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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 11:41:07 -0500

I was surprised to find this memorial street sign for Tin Pan Alley at Broadway and 28th. I had assumed the location was near Times Square. It turns out that 28th was the center of sheet music publishing from the late 1800's through the Depression. Songwriters would visit the offices and pound out their product on cheap upright pianos, lending a cacophonic effect. Music publishing later moved to the Brill Building, north of Times Square.