Let’s start this batch with an “Oh my God – WHY!?!?”. This wonderful sign in Carson City, NV…:

brace for it… the sign looks like this now. No neon, lousy repaint, and LED rope. Really, yes really:

Another devastating tragedy. This sign in Wells, NV is gone now. The motel rooms have been turned into businesses:

Here’s a close-up of its incredible acrylic panel:

This sign in Las Vegas, NV…:

… was adapted around 2016 to look like the Google Street View snippet below. However, in 2023, the building was destroyed in a fire and demolished. The sign had been removed two months prior and remains in storage somewhere:

This sign in North Las Vegas, NV…:

… has been crudely adapted with plastic letters:

This sign in La Belle, MO is gone now:

This sign in Centralia, IL is gone now:

This sign in Chicago, IL is gone now:

This restaurant in Chicago, IL closed in 2019 and the sign is gone now:

The huge Tommie Vaughn Ford sign in Houston, TX is gone now. I called them and was able to confirm with a news article that it was blown down in a windstorm last May. The sign originally revolved:

From the news article:

This Spec’s Liquor location on Stella Link in Houston, TX is gone now and so is this sign:

This sign in El Paso, TX…:

… looks like this now: neon removed, new name painted on the panels:

This sign in San Antonio, TX is gone now:

This sign in Fort Worth, TX is gone now:

This sign in Fort Worth was painted white by a church which occupies the building now:

I loved the doggie-on-TV detail on top:

Both of these adapted Genie Car Wash signs in Austin, TX are gone now:

This business in Austin, TX closed and the sign is gone now:

In Abilene, TX, these signs have been removed and the glass block covered up:

This sign in Big Spring, TX…:

… has been replaced with this smaller and shorter one:

This sign in Conroe, TX is gone now:

This sign in Kerrville, TX…:

… has been adapted for the Charles Club:

Finally, let’s end with some good news! This sign in Mineola, TX…:

… was removed in 2013 during the building’s restoration — and the sign went back up around 2023 after its restoration:

This post has gotten ridiculously long. I’ll wrap up the Texas signs and move on to the California section in the next one.

Happy Trails,
dj & the dogs

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