8 Mar 2012
Grandma’s Boy sign in Vancouver is no more, RIP
This is the scene at the central Vancouver intersection where this sign enjoyed an unexpected two weeks’ of fame following the destruction of the adjacent building. A nice collection of photos documenting the brief rise, and rapid fall, of the sign in this Vancouver Sun photo collection
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RIP: Pressman’s Army & Navy Store
The Hoxsie blog reports the loss of this great sign from Troy, New York. This photo from carljohnson in particular adds a lot of character to the sign which still remains in part following structural work to the building. An ‘after’ photo is available here. See more ‘RIPs’ from this blog.
20 Jan 2012
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Ghostsigns in Coventry
Last week I was invited to give a talk about ghostsigns to students at the Design & Visual Arts department of the Coventry School of Art & Design. While I was in the area I thought I’d look up any ghostsigns that I could find in the History of Advertising Trust archive, and the flickr […]
12 Nov 2014
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Vancouver Arts Profile the Grandma’s Boy Reveal
This sign continues to win affections, and now there is this new material and analysis from Vancouver Arts. See the story so far on this post and this one.
9 Apr 2012
