WIN: 100-Year Old ‘Ghost Signs’ Rescued Just Days Before Demolition

By Preservation Chicago

December 31, 2022

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Ghost Signs 3609 N. Ravenswood 3 Colin Boyle — Scaffolding is set up as preservationists carefully remove the wood panels that hold the rare ghost signs in the 3600 block of North Ravenswood Avenue on Aug. 12, 2022. Photo credit: Colin Boyle / Block Club Chicago

Rare Lakeview Ghost Signs Saved Just Days Before Demolition Thanks To Donations; Local sign painters rushed to preserve the advertisements before their building is destroyed for a development. They’re collecting donations to safely store them, Colin Boyle, Block Club Chicago, 8/12/22

Sign Painters Raising Money To Save Rare Ghost Signs In Lakeview Before Building Is Bulldozed; A collective of Chicago sign painters hopes to raise $20,000 to safely remove and store the signs before the building they’re on is demolished in two weeks, Colin Boyle, Block Club Chicago, 8/4/22

Rare, Decades-Old ‘Ghost Signs’ Revealed On Lakeview Building Facing Demolition; The siding on a wooden two-flat dating back to the 1890s was taken down recently, revealing well-preserved walls of advertisements for Shell Oil and Wonder Bread’s predecessor that might date back to the ’50s., Colin Boyle, Block Club Chicago, 7/19/22

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