Wheeling WV

We've wanted to hunt ghost signs in Wheeling after

seeing this a few years ago, from the Interstate.

 

(WWVA is still broadcasting, so that 

is technically not a ghost sign.)

We did not end up getting the WWVA sign, but we found plenty more.

Wheeling has a lot of ghost signs,

but it also has downtown streets

that are apparently in a permanent

state of reconstruction.

(Google Street View photos from a year

previous show the streets still torn up.)

Still, it wasn't just the state of the roads

that made this just a quick survey.

We had a long way to go to get home.

More from Wheeling next entry.

Majestic

 

We spotted this in Downtown Fairbury.

Whether this was a movie theater or a movie studio is up for some debate.

The wording suggests it was more than just a theater, but googling Majestic Motion Pictures

shows there was a production company by that name but gives no indication

they made movies in Fairbury. Which could mean this was a distribution office.

The yellow border on this otherwise unreadable sign

leads us to believe it's also for the mysterious Majestic.

This may be a recreation, or at least a refresh, but we still

thought it worth including.

Fake? (A re-examination)

We've long admired the detail on the power tools that grace the side of the Storey Machinery building on Central Parkway

And we were initially excited to get a closer look with the demolition of neighboring structures.

But.

We now know that it's been a lie. Of a sort.

The power tools were painted and then hung on the side of the building,

not directly applied.

Should we be offended? Is this a bait and switch? 
Should we be more upset by the loss of the older structures next door?

Or should we just take it as it is?

 

More Milwaukee

Scattered around Downtown Milwuakee, some are old,

Some not so much.

I'd really like to see what this looked like when it was new.

Gonna guess it probably had something to do with beer.

 

Tool Time

Central Parkway.