1957 EVACUATION VIA THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY...IMAGINE!

NEWSDAY SEPTEMBER 1 1957, SPECIAL EDITION SUFFOLK

THIS VERY WELL COULD OF BEEN, KNOWING THE EXTENT OF IMPORTANCE LONG ISLAND WAS DURING THE COLD WAR AND THE PROXIMITY TO NYC AND HIGH VALUE TARGETS.ONCE UPON A TIME THE NEW YORK / LONG ISLAND AREA WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST MANUFACTURING ZONE IN THE UNITED STATES MAKING JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ,IT HAD PORTS ALONG THE BROOKLYN QUEENS WATERFRONT AND ITS AIRPORTS HANDLED LARGE AMOUNTS OF CARGO, THERE WAS EVEN A THRIVING RAIL FREIGHT SYSTEM IN PLACE, THESE THINGS NO LONGER EXIST AND MOST OF IT WAS ABANDONED AND RAZED AND MALLS FILLED WITH CRAP IMPORTED FROM CHINA STAND IN THEIR PLACE.

ATOMIC KNICK KNACKS A SIGN OF THE FUTURE

AMERICAN INGENUITY

FALLOUT SHELTERS FOR THE MOST PART ARE GONE OR NEVER WERE THE ONLY REMINDERTO THIS ERA ARE THE WEATHER WORN SIGNS THAT ADORN BUILDINGS AROUND THE US, NYC SHELTERS ARE NO LONGER USED OR FUNDED BUT THEY STILL EXSIST IN SOME AREAS AND ARE STOCKED, I HAVE SEEN SUPERS OF BUILDINGS CLEANING OUT CIVIL DEFENSE SURVIVAL FOOD WATER DRUMS. MEDICAL KITS ETC IF YOU SEE A SIGN ON A BUILDING AND ARE INTERESTED IN SHELTERS CHECK THE BASEMENT YOU MAY FIND A STOCKED SHELTER. 

IS THIS THE DIGITAL AGE FALLOUT SHELTER SIGN?