Terracotta Decorations
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
It doesn’t look like it was once a synagogue but the themes of the decoration are Jewish. Not that the more common Christian based gargoyles and such are any less strange, but these seem unusual to me. Elizabeth and Bayard Streets on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Stars of David and boobies? There must be something else that they represent, but what it is I don’t know.
A beast face and a scroll motif. Any ideas on what is represented?
Nice find.
It’s kind of like this guy:
I’m always on the look out for them. But don’t know the symbolism.
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Seen in my contacts’ photos. (?)
Ooh, that is wicked. I don’t think I ever noticed him before.