Kentile Floors Sign

The company began as a small brooklyn tile company in 1898.

Kentile floors sign.

This diy model kit is laser cut in brooklyn from chipboard a 100 recycled material and comes with everything you ll need to put your sign together in minutes. The company remained in brooklyn for 100 years before going out of business. You can celebrate our past with the boundless brooklyn kentile floors sign model kit. The iconic kentile floors sign can be seen towering over 2nd ave.

A soon to be dismantled sign that has become an emblem of brooklyn s fading industrial enterprise will be illuminated one last time. Kentile floors sign brooklyn ny. Kentile floors was founded in 1898 by arthur kennedy. In brooklyn and easily visible from the gowanus expressway and the f train kentile once billed itself as america s largest manufacturers of super resilient floor tile.

Kentile floors in brooklyn new york was a neighborhood mainstay for many years with a recognizable neon kentile sign above its flagship factory. When lit up in bright neon purple the sign could be seen from miles away. But the majestic 50 year old icon will be saved said city councilman brad lander who helped broker the deal. When assembled your kit will measure a respectable 8 5 8 h x 9 1 8 w x 4 1 4 d.

At above left our illustration shows green and beige kentile floor patterns from 1958. Kentile floors flourished under founder arthur kennedy specializing in vinyl asphalt and cork floor tiles. In canada kentile flooring was distributed by t. The company filed bankruptcy in 1992 ceasing operations in 1995.

Kentile s sign along the gowanus canal brooklyn new york ca 1949 has been considered an important landmark in its own right. Originally the company produced vinyl rubber and cork floor tiles. Kentile became successful by offering flooring in a wide range of materials colors and patterns. Kentile floors sign 9th street and 2nd avenue 1949 the kentile floor company founded by arthur kennedy in 1898 opened its third location here in 1949.

A team of artists plans to use powerful projectors to animate. Many have adopted it as a. Kentile floors ghost sign in brooklyn as far as i m concerned this is the mother of all ghost signs. Located at 2nd ave.