Check out this lovely medley of ghost signs in New York at East 33rd Street and Madison Avenue.

Photo: Oliver Hodson

Streetview: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Zh2i8p9eibHg7JPD8

#ghostsigns #fadingads #newyork #nyc

Beautiful hand-painted ads and signs from as far back as the 1890s linger on aging masonry in many cities, anchoring us to previous generations and their long-gone products and brands. #ghostsigns #GraphicDesign #brickads #FadingAds #signage #graphicdesignhistory #advertising

I've added a little holding note on the page below with news that the London ghost signs book by @RoyReed and I is being reissued this autumn:

https://ghostsigns.co.uk/publications/book/

All very exciting, and hopefully this one will see many reprintings...

#ghostsigns #fadingads #london #books

RE: https://typo.social/@matratype/115678182685396837

"Who knew ghost signs could be so fun?" asks @matratype in this lovely piece about collaboratively deciphering the text on one from Pune...

#ghostsigns #fadingads

And now over to the Netherlands for the latest ghost sign from Amsterdam Typography:

Slijterij (liquor store) Orpheus on Daniël Stalpertstraat, at the junction with Ferdinand Bolstraat.

https://www.amsterdamtypography.nl/item/2435

#ghostsigns #fadingads #amsterdam

Here's some #superbowl action: a San Francisco curiosity from the @ghostsigns blog:

https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2024/07/the-mirrored-owl-cigars-of-san-francisco/

#ghostsigns #sanfrancisco #owl #cigars #signs #fadingads

#fadingadsofnyc #gouldsboropa #fadingads #fadingadsnyc #thanksgiving #collage

#fadingadsofnyc #gouldsboropa #fadingads #fadingadsnyc #thanksgiving #collage

Fading ads anyone?
Bob Pins 1997- Fading Ads of NYC #fadingads #fadingadsnyc