA was established in Cleveland on 22 Sept. 1895 by 68 dissatisfied members of Group 143 of the Polish National Alliance (PNA), who disagreed with the PNA’s decision to admit as members POLES who were not Catholic (see CATHOLICS, ROMAN). Thomas Zolnowski was elected chair of the new organization, Teofil Golembiewski vice-chair, Thomas Rutkowski secretary, and Joseph Deranek treasurer. The new group, named the Alliance of Poles of Ohio, held its first convention in St. Stanislaus’s Parish Hall on 2 Jan. 1897. Its treasury then held $1,918. By its 1903 convention in Toledo, OH, the Alliance had expanded to other cities and the treasury had surpassed $20,000.

By July 1917, a number of Poles living outside of Ohio had joined the Alliance and its name changed to the Alliance of Poles of America. In 1925 the Alliance, with 17,000 members, began construction of its $180,000 national headquarters at Broadway and Forman Avenues, which opened on 7 Feb. 1926. Membership fell to 13,000 in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan in 1935; 8,000 of these belonged to the Alliance’s 66 Cleveland branches. Yet the Alliance expanded its activities, beginning a newspaper, Zwiazkowiec (the Alliancer), and contributing to charitable and educational efforts to benefit Poles both in the homeland and in the U.S.

Assets continued to grow, reaching $4 million in 1960. By 1973 the Alliance continued as both an insurance and a social organization with 15,000 members in 60 lodges in the Cleveland area. In addition to insurance, it offered to its members mortgage loans, maintained a welfare fund for sick or disabled members, awarded college scholarships, sponsored sports, a drama club, a scouting program, and showings of Polish films. Later on the drama club evolved into the Polish theater, and a library and the Polish School have been added. The current trend of the Alliance is to assume an increasingly larger role as a cultural organization. In 1988 the Alliance of Poles of America proposed to build a Polish Village in NORTH ROYALTON. With headquarters at 6966-68 Broadway Ave., by 1990 it had 23,000 members, and by 1994, assets of more than $8.7 million

Cleveland Liberty Bank / Kupchik’s Grille

Cleveland Liberty Bank © Vincenzo Aiosa

Cleveland Liberty Bank – Great building facade abandoned and  in complete disrepair.

Kuchik's Grille / Fresca Cleveland OH. ©Vincenzo Aiosa

Previously posted on Fading Ad Blog

Fresca

Cleveland Trust Company & Chew Honest Scrap

Cleveland Trust Company © Vincenzo Aiosa

Downtown Cleveland Ohio

Chew Honest Scrap. Cleveland, OH. © Vincenzo Aiosa

I really love these old signs, but how honest was tobacco  advertising.

You be the judge of it.

The Badvertising Institute

Chew Honest Scrap. Cleveland, OH. © Vincenzo Aiosa

© Frank H. Jump

Honest Scrap Trademark

Bum’s Saloon & De Pompei’s Liquors

Bum's Saloon Cleveland, OH.© Vincenzo Aiosa

Cleveland,  2009 (Frank H Jump patiently waiting for me to take a shot)

Bum's Saloon Cleveland, OH.© Vincenzo Aiosa

De Pompei's Liquor Bedford, OH. © Frank H Jump

De Pompei’s Broadway Gardens is a great place to head if you’re looking for some good sandwiches or just a hangout  The restaurant greets patrons with a warm, homey 1960s decor creating a very comfortable setting. A mainstay on Broadway since the 1930s, the diverse crowd of all styles and generations makes De Pompei’s an easy place to fit in. – Cleveland Metromix

© Frank H. Jump

Gorgeous yellow house next door to Bedford Historical Society © Vincenzo Aiosa

© Frank H. Jump

Bedford Historical Society

Cleveland Rocks & Rolls

Cleveland Rocks © Vincenzo Aiosa

1962 Chevy Nova rolling thru downtown Cleveland OH. © Vincenzo Aiosa

Frank H Jump - author of Fading Ad Blog @ Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in front of Michael Jackson Tribute ©Vincenzo Aiosa

Tribute to My Grandma Schimmenti Rosaria – Cleveland, OH

Schimmenti Rosaria April 11, 1907 - November 3, 1985

An homage for Nonna Rosaria Schimmenti

When ever I think of my grandma I cannot help but feeling sadness, in part because I miss her to this day sadly she passed away 24 years ago. I have bits and pieces of information about her infancy in her native Cleveland, Ohio. This is what I think is to be true some of these facts have been told to me by grandma, some by a distant cousin in Cleveland and the rest is just put together by pure conjecture.

Grandma was born in April of 1907 in Cleveland Ohio her father was Rosario Schimmenti and Maria ? Schimmenti, her mother died in 1910 (child birth?) leaving Grandma and her father alone in order to care for her Rosario married Maria? Bellomo a widow with several older children Still disillusioned and saddened by his first wife death in 1914 as Italy gets ready to fight the biggest conflict of its time .

Rosario decides to leave to return to his native Polizzi Generosa  (Palermo) .  Grandma always tell me that she did not want to leave Cleveland but girls had to shut up and listen in those days as for Mrs Bellomo. Grandma use to refer to her as a Santa Fimmina (holy woman).

Whether she was really grateful to her for having saved her from living without a mother or whether she was being sarcastic we will never really know every thing about those days was shrouded in mystery.

SO if you know more about this please don’t  hesitate to comment.

Guarino Little Italy Cleveland Oh. © Vincenzo Aiosa

Guarino Restaurant, established  in 1918, still serving great Italian food today@ 12309  Mayfield Rd.

My grandmother, according to some Internet findings, was born or lived on or around E 124th Place.

Mayfield Theatre © Vincenzo Aiosa

© Frank H. Jump

The Mayfield Theater opened in 1923. It is now abandoned looking from the outside, but the owner is cleaning up on the inside. – Cinema Treasures

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

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