WIN: 100-Year Old ‘Ghost Signs’ Rescued Just Days Before Demolition By Preservation Chicago December 31, 2022 0 2 FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestWhatsAppEmailPrint 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 ADVOCACYWinsMonth-in-Review NewsletterDecember 2022 NewsletterYear-in-Review Archive2022 Year-in-Review FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestWhatsAppEmailPrint Previous articleWIN: ‘Authenticity is Guiding Principle’ for Adaptive Reuse of Peabody Elementary School into Residential Building (Chicago 7 2015)Next articlePARTIAL WIN: Preservation Chicago’s Viral Tweet Leads to Good Outcome for Vintage Orange Garden Neon Sign LEAVE A REPLY Cancel reply Comment: Please enter your comment! Name:* Please enter your name here Email:* You have entered an incorrect email address! Please enter your email address here Website: Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
