Here’s the wrap-up of the SCA Signs section with the remaining two subsections. First, the Scaffold Signs pages.
I just shot this sign in Quincy, IL in June — ain’t it lovely?

but Google StreetView shows this:

Wuh-oh. Yup – an online article shares that the sign is “getting a facelift… They will be replacing the sign’s neon bulbs with LED bulbs, fixing the clock and painting the sign. Just refreshing the look. So, to stay only in spec, just the way it was designed. We’re just going to freshen it up, get the clock working and not malfunctioning. It should have some pop to it with the LEDs, but it will look exactly like it did, hopefully this all goes well or goes to plan exactly like it did when it was made, maybe even a little brighter if anything,”
I can’t help but be skeptical. I fear the next time we see it, there will be backlit plastic letters. Let’s all hold our collective breaths and pray…
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Google StreetView still shows the letters missing from the Androy Hotel sign in Hibbing, MN. But they were reinstalled and relit a few months ago. I can’t find anywhere whether they used neon or LED. Most scaffold signs are restored with LED these days. This photo from the Mesabi Tribune:

This sign in Memphis, TN is gone now:

Moving on to the Bowling Signs pages. The Leda Lanes in Nashua, NH closed earlier this year and the building was demolished for a shopping center development. So, this rooftop candlepin sign is gone now. I hope someone snagged it since candlepin signs are VERY rare:

The Echo Lanes Bowl in Warren, OH fell over a couple of years ago and I can find nothing about it being restored or replicated. I think we can assume it was either trashed or the top panel sold:

The nifty “BOWL” letters on the Shawnee Bowl sign in Shawnee, OK…:

… have been replaced with boring block letters and LED strip borders instead of neon. The new top panels have also been replaced (no more fun bowling pin characters) but at least the left the metal star on top:

This sign in Johnstown, PA from the long-closed Zip’s Classic Lanes is gone now:

The San Juan Lanes in Anacortes, WA was removed in 2022 after the bowling alley closed and was demolished. The sign was taken to a junkyard and then purchased by Dad’s Diner in town before it could be destroyed. They were “working with the city” to install the sign on the side of their building but I don’t think that happened:

This sign in Hillsboro, WI is probably gone now. The two poles are still there so maybe there’s some hope that it’s at the shop being restored:

This sign in Hamilton, ON is gone now:

This sign in Belvidere, IL is gone now. The building was demolished in July and will soon be replaced with a Starbucks and a Chipotle:

That’s a wrap for signs for a while. The “real” Signs section will be towards the very end of this project (about 400 pages of those to go thru). The next post(s) will cover the Giant Stuff and Car Showrooms sections.
Happy Trails,
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