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Since I last photographed this sign in 2009, all of the the flashing lights have been repaired on both sides of the sign. It really stands out and lights up the surrounding parking lot.

87th & Ridgeland Avenue

in explore [April 26,2016]

Update; August 3, 2022 I drove by Les Brothers today and the neon is gone. The name was replaced with closed channel letters with red lenses. I don't know what is behind the lenses. The letters are small and tight so I'm betting its the LED rope lighting inside.

Office building and iconic sign on the General Electric campus in Schenectady, New York.

Historic Deco theater built in 1930-31 as an RKO movie palace and currently a performing arts venue. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Albany, New York.

Waldo, Ohio

Downtown Schenectady, New York.

Talking away

I don't know what I'm to say

I'll say it anyway

Today's another day to find you

Shying away

I'll be coming for your love, okay?

Take on me (Take on me)

Take me on (Take on me)

I'll be gone

In a day or two...

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Of all the towns in Arizona that we went through, Williams and Flagstaff seemed like great places to live...not that I'm a part of the fools running away from where I grew up...I think most of them are running because they saw it on that entertainment channel, so they figure it's the in thing to do... hahahahahahahaha...

1804 E Rte 66 Blvd.

Most recently closed (it's closed more than once) in 2018.

2807 Independence Ave.

Built in 1960 according to real estate listings. Currently for lease, although there are other Mayfair Cleaners locations still open.

Nighttime shot of this vintage renamed bar neon sign in Hancock.

Rear entrance of Proctors Arcade. Schenectady, New York.

Neon and bulb arrow sign for Falls Drug store (now Falls Drug and Hardware) in St. Anthony, Idaho.

A little work and this would be a gem. I'm wondering if it still lights up?

215 S Main St.

Rear entrance to the historic Proctor's Theatre Arcade in downtown Schenectady, New York.

On State St., which runs through the center of downtown Bristol and is the dividing line between Tennessee to the south and Virginia to the north.

History and more info on Roadside Architecture: www.roadarch.com/sca/scaffold12.html

I made a run over to Ohio today and taking an alternate return route took me to this abandoned old ghost neon sign.

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mobro.co/davidjlindley

903 W Garner Rd.

Open since 1946. The name comes from when the place had curb service, and you were supposed to toot your horn and then tell the carhop your order.

State Theatre (closed)

Springfield, Ohio

One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock

Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o'clock rock

Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock rock

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight...

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Once a jumping burger dive, The Westerner Drive-Inn, built in 1949, declined and deteriorated and was closed in 2000...

Sadly Ben's is no more. There is a mom and pop Mexican restaurant in the building now. Nice place but with marginal food. Green River, Utah.

Still going strong and 10 years after my last photo. Gotta love it!

NOLA

Salida, CO

Repurposed arrow sign now living a second life in Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah.

Just across the tracks and down the street from the old Union Pacific Railroad Depot. Shoshone, Lincoln County, Idaho.

I had to make a run over to the eastern Ohio area and made a swing thru Mansfield on the return finding some nice signs along the route. The sign should read Closed for Good since it has not seen use for a while and there is a for sale sign in the window.

When I saw this from a distance I thought I was going to have a great neon sign to shoot, but when I got there it was the most fantastic bulb sign I've ever seen.

Salida, CO

I'd heard there was a secret chord

That David played and it pleased the Lord

But you don't really care for music, do you?

Well it goes like this

The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift

The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah...

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HAPPY EASTER...

5300 E Linwood Blvd.

Lexington, NE

I believe the motel is defunct with lots of items around what were the units.

Another Big Hat find on the west side of Mansfield.

the awesome brim hat store in dayton, ohio. it's a good job it's not in columbus or i'd have even more hats than I already do!

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Helena, AR

201 Clayton Rd.

The huge, over the street sign in Bristol. I sure wish the sky had been clear for this one.

817 N Memorial Blvd.

dixiepig.com/

Chincoteague, VA

Sony a7, edited on iPad, processed in Snapseed

Vintage Parry Lodge motel sign in Kanab (Little Hollywood), Utah where dozens of western movie heroes such as John Wayne and Gary Cooper stayed when filming in the desert in places such as Paria ghost town and nearby Monument Valley. I rather enjoyed my stay here.