Queensgate

Diminuitive Sire

West End.  No girls. 

Clearing House

Now, maybe I'll be motivated to go out and get some fresh ones.

Mass Effect

I find it very interesting that typically, the name of the business has faded, but the product is still visible in many of these.

Cigar Store Saturday

And a little larger...

 

Anyone notice the fire truck coming up Main Streets, lights all ablaze?

The Ends of Main

And at Findlay Market

Wed Nes Day

Sycamore

Fading Friday

How did I miss the Other Place?

It's above the Burger Chef, and just to the left of that 1972 Krody mural featured in the very first post.

Hidden by the Light

On Race Street, above what is now City Cellars...

 There is a sign for a Ford Motor Service shop.

It's visible best when the sun is setting, for some reason.

Something Old, Something New

Something faded, something bleeding thru.

Sunny to Partly Cloudy

Off the beaten track

In Over-the-Rhine, between Vine and Race, there's this:

And there's an interesting mix of abandoned, collapsing buildings worthy of the most desolate scenes cut from "Escape from New York", and, structures either in the process of rehabilitation, or fixed, and awaiting people.  I think it was about 15th Street, around Republic.

Casino Royale

This building always reminds me of the Italian monasteries, I think properly termed "cassinos".  The scene of plenty of hard fighting during WWII.  Or so I've read.

Completely off topic...

Walking past this seemingly innoculous street sign the other night, I heard something from within.

There was a clockwork-y noise.  There's no lights attached to the sign, and while there is a little door on one side, it was locked. 

Walking past later, it was silent.  What gives?  What could possibly be in this triangular box, on a post?  An automatic air freshener?  A CIA monitoring device?  A clock? 

Liberty and Race

Meanwhile, on Main

Monday, Monday

The start of the work week, and the first sign I really noticed when I moved to Cincinnati.

(With another faded one in the foreground.)

Super Sign Saturday Special! aka Sabado Gigante!

Downtown, OTR and the West End

Case in point to previous entry.

Not easy to see here, but, in the background, after walking away from taking the previous entry's shot, I saw another one.

Overlooked

I pass by these signs so often, I don't even notice them.  Case in point: 9th and Walnut.  Walked by it several times before realizing it was staring at me.  What did Poe say about hiding things? 

Picture that

Along 7th, from Vine.

Twoferone Friday

Fourth Street, between Race and Elm.  From the Tower Place Parking Garage, which is in reality, a mobius strip.

Mmmm, root beer

Sycamore, OTR

The West End

Central Avenue, just south of Ezzard Charles.

Oats

Between Main and Sycamore, and 7th and 8th Streets

Faded

Coincidentally

As I start this blog, I find that 5chw4r7z has posted a really good picture of a painted advertisement.

http://5chw4r7z.blogspot.com/2011/03/otr-construction.html

American (something) Luggage Company

On 12th, between Race and Vine.

1972 Krody

In the alley, 600 block between Race and Vine