rep your town's neon signs
The_Hook_Up
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when I was looking for the address of the doughnut shop in the other thread, i came across some pictures of local neon signs...it dawned on me Memphis has some pretty cool neon around town...rep yours
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Good thread, though.
Not trying to jack this thread, but I would LOVE to see some dope local hand painted signs in your area(the old school way, which is SO MUCH better than all of this vinyl shit people use now and days). Nothing beats the old joints with nice ass hand lettering. If you are into that kind of thing(I am sure Mike 2600 can dig it, I remember LSD used to run flicks of local Minn. signs), Letterhead.com is a great resource. Its forum is full of knowledge and some real pros/legends of the game.
As a matter of fact, I think I am going to try and attend this 3 day workshop/class by Pierre Tardif that is going to be in my state in January. Dude is pretty dope.
almost stayed there once, but there were weird stains on the ceiling and walls, seemed creepy, so we went next door to the San Jose...
Not surprised judging from the huge engorged cock of a neon sign they have.
whoa, more minneapolis people on here. hi!
one of my favorites from downtown:
B/W
RIP Sam's sad to see it go, but really hope Ryerson buys it, it'd be dope to see the sign stay and have classes in there
its funny because the bbq joint is long gone. The Greek restraunt that moved in kept the sign because they thought it looked cool.
This place is my bar.
Red Velvet Wallpaper with Gold Lemay like what.
(800th post - what do I win?)
this one was around the corner from where i grew up. the owner recently died, and the business moved uptown. they took the sign with them.
i live here now:
Damn, late night Family guy session like what?
- spidey
Good old Melbourne. We used to have a skeleton that danced here in Brisbane when i was a kid, but its a self storage building now. I often wonder if he's chilling in some guys pool room. I hope so.
http://www.waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=e5e13bbe-6d70-4cf0-b97b-664ccfde1e07
It reminded me of one of the new graems...
Wow.
http://plantweed.blogspot.com/search?q=vintage+signage
I love this stuff and I buy every book I can find on old signs.....I just wish someone would do a book of these old Neon's that show the signs both during the day and lit up at night side by side.
Great Site R*b!!!
once upon a time:
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i work 5 stores down from here. in that top photo from '88 it used to be a movie theatre (obviously) but now it's back to it's roots as more of a playhouse/venue for big acts.
Tetris.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/austinneon/