Why you mad, bro? (Photo by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.)
By BRIAN DONOHUE
Do you know where in Red Bank the above photo showing the words “Greedy Pig” written in concrete was taken?
Send your answer (or best guess) to [email protected] by noon, Thursday, October 10. We’ll reveal the location the next day.
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Meantime, here’s the answer to last week’s “Where.”
Last week’s “Where” photo was the brick warehouse-type building at 176 West Front Street.
The building is currently empty and was the site of a recent Lunch Break rummage sale at which a redbankgreen reporter purchased a very handsome wool cap he will be donning for the fall season. It is currently listed for rent, with a realtor advertising 4,000 square feet of available warehouse space.
Property records list it as being built in 1950 and a 1954 town directory lists it as the home of Baird Co. Farm Supplies. The company was a frequent advertiser in Red Bank Register newspaper of the day with ads touting refrigerators, freezers and harvesters for sale.
“Where” respondent Ruth Blaser identified it as the “old Bailey building.” Others recalled it as a the former home to Interstate batteries. Google street view photos from recent years show a sign for Craig Kiely Designs on the front of the store. All of this history will no doubt be overshadowed by the amazing purchase of that historically handsome wool cap keeping a bald reporter’s head warm in the coming months.
Thanks to those wrote in: Kate Brannan, Sally Cody, John Eggert, Evie Kelly, Sue Noone, Cecelia Freda, Stu Freidlin, Mark D. Taylor, Ruth Blaser, John Eggert, Seena Goldman and Evie Kelly.
redbankgreen editor Brian Donohue may be reached via email at [email protected] or by calling or texting 848-331-8331 or yelling his name loudly as he walks by. Do you value the news coverage provided by redbankgreen? Please become a financial supporter if you haven’t already. Click here to set your own level of monthly or annual contribution.
