Day 32: More Cincinnati and some Kentucky

This is the last full day of shooting on this trip before I hit the interstate towards home.

Let’s start with this Chicken Car at Ron’s Roost in Cincinnati. More about these cars at my website here: https://www.roadarch.com/critters/birdscars.html

Giant baseballs in front of the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati:

These books were originally part of a fountain in front of a library in Cincinnati. Now, they’ve been moved back next to the entrance and used as a planter:

This giant bottle is at a liquor store in Covington, KY:

“Clive” the alien is installed on a parking garage is also in Covington, KY:

Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, the Roman soldier and statesman, is the guy after which Cincinnati was named:

This flying pig nearby, Lucius Quinctius Pigasus, is a more modern, humorous rendition:

There are many Mr. Redlegs (mascot of the Cincinnati Reds) statues in different uniforms on benches scattered around town:

A detail from the Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper building:

A detail from the Times-Star newspaper building — also in Cincinnati:

The long-abandoned Regal Theatre in Cincinnati is about to be restored:

The Marianne Theatre in Bellevue, KY:

The former American National Bank in Newport, KY:

A former gas station in Cincinnati:

A former Tresler Comet gas station in Cincinnati:

An operating Mountain View Diner in Cincinnati:

I believe this sign in Cincinnati with its revolving bottom panel was built for the Gateway Quarter real estate office around 2007 (Google StreetView):

The sign’s panels were swapped for Taste of Belgium in 2012 and they’re looking pretty awful now. This location closed in September. Hopefully, the next business will keep this design and just replace the panels. Maybe get a new ballie for the bottom, please:

This clothing store in Cincinnati closed in 2016 but the sign remains. I believe it opened in 1961 and this sign appears to be from then:

This sign in Covington, KY originally advertised for Covington Chili:

The Western Bowl sign in Cincinnati with its crappy LED tubing “update”:

The Golden Fleece Lounge in Cincinnati was some other bar before this. But despite my digging, I don’t know what it was:

The Brass Ass Lounge in Newport, KY has been MANY bars before this and the sign updated just as many times. I think the sign dates from the late 1940s when it was the Stark Club. This vintage image shows the bar sign on the left when it was the Galaxie Club:

Rich’s Jewelers in Covington, KY opened in 1944 and this sign may be from then. For more about these Gruen Clock signs, see my website here: https://www.roadarch.com/sca/clocks.html#Gowdy

When I shot the sign this summer, it still had the Rich’s name on one side, but now both sides have been adapted for the Noche restaurant. It makes me sad — but they did a nice job. From their website:

This sign in Cincinnati was restored in 2017 by the American Sign Museum’s Neonworks shop:

This sign in Cincinnati originally advertised for the Route 52 Flying Saucer Drive-in:

Three more signs from Cincinnati:

And lastly, this sign from Newport, KY which was brought back to life a couple of years ago when the building was restored. The store itself is gone: