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"STEPS Cars next left"
I am not sure a Mini or a 2CV or other car could get up or down those steps! LOL
When I first joined Flickr, I posted quite a few shots of ghost signs. I hadn't seen one for a while but spotted the Madame Ratcliffe one in Tyldesley recently.
We were in Shrewsbury last month and as we crossed the English Bridge in a taxi cab, I spotted this one. It appears to be for a motorcycle shop but unusually the original sign appears to have been painted over at some point.
Its not super clear (that is ghost signs for ya!) but I think I can make out
Cycles
Motorcycles
Tyres
Any Make Supplied
Lington Cycle Cars
Repairer
Repairs (a) Speciality
If you can make anything else out please let me know in the comments box.
I can also see the word Velocette. A few weeks ago I saw a really cool old vintage Velocette near a British Red Telephone Box. Unfortunately it wasn't seen here but the sign and the bike would have looked good together.
Lington Cycle Cars were manufactured around 1920 so the original sign must be over 100 years old.
I did a web search and apparently the bottom of Wyle Cop, the Shrewsbury street, was known for its motorcycle shops back in the day. Now it is the place where the longest interrupted row of independent businesses in the United Kingdom is located. Many 16th and 17th Century buildings - including the 'Henry Tudor House' dating from the late 1400s.
I like the windows in the old building (warehouse?) so Happy Window Wednesday!
Signs of Autumn most definatly just around the corner in Snowdonia this weekend, with the cooler weather patterns lately and the changing colours in the grass and shorter days with lower sun certainly bring out the detail within the landscape, great place to be.
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Welcome to the village of Banstead in Surrey – and here’s a fine sign which illustrates the village’s long history. But who’d have thought that this attractive traditional design could have created controversy among the locals? Read on…
Clockwise from the top left: A woolpack, representing Banstead’s historic association with wool and sheep; All Saints parish church, which dates from the 12th century; a wheatsheaf, commemorating Banstead’s farming roots; the 18th century Old Well; and finally, the extensive lavender fields, which attract visitors from miles around.
And it’s this depiction of the lavender fields that has caused the raised eyebrows, because purists say that the fields aren’t in Banstead at all; they’re just outside the boundary and actually lie within the neighbouring London Borough of Sutton. And, it has to be said, the purists are right.
But then there’s the question of Banstead’s status as a village. It’s not a village at all, but actually a small (and very pleasant) town with a population of around 16,000. The ‘village’ refers to the half-mile long high street and adjoining roads... the scenes of my long-ago childhood escapades.
Someone had erected this blunt but eloquent plea to the youth of Glen Innes NSW to refrain from putting graffiti on the door or building of the closed but restored railway station. Imploring respect - what a good idea. Wonder if it will work in the long run. This sign is that seen on the adjacent photo of the door etc. on the railway platform.
By the way, it is a “railway station” not a “train station”!
Glen Innes, NSW.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Urban_Enterprise_Association
Established in 1985. It had a short history characterized by corruption. In August 2006 the State Enterprise disqualified and closed the Gary Enterprise Zone. Theft, malfeasance, misuse of public funds, under-reporting of funds, excess pay, hiring of relatives, paying for family member funeral services, investing outside the Enterprise Zone, among many criminal issues were found.
Taken outside the American Sign Museum in the Camp Washington neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
This is a replica of an old sign/mural from back in the day.
Gnarly old I.O.O.F. hall sign on the front of a main street building in Castleton-on-Hudson, New York.
artist: anthoy mccall
www.instagram.com/anthonymccallstudio/
exhibition: www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/anthony-mccall
Only people who can stand and balance on their bicycles are allowed. Clown noses and floppy shoes are optional.
This classic sign of the famous Mike’s Pastry jumps out at you and begs you to enter as you’re strolling through Boston’s North End. It’s almost as good as their cannolis. (#7 of 100 in the Boston Signage Project)
This sign explains the history of the big blue crab seen at www.flickr.com/photos/101440531@N06/32825738562/in/datepo...
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Apparently, this sign dates back to the May Company days and the bell came from the flagship store in Cleveland when it closed.
A May Company department store (built in 1957) originally occupied the site this shopping center sits on. The store later switched to Kaufmann's. As a Kaufmann's, the site was redeveloped into University Square and a new department store building was built. In 2006, the store switched names to Macy's.
The University Square shopping center was opened in 2003. Today the shopping center has Target, Macy's and T.J. Maxx / Homegoods (Target and Macy's own the property their stores are on). University Square once featured a Tops grocery store on the bottom level but it closed just a year later in 2006 when Tops closed all their Ohio locations. Retailers such as Jo-Ann Fabrics, Foot Locker, Famous Footwear, and Pier 1 Imports have all either closed or relocated elsewhere. Some spaces in the shopping center were never filled to begin with. Currently (late 2016), only one non-anchor store, T.J. Maxx / Homegoods, remains at University Square, but plans to move to nearby Oakwood Commons. Applebee's also still has a restaurant in the shopping center. Today, there are talks about possible mixed-use redevelopment plans for University Square
The shopping center has five levels of parking and staggered store levels. 1- Access to Macy's and Applebee's, 2- Empty Tops Friendly Market level, 3- Access to Macy's, T.J. Maxx / Homegoods, and Target, 4- just for parking, 5- second level of Target.
University Square Shopping Mall - Warrensville Cemnter Road at Cedar Road - University Heights, Ohio
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Neon sign for a liquor store on Smith Street in Brooklyn. I wonder what the story is with this sign. If you go back to the September 2014 Street View it is a square 1980s style sign.