In late 2011 or early 2012, this building abutting a former grocery (now liquor) store in
Detroit . . .
Google Street View July, 2009:
Google Street Views July, 2011:
. . . . burned to the ground and revealed several vintage signs, dating back to at least the mid-1950s if not the late 1940s or before, including a classic Faygo Orange (far left), and KowalsKi sausage sign (middle, mostly hidden):
The signs after they first appeared in 2012
To my surprise and delight this Faygo sign looked almost exactly like it did when the adjoining building was constructed:
Vintage ghost sign as it appeared in early 2012.
According to the Faygo web site, this logo originated in the
1930s and was used into the 1950s. My search for anything with this logo style on it had, until that day, been futile.
I have returned several times since then in hopes that the debris and remnants of the adjoining wall might have been cleared so I could see and photograph the other vintage signs on the wall. On each of those visits I was disappointed - but not surprised - that the rubble remained. I was, however, astounded and extremely relieved to find that the Faygo sign remained untouched. Perhaps, I thought, local vandals and taggers might have spared this priceless classic out of respect for the art and history it represents.
Fast Forward 2 years.
In March 2014 I was nearby again so I drove by, still hopeful that the Faygo sign remained unscathed and the others, by some miracle, might be revealed, too.
Silly me !
Nothing
is sacred, respected, spared or preserved in this town. It just took
longer than usual for vandals to find it and destroy it:
2012
2014
I have plenty more to say about #%M*^@&F(#*B%@S&% like this, but none of it is fit to print. I'm sure you can fill in the blanks . . .
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