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#1 (permalink) Sat May 05, 2007 6:34 am Phrase: the dark cornices and blinding signs

Hi,

Could you please help me understand the following passage?

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We passed a barrier of dark trees, and then the facade of Fifty-ninth Street, a block of delicate pale light, beamed down into the park. Unlike Gatsby and Tom Buchanan I had no girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs and so I drew up the girl beside me, tightening my arms. Her wan, scornful mouth smiled and so I drew her up again, closer, this time to my face.

What does the underlined part really mean with 'the dark cornices and blinding signs'?

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#2 (permalink) Sat May 05, 2007 7:31 am Phrase: the dark cornices and blinding signs

. Just the changing intensities of light along 59th Street, I think. . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's

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