  Mccarch Member Username: Mccarch Post Number: 63 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 70.236.187.36 |
I had to drive out the Jeffries this morning, and had (for me) the unusual experience of looking at the GATEWAY INDUSTRIAL CENTER sign in the daylight instead of night-time. This is a great sign: simple sans-serif letters, perfect composition, red neon, and (now that it's fixed) glowing above the industrial palaver north of the Jeffries and west of the Southfield. This may be my favorite sign in the Detroit area, but then I remember the BRONX's neon sign.... What are the Detroit area's best signs? (Message edited by Mccarch on March 09, 2006) | ||
A_franklins_son Member Username: A_franklins_son Post Number: 43 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 198.173.192.9 |
I'll nominate the Ypsi-Arbor bowling alley sign at Washtenaw/Golfside in Ypsi Township. (Message edited by a_franklins_son on March 09, 2006) | ||
Hamtramck_steve Member Username: Hamtramck_steve Post Number: 2788 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 136.181.195.65 |
The giant General Tire "G" along the Chrysler near Hamtramck was one of my favorites. The car production sign at the Ford and Chrysler. The piece d'resistance, though, was the dairy sign at the Jefferies and the Ford. What other intersection in America had its own animal sound? (Message edited by Hamtramck Steve on March 09, 2006) | ||
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine Post Number: 914 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 198.208.159.20 |
the "bowlero" sign on coolidge between 13 and 14 mile is my fav | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 89 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 129.9.163.234 |
I really like the "Yellow pages" sign still on the Oakman exchange bldg. (very visible on the north Lodge), and wish the yellow pages folks would restore it. | ||
Chris_rohn Member Username: Chris_rohn Post Number: 207 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 68.73.199.142 |
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Erikd Member Username: Erikd Post Number: 545 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.242.214.106 |
LOL | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 353 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.139 |
Okay, here's a sign pic.  | ||
Matt_the_deuce Member Username: Matt_the_deuce Post Number: 546 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.14.248.252 |
The Russel Industral Complex sign S. bound I-75. Love the simple red/orange block lettering lit correctly. | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 1257 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 141.213.173.94 |
Agreed about the Russell. I like all the signage on Ford Field. On a smaller scale, I've always thought the signage on the Chene-Trombley mart near the I-94 east exit was cool. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 3254 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 192.220.139.10 |
Ray1936 wins the jjaba funnies prize. Post your email, win a prize. JJABA, Proudly Westside newsboy. | ||
Jdkeepsmiling Member Username: Jdkeepsmiling Post Number: 50 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 69.216.99.9 |
Sorry Everyone, I have to bring up the good ole' Big Beaver Rd exit in Troy. Just for all of you uneducated out there, Big Beaver is exit 69 off I-75. Here is a pic: /image | ||
Jdkeepsmiling Member Username: Jdkeepsmiling Post Number: 51 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 69.216.99.9 |
sorry, here is the pic: /image{bigbeaver} | ||
Jdkeepsmiling Member Username: Jdkeepsmiling Post Number: 52 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 69.216.99.9 |
lol, man am I off my rocker today....here ya go:  | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 5367 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 70.48.208.18 |
I was in Brighton a few weeks ago for work, and I found a few old great ones out there:  Smith's Motel out on beautiful Briggs Lake. Is there a realation to the Briggs of Car Body/Detroit Tigers fame?  A florists shop. The building didn't match the sign   A hardware store downtown. And my personal favorite?  This old Deco neon sign in Downtown Windsor. | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 5368 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 70.48.208.18 |
However the best sign ever is this one.  Located in Ottawa (Canada's National Capital - Sorry for straying from the area). So which is it? No Tresspassing or enter at your own risk? You've gotta love the Government. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 354 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.139 |
--> Not exactly a sign, but this one's for jjaba and me.  | ||
Hardhat Member Username: Hardhat Post Number: 103 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.209.134.19 |
Nice shots, Andrew. | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 902 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.41.8.202 |
I always wish I took a photo of the old Dykeland shopping center up on Van Dyke in Sterling Heights. Never got around to it. (Message edited by Hornwrecker on March 09, 2006) | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 369 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 68.2.191.57 |
OMG, Dykeland! I remember that joke. Thanks Hornwrecker! | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 370 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 68.2.191.57 |
Generate your own custom sign here: http://www.churchsigngenerator .com/index_1.php | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 371 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 68.2.191.57 |
Again, my favorite:  | ||
Spaceman_spiff Member Username: Spaceman_spiff Post Number: 6 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 24.56.252.143 |
The gibralter (sp.?) trade center guy on North 75. A dapper looking fellow, representative of the fine merchants and commerce within. -Spiff | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 904 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.41.8.202 |
