Gary Dunaier: Yes Virginia, there is a "Starbucks" across the street from the Empire State Building, 07/20/11 (IMG_0083)
Gary Dunaier: Empire State Building, 09/23/11: yes Virginia, there is a "Starbucks" across the street (IMG_1891)
Gary Dunaier: Starbucks signs in office windows above the Starbucks at 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC, 10/27/11 (IMG_3415)
Gary Dunaier: Starbucks signs in office windows above the Starbucks at 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC, 10/27/11 (IMG_3421)
Gary Dunaier: Starbucks signs in office windows above the Starbucks at 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC, 10/27/11 (IMG_3423)
Gary Dunaier: Starbucks signs in office windows above the Starbucks at 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC, 10/27/11 (IMG_3425)
Gary Dunaier: Starbucks signs in office windows above the Starbucks at 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC, 10/27/11 (IMG_3426)
Gary Dunaier: Starbucks signs in office windows above the Starbucks at 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC, 10/27/11 (IMG_3430)
Gary Dunaier: Across the street from the Empire State Building, 11/21/11: the business directly above this Starbucks store loves their product so much that they even put a Starbucks sign in their own window (IMG_4166)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/25/15: a worker has just removed the "S" from the 33rd Street facade (IMG_4270)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/25/15: a worker has just removed the "S" from the 33rd Street facade and is bringing it down to the street (IMG_4271)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/25/15 (IMG_4272)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/25/15 (IMG_4273)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/25/15 (IMG_4274)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/25/15: a workman removes the "T" from the 33rd Street facade (IMG_4275)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/25/15: a workman removes the "T" from "Starbucks" on the 33rd Street side (IMG_4277)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/25/15: a workman climbs down the ladder carrying the the "T" he just removed from "Starbucks" on the 33rd Street side (IMG_4278)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/25/15: a worker tends to the "O" that was part of the word "Coffee" on the 5th Avenue side (IMG_4280)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/25/15: signs in the window remind passerby of the five other locations nearby where they can get their Starbucks fix (IMG_4288)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/25/15: the letters already removed from the 5th Avenue side sit on the ground and wait for their brothers to join them (IMG_4293)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/25/15: letters used to form the word "Coffee" on the 5th Avenue side, already removed, sit on the ground awaiting their fate, whatever it may be (IMG_4295)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/25/15: a worker uses a drill to unscrew the green letters from their casings (IMG_4301)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/25/15: at this point "STARBUCK" is all that remains on the 5th Avenue side, and all of the color has been removed from the "UCK" part of that (IMG_4305)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/25/15: at this point "STARBUCK" is all that remains on the 5th Avenue side, and all of the color has been removed from the "UCK" part of that (IMG_4307)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/25/15: the "STAR" from the 33rd Street façade sit on the ground (IMG_4310)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/25/15: the "STAR" from the 33rd Street façade sit on the ground (IMG_4312)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/25/15: the "STAR" from the 33rd Street façade sit on the ground (IMG_4313)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/25/15: the "STAR" from the 33rd Street façade sit on the ground (IMG_4314)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/27/15: the removal of the Starbucks sign reveals the name of an earlier occupant, Broadstreet's (IMG_4321)
Gary Dunaier: Dismantling the "Starbucks Coffee" sign at the 5th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC location, 02/27/15: the removal of the Starbucks sign reveals the name of an earlier occupant, Broadstreet's (IMG_4322)