Thursday, April 27, 2023

Odds and Ends


First, a revisit, as we watch as different versions of this 
monumental sign fade and bleed through.
(McMicken, just west of Vine.) 


Not our normal fare, but this just always struck me
as a really cool name.
(On the curve going up Vine Street out of OTR.)


(On the back of the old Morlein Brewery.)

 

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Uncovered


We regret taking our time to revisit this gem a block east of Findlay Market.


We wonder what the graffiti hides.


A little further up Vine Street, at McMicken.
We've had our eye on this for a while, wondering
if there was anything hidden under the white paint.


The overhanging sign seems to be a goner.


And while there was probably something there once 
upon a time, it's gone now.

 

Sunday, April 16, 2023

A New Find and a Questionable Find

 

On Vine Street in Mount Auburn.
It's a pretty heavily traveled street, and we wonder 
why we hadn't seen this earlier. We strongly 
suspect there was another building blocking it
that was recently torn down.


Green Street, between Race and Elm.
We have some questions about this one.


It looks to be in really good shape, save the name of the proprietor
being unreadable. Suggests it was covered by boards or something.
But if you look at the Google Street View from 2018
there's no indication of a physical barrier protecting the lettering.
And there's no indication of lettering either.
Even more peculiar, the thin rods running the length of the sign are visible
in the Google Street View, as are the brackets on the corner.
And neither the brackets nor the rods seem to have been disturbed.
 So, we're not sure if this is a true ghost sign or a clever reproduction.







Saturday, April 15, 2023

Revisits

 Regular visitors to this blog will recognize 

that we strongly encourage revisiting signs.

Here's why.

We'd often argued there was lettering beneath the red paint

here at 12th and Republic. And they laughed at us.

But just recently, those letters have started to become more legible.

And who's laughing now?? Huh? Who's laughing now???


Here's another you might recognize. It's on McMicken, by the Rothenburg School.


The letter has clarified itself to the point where we can now read Bull Durham,
a once popular brand of chewing tobacco. 


There's also the arrow on the right, pointing people straight ahead,
which suggests the writing across the top is the name of a local market.


Another favorite where the yellow has faded, revealing another sign beneath.



Granted, the signs may not have changed all that much, but the cameras
in our phones certainly have improved.