Chicago Ghost Signs

Images and words and multimedia project by Ray Pride. Explainer:

[Chicago Ghost Signs @ChiGhostSigns]

Office hour.

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Photo Booth Lovers Find Options Galore At The Strip Club In Bucktown

The Strip Club will showcase a range of formats and styles from machines retrofitted by A&A Studios, the photo booth company run by Anthony and Andrea Vizzari. Entrance is free, with photo strips going for $7.

https://t.co/GgdNBQeqMK via @BlockClubChi

[lusso @luusssso]

Make signs weird again

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NYC, 1960

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Someone *always* parks in the way of this shot. But at least I could see the whole building one last time.

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Wasted no time
https://t.co/TXaTTGi84W

[Chicago Ghost Signs @ChiGhostSigns]

Somebody’s got a tear down a couple of buildings in Chicago and reveal a couple of these

[W ! L D S @Wilds_Lee]

Psst @ChiGhostSigns

[Chicago Bars @chicagobars]

Dear Santa,

All I want for Chicago bar Christmas is you bringing OG @PippinsTavern back!

[Midwest Antiquarian @Eric_Erins]

Neighborhood commercial corridor to the Eisenhower Expressway

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The Reliance Building - 1895 designed by John Root (of Burnham & Root)

Consisting of mostly plate glass windows set into a terra cotta facade. This building foreshadowed the design trends that would really come to dominate 60-70 years in the future.

[Midwest Antiquarian @Eric_Erins]

Maybe I should let a 7K square foot bronzeville grey stone ruin my life https://t.co/xga68Y4rWR

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If only you knew how bad things really are

[Midwest Modern @JoshLipnik]

Sinclair Gas Sign
Negaunee, MI

[Midwest Antiquarian @Eric_Erins]

The ground level shopping arcade has been lovingly restored and per building rules all businesses must have been something that could have been here in the 1890’s