tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31712491955195293332012-02-16T06:09:12.470-08:00mjnoreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171249195519529333.post-86734299955763864142007-07-06T14:03:00.000-07:002008-03-30T20:18:05.433-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/Ro6uOyv2-9I/AAAAAAAAAB8/AnuYUhAJv2Y/s1600-h/marshall+fields.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/Ro6uOyv2-9I/AAAAAAAAAB8/AnuYUhAJv2Y/s320/marshall+fields.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084192598511778770" /></a><br /><br />This is important: Marshall Field's has ceased to exist because it's become Macy's, but these signs remain on the delivery entrance on Randolph Street (the main entrance is on State Street).<br /><br />(See all the signs <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolingua" target="_blank">here</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3171249195519529333-8673429995576386414?l=chicagosigns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>mjnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171249195519529333.post-72255173354814609232007-07-06T14:01:00.000-07:002008-03-30T20:18:58.492-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/Ro6twCv2-8I/AAAAAAAAAB0/fRUum33sacI/s1600-h/blick.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/Ro6twCv2-8I/AAAAAAAAAB0/fRUum33sacI/s320/blick.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084192070230801346" /></a><br /><br />This is on State Street, south of Madison. I like the sign and the name--the name is as nifty as the sign looks.<br /><br />(See all the signs <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolingua" target="_blank">here</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3171249195519529333-7225517335481460923?l=chicagosigns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>mjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171249195519529333.post-3643225335929114042007-07-06T13:58:00.000-07:002008-03-30T20:19:22.543-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/Ro6tFCv2-7I/AAAAAAAAABs/1wly0ZYQptw/s1600-h/plymouth.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/Ro6tFCv2-7I/AAAAAAAAABs/1wly0ZYQptw/s320/plymouth.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084191331496426418" /></a><br /><br />This back entrance is what's seen from State Street, on the way to the library. The main entrance is on Plymouth Court.<br /><br />(See all the signs <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolingua" target="_blank">here</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3171249195519529333-364322533592911404?l=chicagosigns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>mjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171249195519529333.post-1320139803099694532007-07-06T13:56:00.000-07:002008-03-30T20:19:40.550-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/Ro6siyv2-6I/AAAAAAAAABk/tSajXxNu3D8/s1600-h/pizanos.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/Ro6siyv2-6I/AAAAAAAAABk/tSajXxNu3D8/s320/pizanos.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084190743085906850" /></a><br /><br />This on Madison, east of State Street.<br /><br />(See all the signs <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolingua" target="_blank">here</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3171249195519529333-132013980309969453?l=chicagosigns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>mjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171249195519529333.post-40983552316544414082007-05-17T10:07:00.000-07:002008-03-30T20:19:57.024-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/RkyOxSOW33I/AAAAAAAAABE/PpZXM9DB9Lg/s1600-h/PolonTB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/RkyOxSOW33I/AAAAAAAAABE/PpZXM9DB9Lg/s320/PolonTB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065580658241757042" /></a><br /><br />What I like about this sign (near 56th and Pulaski) is not just the faded "older" style, but how it says "bureau," because I rarely see that word, if at all.<br /><br />(See all the signs <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolingua" target="_blank">here</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3171249195519529333-4098355231654441408?l=chicagosigns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>mjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171249195519529333.post-66088154161489193752007-05-11T20:03:00.000-07:002008-03-30T20:20:45.758-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/RkyQKyOW34I/AAAAAAAAABM/h6ATzeHlcEs/s1600-h/NickysHamburgers.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/RkyQKyOW34I/AAAAAAAAABM/h6ATzeHlcEs/s320/NickysHamburgers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065582195840049026" /></a><br /><br />Even though this is a chain, I think these signs aren't going to be around forever. Or they're going to be redesigned.<br /><br />(See all the signs <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolingua" target="_blank">here</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3171249195519529333-6608815416148919375?l=chicagosigns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>mjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171249195519529333.post-19095122789971198142007-05-09T11:53:00.000-07:002008-03-30T20:21:10.157-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/RkyQUyOW35I/AAAAAAAAABU/ig2fd_r4Bfs/s1600-h/WagnerTypewriters.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/RkyQUyOW35I/AAAAAAAAABU/ig2fd_r4Bfs/s320/WagnerTypewriters.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065582367638740882" /></a><br /><br />We won't see many of these signs anymore--not many people have typewriters. So I wonder how much longer this sign will be around.<br /><br />(See all the signs <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolingua" target="_blank">here</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3171249195519529333-1909512278997119814?l=chicagosigns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>mjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171249195519529333.post-55473908400923388472007-04-30T17:37:00.000-07:002007-04-30T17:39:04.343-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/RjaL3tz--gI/AAAAAAAAAAs/dLnj2dwjFLI/s1600-h/Florsheim.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/RjaL3tz--gI/AAAAAAAAAAs/dLnj2dwjFLI/s400/Florsheim.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059385020704029186" /></a><br /><br />This was at 63rd and Pulaski. A few weeks after I shot it, it was gone. Good thing I took a picture of it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3171249195519529333-5547390840092338847?l=chicagosigns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>mjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171249195519529333.post-14656128422094863352007-04-26T19:56:00.000-07:002007-05-17T10:28:33.583-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/RkyQsiOW36I/AAAAAAAAABc/Mv4fDVKGMAI/s1600-h/pinnacle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/RkyQsiOW36I/AAAAAAAAABc/Mv4fDVKGMAI/s320/pinnacle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065582775660634018" /></a><br /><br />This sign is simple, but it's striking against the drab building on a gray wintry day.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3171249195519529333-1465612842209486335?l=chicagosigns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>mjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171249195519529333.post-74209433762552030992007-04-22T07:56:00.000-07:002007-05-11T20:07:11.305-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/Rit3yW6BTOI/AAAAAAAAAAc/O7y1qFyPevw/s1600-h/CarsonPirieScott.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/Rit3yW6BTOI/AAAAAAAAAAc/O7y1qFyPevw/s400/CarsonPirieScott.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056266713679613154" /></a><br />This was the entrance to Carson's on Wabash. The main entrance was on Madison and State. The store is now closed.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3171249195519529333-7420943376255203099?l=chicagosigns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>mjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171249195519529333.post-66340718076591958262007-04-13T18:48:00.000-07:002007-05-11T20:08:12.138-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/RiA0yvMCEaI/AAAAAAAAAAU/fADMHZLQ5io/s1600-h/CentralCamera.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/RiA0yvMCEaI/AAAAAAAAAAU/fADMHZLQ5io/s400/CentralCamera.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053096828174733730" /></a><br /><br />This is on South Wabash, not far from the Art Institute.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3171249195519529333-6634071807659195826?l=chicagosigns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>mjnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171249195519529333.post-16061654578479131322007-04-11T23:12:00.000-07:002007-04-26T20:04:36.895-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/Rh3OAPMCEZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/08_6eqLy1oo/s1600-h/ChicagoTheater.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JD8bBJnEjrM/Rh3OAPMCEZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/08_6eqLy1oo/s400/ChicagoTheater.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052420860451885458" /></a><br />Can you dance?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3171249195519529333-1606165457847913132?l=chicagosigns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>mjnoreply@blogger.com0