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I spotted this wonderful sign on a shop doorway in Dartmouth... only the mobile phone number has been altered to protect the innocent.
It appears that this motel was built in 1971 as a Best Western motel. I am not sure what, if anything, this was between Best Western and Budget Host.
I had originally thought this complex was an L+K Motel and Restaurant complex since there is an obvious former L+K restaurant and a motel that appeared to be the same complex. L+K was a big operator of motels and restaurants under the L+K name. The first odd thing I found was when the restaurant was listed as being built in 1970 and the motel was listed as being opened in 1971. However, I looked closer at the vintage photo I found of the site and noticed the L+K sign only listed "FOOD" and didn't have "MOTEL" on it. On even closer inspection of the photo, I noticed what appears to be a Best Western sign in front of the motel. It doesn't appear the motel was an L+K, so it must have just been the restaurant only location.
Budget Host (former Best Western) - Botkins, Ohio
1979 photo
vintageaerial.com/photos/ohio/shelby/1979/BSH/3/31
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I personally don't know if this is a beer or an ale, but I do know it's a very cool sign. I shot it behind the bar at the Hare and Hound Pub in Landrum, SC
JacK & Jill are a regional group of grocers. This is one of the newest signs I've ever seen for them. There's another one in Wapello I'll try and collect next time I'm down that way.
Cool old neon sign for a small grocery store in Clovis, California (Fresno area). I'm not sure if it still lights up, but it looks well maintained. Picture taken after buying a soft drink and some munchies.
This was taken at my company Big A just moments ago. The foreground is the old dirty glacier from the ice age we call winter here.
"Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?"
1971 -- "Signs" by The Five Man Electrical Band
I like this song as much now as I did back then. :-)
Want to dig the music for yourself ? Click below: music only as I have never found any video of this group from 1971
Snowy owl visitor resting on a sign on Assateague. Photo isn't the best, as we stayed behind the markers and didn't go into the dunes (as others did later!). Sigh...
Seattle, WA
The weekend of February 2nd was a big weekend in Seattle. A new two mile tunnel that goes along the waterfront was to open to traffic on Monday. As a prelude the public was invited to walk the two miles to check out the tunnel. Thousands came to see what our taxes had paid for, and my wife and I joined them. Thousands of pictures and selfies were taken so I decided to put more of an artistic flare on my photos.
After walking through the tunnel, it was time to join the celebration up top on the old viaduct. This is an old concrete double decked structure which most Seattlites have considered an eyesore. However, the views from the viaduct are considered among the best in Seattle. The chance to walk instead of drive the route brought out a lot of folks as they say good-bye to this old icon.
This photo shows not only the crowds but the signs as one goes north bound on the viaduct. The tunnel reference is to the Battery Street Tunnel shown in an earlier photo. I used an under-saturated process as it seems to show more of the gritty aspect of the highway as well as the cold weather we were experiencing.
as tonight is the oscars i thought i’d put up a picture of the hollywood sign.
well, actually the back of the hollywood sign.
i love that the hollywood sign has become this iconic image, representing l.a universally, far and wide.
what makes it amazing is that originally the hollywood sign was erected as temporary advertising for a real estate development.
originally it said ‘hollywoodland’ (the name of the real estate development), but the ‘land’ part fell down.
paris has the eiffel tower, nyc has the empire state building, rome has the colliseum, and l.a has a big old sign advertising a real estate development from the 20’s.
which, if you dislike l.a, you probably see it as a symbol of the quick, vapid, and disposable nature of l.a culture.
or if you like l.a (as i do) you see it as something kind of odd, modern, accidental, impermanent, and endearing.
so here’s to the world’s most famous and recognizable real estate development advertisement.
ok, happy academy awards.
-moby