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Old Signage Around Town.


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Living on the East End, I travel through the "old sides of town", the east and south, often and love some of the old reminders of how Houston once was. While old buildings are relatively rare here, the rarest of all architectural elements is probably the old sign. How likely is a business to retain the same sign for half a century or longer? More common is the abandoned commercial building.

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I like the old Burger Chef sign, too. But, man, that stretch of Bellfort looks like a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

there were alot of neat things along bellfort at one time or another...that stretch of bellfort (sunnyside to telephone or so) does look awful...

the nicest stretch of bellfort is between stella link and buffalo speedway ^_^

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Sev, I found a great old sign yeaterday, I was traveling down N.shepard, just past W.Gray or just before, there is an old old PUB sign still standing with a Coca-cola sign attached on top. It obviously was an old wateringhole of some sort. It was on the west hand side of the street.

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foxmulder mentioned this station and signage in another thread...so I popped by there to check it out.

anyone know if this was original signage for this station or just someone being nostalgic?

i was hoping for a dinosaur logo though. It's on the corner of Ahrens and Howard.

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foxmulder mentioned this station and signage in another thread...so I popped by there to check it out.

anyone know if this was original signage for this station or just someone being nostalgic?

i was hoping for a dinosaur logo though. It's on the corner of Ahrens and Howard.

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Rats beat me to it! How long has that building been there?

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Sev, I found a great old sign yeaterday, I was traveling down N.shepard, just past W.Gray or just before, there is an old old PUB sign still standing with a Coca-cola sign attached on top. It obviously was an old wateringhole of some sort. It was on the west hand side of the street.

Is this the old bar at the corner of Kipling and Shepherd, just north of Bookstop? I forget the name of it, but I remember someone told me that at one point this place had the oldest continuous liquor license in the city.

I was riding around and stumbled on that Orlando Plumbing sign. It's on Elysian.

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I was riding around and stumbled on that Orlando Plumbing sign. It's on Elysian.

Wow. I can't hide anything from you. :lol:

I don't know if you noticed the old victorian next to it. The gingerbread is unique and the interior still has fine woodwork. Too bad it's tagged for demolition. The same guy (Tony Orlando (can't be THE Tony Orlando)) owns the house and lot the plumbing co. sits on. It's one parcel I think.

I believe that strip will be the fast lane of the Hardy Toll Road fairly soon.

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