Independence Community Bank Ghost Sign in NYC

I spotted this ghost sign for the Independence Community Bank across the street from the Newkirk Plaza subway station in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. Apparently this was “the best banking value.” Fading Ad Blog has a better photo, taken 7 years ago when the sign was less deteriorated.

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Palace Hotel by Trowbridge & Livingston

Located at 2 New Montgomery St. in downtown San Francisco, the Palace Hotel was designed by NYC-based Trowbridge & Livingston and erected in 1909 on the site of the original hotel of the same name, which fell victim to the 1906 earthquake.

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Unbelievably, there’s another VL studio out there. It’s a barber shop in the Chelsea neighborhood of NYC.

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A recent real estate listing for a flipped house in the tragically hip Fountain Square neighborhood of Indianapolis. I’m kidding — Fountain Square is genuinely cool, but the Williamsburg comparison does it no favors. Let’s get rid of this chip on the shoulder, shall we?

Times Square Times: 35 Times by Toby Buonagurio

Times Square Times: 35 Times by Toby Buonagurio is located in the transfer corridor between the 1/2/3 station and the 42nd St. Shuttle in the Times Square MTA subway station in Manhattan.

Geppi’s Entertainment Museum

A museum of pop culture? Yes, please! Geppi’s Entertainment Museum in Baltimore is exactly that — “dedicated to presenting the story of popular culture since the nation’s earliest days in an entertaining and educational fashion so that our guests have the unique opportunity to walk through a timeline that parallels and is entwined with history as a whole.”

Palmer House by Holabird & Roche

Located at 17 East Monroe St. in downtown Chicago, the Palmer House is a hotel designed by prominent local architecture firm Holabird & Roche. When it opened in 1925, it was touted as the largest hotel in the world.

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I typically only post my own photos [unless I’m sharing the work of a fine artist], but I had to ask my sister for permission to share this, spotted in the Fort Hamilton Parkway subway station in Brooklyn.

VisuaLingual Seed Bomb Promotion for 1 Hotels

For over six months now, we’ve been producing seed bomb promotions for 1 Hotels, a family of socially responsible boutique hotels with locations in New York City and Miami Beach.

Hunter-Dulin Building by Schultze & Weaver

Designed by NYC-based architecture firm Schultze & Weaver and located at 111 Sutter St. in San Francisco’s Financial District, the Hunter-Dulin Building is a Renaissance Revival office tower that features Romanesque and French Chateau ornamentation.