Old Red Zig Zag Edged 212 Wooden Sign brick painting Just a sweet and handy

Just a sweet and handy little thing

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Old Red Zig Zag Edged 212 Wooden Sign brick painting Just a sweet and handyWhen I spotted this old sign, I immediately thought not of what I'm sure was its original function as a house number, but rather of the original, now impossible to attain 212 Manhattan area code. So I grabbed it for a longtime New Yorker to hang proudly, I hope or perhaps for a former Manhattanite like me, for whom 212 immediately provokes nostalgia for younger days in NYC, forever a core part of one's identity! Of a great scale at 25 inches long x 11