Summer Trip: Days 14&15 in Chicago Area

I still have several days left in the Chicago area to work on and add to the website before we move on to Indiana.

This International Fiberglass Indian in Chicago has been on the roof at the same location since at least the 1970s when the space below housed a cigar shop. There is a dental office there now:

This giant toothbrush is at a dental office in Franklin Park:

This fake castle building in Chicago is from 1925 when it housed a gas station and repair shop. It later housed the Castle Car Wash but it has been vacant since the 1990s:

This former International House of Pancakes in Chicago is now a Mexican restaurant:

This former office building in Chicago is now used as a church:

This office building is in La Grange:

The Polar Bear Drive-in with a wooden polar bear sign is in North Riverside:

Johnnie’s Grill is in Melrose Park:

This crown sign in Cicero has been installed on top of a bar sign for decades. It is similar to Best Western’s crown signs but smaller and narrower:

This Aamco Transmissions shop in Cicero is still operating and has its original vacuum-form sign. These were mass-produced and distributed all over the country but there are very few left:

I posted the neon Lezza Spumoni sign in Elmhurst over at main Flickr account. But here’s the less spectacular but cuter sign:

This sign is in Chicago. The meat on the spit used to revolve and was backlit at night:

This corner clock sign in Cicero at the Central Federal Savings Bank originally revolved and had the bank’s name on the other side. There are clocks on both sides now and I don’t believe it revolves any more:

This rooftop sign in Chicago was built in 1961. One side reads Travis Realty while this side advertises for Dempsey Travis’ mortgage company (Sivart is Travis spelled backwards). The oval sign originally revolved along with the time/temperature box below which is installed on the same pole:

This wonderful house sign is at a real estate company in Chicago:

Some more Chicago signs:

The restaurant’s been closed for many years. The space is still vacant and the sign remains:

I don’t know if the add-on flashing light element on this sign was always shaped like this or if the arms were more evenly spaced originally:

It looks like the two arms on the far left are bent downwards:

This sign originally advertised for the Village Bake Shop and was painted light blue. Smakowski’s closed around 2018 but this sign remains:

This sign is at the U-Turn Covenant Church in Northlake:

These two 1950s signs in Broadview originally advertised for Remick’s restaurant and later Paolella’s restaurant. I wish I could find photos of what they looked like then. Old Warsaw has been there since 1973: