Tribeca DEW Tey Mr Ca Shapiro wes a Brook kid towing opin Manhatan Beach Sod Shesphead By ote 19505 ‘these takai ee cream pros and dragatren Shapiro lovedsiting atthe counter afthese combo shops, the enter a loa! etertsnment ‘ingethe 1870s He would put coins in theickelodeons to hea banjo muse The ‘machines ding oa Bac eery sods, (dove goods ypcterd iia ‘aes be wast alr high schoo, ‘Sapiro pasted drugsoreice cream ator going out of business. They were faving an auction. He walked in wih $3 Inhis pocket and rlsed his hand to bid ‘won, owing 100 forthe wooden walls fd 30 carved prifins and pas lobes anging om the cting he tld the sutioner, Shap ‘co ram hme, lake for something vale ‘be and sol parents Iving room set {other super When he could alford Celery, Be wold his brother's bedroom ‘Gente spreading his wining ver theapartnen fae My parents Alpped oat when they came home, sas Shapira, 61, wearing His every uniflora ans, Tahits ‘nd unbutoned oxford, Thai was the Beginnings phot. They ld idee of hen kno tha wes ‘so the beginning ofa carer forthe Young man who would go onto tan Urban Archeology, oneo the United Sats fst archietural savage and a tiqu object abriestionusieses wih showroom t 143 Franklin St in Tbecs sede other sore ‘Since he opened the busines 1978 ‘Shapto has rescued objects rom the top ‘lings and apartments a New Yor. Preservationist ‘He has bought and preserved objects {eom the Woolworth Building. count earnest a ih es, the Bros and he cys ua prominent tanks and bars He hs caled the New York Cy Land marks Preserention Commission about evloers be thinks ar lal desta Ing bangs, and has pce ems 00 igh to soll pcan be pant en {Geeta bers One of tose obec t pant, trast geen clock originally Installed the Union Depot Ral Staton InTog, NY. Almost 8 fetal and mare than 10 fet wide sts i the bac af ‘he Mankin 8 showroom Installed by the architect who would design Grand ‘Centra Sation the ck har eal rice ‘8225.00. “This would look gret in someone's Io sas Shape, but at woul be die service I bongs in ple space they ‘elo Penn Station, {would work some Contin on next age HADAILY NEWS rosin com Continued fom previous poe ‘Ringoutwith them” “Ite realy important, it annot gt de- ethonght ped him. 1 wen, ely ad ‘does He works things and get chill Not because of how much ‘Thosestalues are valle fe $350,000, ‘ut buying and sel they’ cost, but because of thelr energy, Todas Urban Archaology has gown ingobjects restoring These ings lo ou bejond the salvage busines I's «work them and even manu: Oncoftss hinge sa 7Sootcast.iron_ing factory making home chests one ‘actaringthemssbrand-new pain qeen mermasdthat stands sige of Manbatan resem sems(an books batabe, he fren St torent 18m anal dts On topo ve renin Se seritser awl gevieik. cebepedit sont ery ele apa seiyets bro hee refereed oe ‘ryiy Shapira lett Shap tne cthopete ha any nance Whe abject speak whaling worAftersimonds ofegos Wily the lst wrkng toy in Torthtmacher isang Shp segue Thee, able fo function eile pag the the obects for $55,000. era j<__brcmae sw in per ce eee career ‘This countryis svt ie mackie: the, Objects co: neighbor in ib 903, ¢ food as tamruacterng cach bot sa poo’ only 200 Years fer Tice must cast achectaral,fapherptodand pet ey Soerlemen machin spits Each object sod, Place dele Concorde, Old, There's Still ironworker, inventors the begining of per Placed In Concorde htosave! ee ‘ec monenale Where iden othe age 4? 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When the designer of an partment inthe bulling realized tat ne’ ep te would periorm beter than the cg ‘al and cou be ited to castonesze by Urtan Archaceogyseratsmen the bust esl nating objets arbor. hos “They waned the tingle fd bette condion, and ealieed bet ferlearn how fo mike tem and make ‘hem perecty” ‘Ona recent Wednesday, wokers were fine-tuning the piltforbarstons atthe ‘Greenwich Hote Brae pipes wee led ‘Sp near 1950 garden furnitae salting ‘eptie Thirty marble sink slabs of ier fattclorandszer were organized othe foe Shapiro, who likes ote things par sequal at home roaming the {ay shen the shone eles block awe nthe same ul. Ing ou Noth Moore Stas Ea Burn and Drv Letterman, He shared the foot with Job F Kennedy Je At ane tne, Shapiro, who doesnt even side bikes ought actor Stove: MeQuee’s entire fallection of motores He hep the fcllecton in the oft esl ives sl ingthe ood one toasinge color, They were beau obi he saps sculpture and stung tck st ode. be shares dhe Loft with hi wie, Jit, a weilnown iat "or designer whom he met when $Shcshopped ins store, Shee the Creal rector of Ubin cha logy, oversering al eign service {hele Tig amps are stred ashe loc An ld condom dispenser hangs {nthe bathroom next to #pe-Cil Wat ‘map of Salo that Shapira found rolled {pinabasement Origa any iis {fom lewd Aiport (no JF) which Shepto ao reproduce tang ver Kitchen and erowded with Seta! hss riled with candy ‘Shapiro is as intreting & New Yok asa hie objets: He ements avg to shoo away a young Rare froma SoHiostop her hear spay- Dine the ont Soor Maria Stewart [eves hs perden artere: Poul Sion Stas fend He isso wrapped up Presewaton that he caves is et Efe iis on eminent domain and batingneopardy fing om down ‘When Re moved orbs he emer Bers selling $55 worth of goods dunng the day at eso, bu $3.00 ig Fay. 25,2010 3 {aking arts and ators back thi ot ster tong nights drinking at Odeo, the {bea wntering hole “Tha wus New York (en he wg. “Tish we Cou praerys {hs This out only 200 years ed Thercialilmachlowree AS for the paychother parents finally Exe around Whey tother fie aw all the sinks and tubs we were saving. she tough Twas stl crazy." he Years later, abe tad ta design Imngarines that ear ike Cher tnd Rober Redford were ising ela foot bathsbe from ibe Archaeology, *Shecaled me snd ‘Maj there i ome thing in thie bus nesvofyours ‘Shapiro's orvisit 143 Franin St, ‘here Shapiro mans the fist counter customers see upon entering, OTT TTT Tt eax ae rx XX XX XX OY