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  1. RE: c.im/@Stuck_Here/1171906793059

    Do you think the appreciation of, and fascination with, ghost signs is a form of 'nagori' as explained here?

    Reminds me of the artist, whose name I can't remember, who installed a frame filled with freshly cut roses — the beauty was to be found in the decay/transition, much like the turning of the leaves in autumn.

    #Ghostsigns

  2. There have been recent projects by Historic England and Museum of London Archaeology #MOLA to record historic #ghostsigns Here is an example of a more contemporary one. Presumably John Lewis are no longer "at home"? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2eyy1 historicengland.org.uk/whats-n #HistoricEngland #histodons #history

  3. New at bl.ag online, 'Field Notes from BLAG: May 2026', with the New York vernacular, brush care, DIY directionals, Barcelona painters, and more from the field.

    bl.ag/fieldnotes/field-notes-f

    #SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #Ghostsigns #FieldNotes

  4. #Ghostsigns of an enormous auto and truck garage from #AlbanyNY – shots I took back in 2010 but current StreetView shows it's pretty much the same today. #sign #signs #signage #ghostsign #UpstateNewYork #upstateNY

  5. Can anyone make out the long word/phrase in the second layer of this palimpsest?

    Layer 1 (rust lettering): "Whitebread, Earl Russell Inn"

    Layer 2 (black lettering): "The Earl Russell, West _______ try"

    The location is 143 Lawrence Hill, Bristol BS5 0BT (corner of Earl Russell Way) and the sign was revealed from beneath a billboard between 2019–20: maps.app.goo.gl/oKGDHEaDayoEB6.

    Photo: Carla Wakfer (linkedin.com/in/carla-wakfer-6).

    #Ghostsigns #Palimpsest #Bristol #Whitebread #EarlRussell #Pubs #Inns #AskFedi

  6. I‘m convinced that my cat defended me from a demon or ghost or some other inter dimensional being tonight. When I got to bed shortly after 1 am I turned off the lights and he jumped onto my bed and after a while I felt his body shifting or he let himself fall over and suddenly hissed at something in the dark and was immediately quiet after and lied down beside me. Thanks Rune.

    #CatsOfMastodon #occultism #ghostsigns #demons #BlackCat

  7. The Horn & Hardart chain of ‘automat’ diners ceased to exist 35 years ago, yet this remnant of their advertising past clings on in Manhattan.

    untapped new york has the full story: untappedcities.com/spot-a-ghos.

    Photo: Robyn Roth-Moise.

    Location: maps.app.goo.gl/7ani3SRFUgm2pV

    #Ghostsigns #Manhattan #NewYork #Automat #Cafeteria

  8. @RickGaehl I was shocked to realise that my first (pre-graffiti) photo of this is almost 20 years old now!

    ghostsigns.co.uk/2007/06/bloom

    It's a rare example of a locally listed ghost sign in London:

    ghostsigns.co.uk/2013/05/local

    #Ghostsigns #Pianos #Shoreditch

  9. Welcome followers that I've migrated from my previous Ghostsigns account on mastodon.social. I'm now posting that stuff here, alongside my wider adventures in sign painting with @sam .

    I won't be offended if you just want the ghost signs stuff and choose to unfollow me and/or follow the #Ghostsigns tag 😊

    Pictured is the sign that started all this in the first place: Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen / Walker Bros., Stoke Newington Church St., London N16.

    #ghostsign #StokeNewinton #London #N16