A New Look at an Old Favorite

Sure, we've featured the Mockbee building many a times. And there's good reason we keep coming back to it.

There's so much going on. 

There's so many details.

So much layering.

So many former uses for the building. 

For instance, can you see the "Outdoor Advertising" or the "Signs" signs?

Sterling Ice Cream

Just gotta find a way to squeeze another Mockbee cameo in, don't we?

According to our sources, the former Sterling Ice Cream factory is now home to a moped shop and art studio space.

Waiting...

 

... for gentrification to catch up.

 

And, don't forget: there's still time to vote for your favorite entries in the Ghostsigns calendar competition over at Facebook.  We have 5 entries, (although one is a duplicate), and by the latest tallies, our Barq's Root Beer is in third place, with the Ice Cream Parlor/Carpets sign tied for fourth.  The Hotel Clarke may still be in the running, but it will be close, and the Mockbee entry, isn't doing all that well.

 

Still, having Cincinnati, Ohio, and perhaps Hastings, Nebraska, represented on an international calendar won't be half bad, eh?

 

(For your convenience, here's a quick look at our entries:)

 

Tell your friends!

 

Some of the Best of the Best

 

 

There's so much going on here, the camera doesn't even begin to catch it all.  You've got the Buckeye Saws on the right, the illegible stuff across the top on the left.  Below that, C.M. Mockbee.  Below that, there's signage that wasn't bold enough for the camera, but is visible to the naked eye.  And below that, the Reliance Art Metal sign.

 

This is the fourth entry in the Ghostsign's calendar contest.  Go to their facebook and vote for your favorites, by "liking" the picture.  The 12 with the most "likes" will be selected for the international calendar. 

 

Several of you have already voted for the three entries we submitted previously, and I thank you greatly!  And, we hope you like this one enough to "like" it too!

Revisiting a Fave

 

There is just so much going on, on this building.  And to top it off, it housed a SIGN company!

 

Click on the Mockbee link below to see other views.

The Last from the Trip, and, Another Inspiration

 

When I was in college, I lived not far from this large, red brick building, with few windows.  The structure was fascinating.    And now that I've seen in again, it reminds me of another large, red brick building I find fascinating.

 

 

Could this be a second Sign Zero?

Mind: Blown

Heard a story on WVXU about UC scanning old photos of Cincinnati, and posting them online.  And I went to look.  And I found a classic photo of a wall ad, pre-fade.

But then, I started looking at the structure, and I realized I knew what it was: The Mockbee Building, on Central Parkway.

And then I took a closer look, and realized something was missing between then and today.  AN ENTIRE FLOOR was chopped off the top of the west side.  Who does that?!?

 

 

There is/was a nightclub/art gallery/hipster event hall inside, called fittingly The Mockbee, but it does not appear to be operational.  Other than a company with the same name that sells fasteners and joints and stuff, in Northside, I've been able to find out zip about this place.  I was hoping Queen City Tour would have sumptin.

Upper McMicken

Maybe I'm crazy, but I see "MAIL POUCH".

More Mockbee

Looking west, into the setting sun, on a steamy evening, on McMicken.

Lots Going On

The Mockbee Building.  The first two photos are from McMicken.  The third is from Central Parkway.  These are all on the west side of the structure.   Yes.  There's more to come, from the east side.