I was out one morning a while back when this sign caught my eye in the early morning sunlight.
At one time all of our main street businesses had big signs like this one. Slowly but surely they’ve almost all dissapeard from the landscape.
Personally I like seeing the old signs, it’s one of the first things to catch my eye in old photographs.
What’s your take? Know of any cool ones around town?
Also worth noting, Glatter’s is a long time business, they’ve been around since the late 1920’s.
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I like the example you have up today. I was always a fan of the Firestone sign at Ouelette and Giles. It had been looking pretty shbby for a few years and now it's gone.
shurley?
Lazare's Fur's on Maiden Lane.
Cheetah's (formerly Epp's)
Come to think of it there just aren't many left....
Chris, it's fixed.
And don't call me Shirley!
Epp's was great. As a kid I took it for granted but was cool. The Neon deco on Lazares is brilliiant.
I lived on Tourangeau Rd. just off Tecumseh (60’s / 70’s), but have not lived in the city since 1980… I have been reading your blog for about 3 month now. Wonderful piece of work Andrew! Today’s topic “Old Signs†stirred the memory of that huge neon sign that ran the full length of the Golden Mile Bowling Alley at George and Tecumseh (long gone). It was a massive piece of neon animation depicting a bowler tossing a strike complete with crashing pins. I would guess the sign went up in the 50’s and by the 60’s it was prone to long periods of disrepair, on the rare occasions when every light and sequence was working properly, it was a spectacle. Does anyone have pictures or more information about this sign?
surely you jest!
the south windsor plaza where the AnP was
You mean where N&D was, as in Yorktown Plaza?
Just a heads up (although late). The Church on Dominion and Grand Marais has started to be torn down. I stopped and took some pictures yesterday of the living quarters (I think) being taken down. This morning when I drove by the doors at the front were removed and it looks like they were gutting the rest of the church. If it's not down tonight, I think the building-eaters will be all over it in the morning.
Do we know what's going in there? Is it a Rexall?