Day 16: Final Missouri Post

This former Conoco cottage gas station is in Hayti, MO:

The mid-century modern Temple Israel is in Paducah, KY:

The Columbia Theatre is in Paducah, KY:

This former Coca-Cola bottling plant in Paducah, KY was restored in 2013 and has been repurposed for multiple tenants:

This pink elephant is in Fenton, MO. These statues were produced by DWO Fiberglass – for other examples, see my website here:
https://www.roadarch.com/critters/ele.html

This flying moose is at the Manac Trailers in Oran, MO. This is the mascot for the Manac which produces many types of truck trailers. There are several of these statues in Canada but I think only one other in the U.S.:

This Mel, the Mellow Mushroom pizza restaurant chain mascot, is at the Paducah location. Each of these recycled metal statues installed at many locations are different:

This sign is in Cape Girardeau, MO:

This sign is in Sikeston, MO:

This sign is in Paducah:

The Boomland fireworks store is in Charleston, MO:

This modern sign is in Paducah:

The Dexter Queen in Dexter, MO was originally a Daisy Queen (never a Dairy Queen):

The Melba Theatre is in De Soto, MO. This is what happens when you go cheap and replace neon with LED. The cheap plastic tubing usually comes loose, breaks, and needs replacing in just a few years. And, as you can see here, it never makes for straight lines and has ugly bent corners — no replacement for a skilled human that can bend neon precisely. Not only will the neon last much longer but it looks far better than LED during the day (beautiful shadows) and night (better glow and reflection off the panels).