The Aloha Motel sign in Bellingham, WA...:

…has been adapted for the Samish Commons low-cost housing:

Here’s what the sign looked like originally:

This funky sign in Spokane, WA…:

has been replaced with this plastic sign:

This sign in Bolivar, MO is gone now:

This motel in Osage Beach, MO was demolished in 2017. This sign with the revolving door is gone now:

This sign in Poplar Bluff, MO…:

… has — you guessed it — plastic letters now:

This sign in McAlester, OK is blank on one side now and the other side is missing the word “Sales”:

This sign in Nowata, OK is gone now:

This sign is what replaced it and the building has been painted a complementary dark grey – ick:

This sign and all of the buildings in Grants, NM are gone – just the three sign poles left:

This long-abandoned sign in Roswell, NM is gone now:

The downtown Albuquerque, NM Peoples Flowers location closed and this sign is gone now:

The remains of the Flag Pole Liquor sign in Akron, OH are gone now. Here’s my photo from 2011. I suspect that it was a Norge Village Cleaners “Norge Ball” originally and then painted to look like a burger.

These signs in Bryan, OH are gone now:

That’s enough for now. Just 3 states to go for the signs section but they are biggies. Back soon.

Happy trails,
dj & the dogs

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