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The Town Hall restaurant is a terrific retro relic tucked into the Blue Ball Fire Company in Blue Ball, Pa. The community's name refers to a blue ball that used to be an area landmark. Today, the abstract blue ball on the firehouse recalls this heritage -
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California may be a preserve of 1960s pop-art Norge Balls, relics of what was a nationwide chain of laundromats under the Norge Village brand, but you'll spot them here and there on the East Coast as well. This one survives in Albany, New York -- it no lo
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For diner enthusiasts, several exits along the white-knuckle ribbon of country road known as the Taconic conceal vintage treasures like this gem, the Chief Martindale, a Silk City Diner opened by diner entrepreneur Bert Coons in the 1950s. Very little ha
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Nope, it's not @sinclairoilcorp! It's a distant East Coast cousin, John Ray & Sons, which has been meeting the fuel-oil needs in Troy and the surrounding Capital District for 111 years. This dinosaur is one of the coolest examples of roadside architecture
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The recent demolition of an old Manhattan building revealed an archaeological surprise: A century-old ad for Sozodont Toothpaste, which proudly claimed it "Cleans Teeth Clean, Our Only Claim." As Ephemeral New York points out in a post revealing this dis
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Schneider's Restaurant has been on the Jersey Shore since 1970 -- the architecture is quite the time capsule inside and out -- but its roots trace back to an ice cream parlor (oh what fun those are) in Newark. This gem, a German restaurant in Avon-by-the-
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A refreshing sight on a Jersey Shore jaunt in search of roadside Americana -- this eye-catching signage for Canada Dry, which is as cool as a northwest breeze after a July heat wave breaks. Sparkling! #signgeeks #ipulledoverforthis #typography #typevstime
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The Jersey Shore is a paradise for those who appreciate hidden Americana. Where has Vic's restaurant in Bradley Beach been all my life? Mangia #signgeeks! #ipulledoverforthis #typography #typevstime #justmytype #insta_america_americana #insta_america #i
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Hoboken's magnificent neon treasure Clam Broth House now points to a new business -- the restaurant is no more -- but the sign has been wisely preserved in all its gorgeous decrepitude. Keep on pointing, old friend!
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When exploring the #antiques nirvana that is #Adamstown, Pa., the eyes of #signgeeks are drawn to the Penn Amish Motel, a trusty signpost on the road to vintage riches. #ipulledoverforthis #typography #typevstime #justmytype #insta_america_americana #in
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For #FlagDay, here's a little bit of crumbling #Americana, a highlight of a fun Jersey #signhunting trip. #signgeeks #ipulledoverforthis #typography #typevstime #justmytype #insta_america_americana #insta_america #igersusa #savethesigns #timelessameri
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Killing the time at Jay's Wash & Dry in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. The fading sign and "econo" make this storefront irresistible. #signgeeks #ipulledoverforthis #typography #typevstime #justmytype #insta_america_americana #insta_america #igersusa #savethesigns
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The Lakewood Manor Motel has a glorious sign -- and that's all. Grass and weeds grow where the motel once stood, but this sign, on Route 9 in New Jersey, is as dramatic as ever. Lots going on here -- all vintagely delicious. #signgeeks #ipulledoverforthis
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Today is the last National Hamburger Day you'll be able to celebrate at Oscars in Berkeley, California, a greasy spoon and old-school holdout in the Gourmet Ghetto that is giving way to something called Sweetgreen, which as the name implies isn't going to
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This is one of Brooklyn's -- if not all of New York's -- finest signs. It's so wonderful that the clothing boutique that now runs the space not only kept the sign, it acknowledged the neon's iconic power by keeping the name on this Fort Greene storefront.
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Hardcore #lateshow fans, stunned that the iconic set for @letterman was largely trashed the day after the final episode, got to work Thursday saving historic chunks of it. Kudos to these sidewalk TV history preservationists! #thanksdave #nyc_explorers #ny
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Less than 24 hours after the historic final episode, the set of the "Late Show with David Letterman" has been trashed. On 53rd Street, outside Hello Deli, devoted fans and those with a sense of history and a tolerance for domestic clutter are carting away
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In the heart of Wildwood Crest lies one of the most extraordinary and #fontastic vintage neon assemblages anywhere -- the Caribbean Motel. She is the Cadillac of Wildwood "#doowopmotels -- the design swagger is breathtakingly audacious. The excitement and
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In the heart of Wildwood Crest lies one of the most extraordinary and #fontastic vintage neon assemblages anywhere -- the Caribbean Motel. She is the Cadillac of Wildwood "#doowopmotels -- the design swagger is breathtakingly audacious. The excitement and
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In the heart of Wildwood Crest lies one of the most extraordinary and #fontastic vintage neon assemblages anywhere -- the Caribbean Motel. She is the Cadillac of Wildwood "#doowopmotels -- the design swagger is breathtakingly audacious. The excitement and
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The Stardust Motel in beautiful Wildwood, New Jersey. No #midcentury vacation getaway is complete without a "Stardust" motel, and this signage left me starry-eyed indeed. 😍 #wildwoodnj #wildwood
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Bang zoom! This is the stuff of roadside America dreams. The Moon Motel in Howell, N.J. has a sign that is positively out of this world. The motel burned down a few years back, so this out-of-this-world sign may not be long for it. #signgeeks #roadsideame
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It's easy to see why #midcentury connoisseurs are wild about #wildwoodnj. You need look no farther than the #fontastic facade of the elegant Panoramic Motel Apts. in North Wildwood. This sign speaks of its era in ways that compel contemplation -- and inst
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The Lollipop Motel in #NorthWildwood New Jersey has one of my favorite signs. It's an adorable relic from the era that gave us Wildwood's historic #doowop motels. We've lost so many to condos, alas, but thankfully, many remain, including this piece of vin
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What a charming vintage sign, one of the nicest period pieces in New York. This belongs to the now-defunct flagship location of the iconic Singas Famous Pizza. It's hard to think of Elmhurst, Queens without Singas, but they lost their lease in the chain's
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A wonderful detail from the iconic signage of Singas Famous Pizza in Elmhurst, Queens. Singas began there in 1967, and this sign is definitely ever so whimsically retro, but it is endangered because the chain has closed its flagship location in Elmhurst a
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Don Draper must order his stationery here. This is something quite rare: an old-school stationery shop in the heart of midtown Manhattan. Phil's sign is so cool it received a "best signage" award from New York Press in 2004. I mean, look at that yellow, r
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Pianos! No question what's going on behind this Sunnyside, Queens, storefront. Those with long memories remember when this was the home of Martensen's Deli, which closed in 1986, according to a Times Newsweekly article. The yellow/red plastic signage is a
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This is New York. A classic slice joint -- since 1968 -- in the heart of Queens, in one of America's most diverse zip codes. A bus stop with commuters who are waiting (some more patiently than others). It's a scene you can't replicate anywhere else on Ea
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Hidden on the side of what is now a Chinese restaurant is a classic "privilege sign" for a long-vanished grocery store. This relic, in Corona, Queens, was sponsored by the Coca-Cola Company, which provided this sign to the grocery store in exchange for fr
