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These curved brace arms were once quite numerous, but the
quarterloops killed most of them off in the early 60's. A few
are still scattered around in Brooklyn and once in a blue moon,
they can be spotted in other boroughs. This one still stands proud and tall on Avenue F, sporting the goofy, constipated looking Thomas-Betts 327 luminaire. This TB327 had a "parking ticket" stuck to it (on the hidden side) for months, while it's ailing bulb slowly lost all it's gas, before the DOT's contractor finally got around to replacing the bulb. I expected them to replace the whole fixture. Most hexagonal poles, now holding the Qloops, have a hole where the brace used to be fastened.  The Brace-arms
biggest claim to fame was their presence on 6th Avenue, in it's
"Avenue of the Americas" heyday, where they held bug-like
GE Form 109 mercury fixtures, that appeared noplace else within
the city limits, except Kennedy Airport. The 6th Avenuers also
sported circular metal plates celebrating each nation in the
Americas, located just under the mastarm brace. Today, a scant
handful of these plates survive and the Quarterloops themselves
are being gradually run over by the relentless Retro-Bishop Creeks. |