From WSU/VMC, the old Belle Isle sign.  Jimaz, I remember my parents always asking what was so funny when we drove by that place, when I was a kid, causing more laughter. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 373 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 68.2.191.57 |
Kids know the score. Adults can only ponder, bemused and befuddled. (great photo!) (Message edited by Jimaz on March 09, 2006) | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 905 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.41.8.202 |
Michigan Ave at night.  WSU/VMC Don't know where or when, so don't ask me. I'm guessing the "Peoples" sign is People's Outfitting on NE corner of Michigan and Shelby. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 3256 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
That's Campus Martius and Michigan Avenue areas. note Kinsil Drug Store, Michigan Ave. and Lafayette. wonderful photos, thanks. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 3257 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
In Briggs Stadium, "VISITOR'S CLUBHOUSE, no visitors." Anybody got a pic. of that one? A classic and very famous sign which everybody could see exiting on the Michigan Avenue side of the stadium. March 13, 1956, jjaba delivered that Detroit Times paper to 60 customers on his Westside route. The pic. of the Belle Isle sign with U.S. Rubber adjacent, was taken in 1953. jjaba, Proudly Westside. | ||
Islandman Member Username: Islandman Post Number: 95 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 68.42.171.59 |
My favorite used to be the Canadian Club sign on the river. I could see it from my window in McDonald Square when I was little. | ||
623kraw Member Username: 623kraw Post Number: 796 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.41.224.200 |
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Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 1259 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 141.213.173.94 |
Yessssss. Mack at Lenox. Good one. | ||
623kraw Member Username: 623kraw Post Number: 798 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.41.224.200 |
Plastered by M & M with a paint ball gun in 8 mile or was I halucinating... | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 906 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.41.8.35 |
The Windsor view of the old Vernor's sign.  | ||
Eastside Member Username: Eastside Post Number: 799 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 69.246.10.58 |
The old Suzie-Q's "funnel" at 696/Gratiot. Built by my Great Grandfather...and costing 11k. | ||
Sknutson Member Username: Sknutson Post Number: 468 Registered: 03-2004 Posted From: 67.114.23.202 |
Since AIW strayed from the area, so will I. My fav Bay Area sign, for Coca-Cola on one side and Diet Coke on the other.    | ||
Observant2art Member Username: Observant2art Post Number: 200 Registered: 11-2005 Posted From: 209.104.139.161 |
Gotta Love It!  | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 908 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.41.8.110 |
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Douglasm Member Username: Douglasm Post Number: 497 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.189.188.28 |
Good gawd, how long have you had that National Lampoon cover? One of my favorites used to be the 7 Crown sign that faced north on Woodward in Highland Park. On the Medical Arts Building, I think (it's been a long time...) | ||
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 2342 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.167.210.54 |
Say no more...  | ||
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 2343 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.167.210.54 |
Can anyone find an image of the giant old Stroh's neon sign surrounded by clouds of steam at the foot of the 375 spur? | ||
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 2344 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.167.210.54 |
Bygone Detroit...   | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 1262 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 141.213.173.94 |
on the same vein as Observant's is the "Enjoy Detroit" mural seen from eastbound jefferson past Mt. Elliot. | ||
Busterwmu Member Username: Busterwmu Post Number: 205 Registered: 09-2004 Posted From: 24.247.221.241 |
How about the soon to be gone MEDUSA CEMENT along the river? It would be cool to save those, as they have been a riverfront icon for decades and could someday adorn some other building along the river. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 360 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.139 |
Lowell......that's the most beautiful shot I've ever seen of the Ambassador Bridge sign. Thanks bunches for posting that. That'd make a great desktop photo. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 3276 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
jjaba, Jonesing for a Vernor's right now. Many thanks for the great pics. jjaba had a keg of Vernor's for his reception for Bar Mitzvah, 1954. We had the party in our two-flat home, the keg was in jjaba's bedroom. jjaba, Westside Bar Mitzvah Bukkor. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 362 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.139 |
One more.  | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 3278 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
Ray1936, you are funny. Where's the graveyard? jjaba. | ||
623kraw Member Username: 623kraw Post Number: 799 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.41.224.200 |
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Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 363 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.139 |
Classic ones, Kraw! Jjaba, dunno the location of that shot. I've accumulated dozens of funny tombstones and graveyard photos and made a puter slideshow of them. But they are all legit; no adobe magic on any of them. Here's one; I feel so sorry for this gal's life..........  | ||
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Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 389 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 68.2.191.57 |
SPECTACULAR! BRAVO! I've always wondered if there were any urban explorer photos inside the Uniroyal tire/ferris wheel. Lighting problems inside there, no doubt. |
