Getting back to Chicago photos — still several days left to goin the Chicago area. This giant mouth is located at the Chicago Doll Museum and Gallery:
A detail from the Northwest Armory:
The St. Mary Church Hospital:
The Ida Crown Natatorium (pool):
A former International House of Pancakes that’s been sitting vacant for years. There’s been talk of demolition for a few years now:
A former Tastee-Freez that was being remodeled for Small Cheval in June when I was there:
A former White Tower from the 1930s now a gelato place:
The Palace Grill – closed since last year after a file:
The Trim ‘n Tidy Cleaners — overgrown trees blocking the arrow:
The Hoyne Savings Bank and…:
… on the side of the building nearly hidden by the building next door:
A brand new sign (and bar):
This sign was moved to the Friends of Friends bar from the former Danny’s Tavern:
… in the past, the Friends building actually housed a Schlitz tavern (relief on the side of the building):
A fairly new bakery (which looks incredible, I’ll go inside next time!) with a modern neon sign:
The bakery also installed this sign recently. It came from a closed bakery in Cincinnati and was gently re-texted a bit at top and bottom before restoring the neon:
Just down the street from that bakery, the vintage California Clipper sign:
Cloudy skies for this one but I’ll include anyway):
An adapted sign from the Golden Flame restaurant:
This cleaners has been closed for-ev-er but the sign remains:
This hotel has been closed for a few years. The owner put the sign up for sale but changed his mind when the locals went nuts… and so it remains:
Let’s close with the incredible Roeser’s Bakery with signs from top to bottom:
Back soon with another Chicago area batch.
Happy Trails,
dj & the dogs
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