6th and 6th

I went to a hackathon on Saturday that was downtown. 

Benson Highway

I had to give a presentation with Tucson Embedded, they're near the airport, and I found some really interesting signs near there.

Found this car wash right beside a Circle K, where I got some gum. 

This hotel was on a lonely stretch of road along the Benson Highway. 

This derelict sign is a edifice of our consumerist, post-modern, culture. 

4th ave, near I-10

Took some pictures of signs near the South side of Tucson.

Although you can't see it, this sign used to say "mobile service station."

The letters didn't fall off as they did melt on. 

This sign used to say, "Old Spanish Trail," but the only part that remains is trail.

Motels of Miracle Mile

Here is my long anticipated post of Motels of Miracle Mile

It appears that they did a lot of renovation at the Ghost Ranch, unfortunately, it seems to have lost much of its soul.

Even though this wasn't a motel per-se, it was in the same strip and had many of the stylistic conventions of the other signs along Miracle Mile. 

Random Signs

After I cleared out my apartment, I went along some streets to take some signs from Euclid to Miracle Mile.

It's a big round poka-dotted sign. 

I see commercials for the place all the time. 

This was a sign for a "food store"

Coming soon: an up coming blog post about the motels of Miracle Mile. 

Campbell Estates Mobile Home Park

Rode my bike down Campbell a few days ago

Could not resist taking a picture of this sign. It's a little dark because I took this early in the morning.

Some Signs Near 1st.

Since I've moved out to Vail, the signs available to me have been few. Fortunately I found a few more in my photo library. 

I caught this Asarco building on my way home one day. I think it was near Stone and Grant. 

This was the sign of a closed down, run down gas station on 1st. Curiously they're building a new gas station on the next block from this one. I wonder why they just don't fix this one up. 

I found some pictures I haven't posted yet, you'll see a few more of these over the next few days.

 It turns out this is a church, not a farming coalition.

Despite Tucson's attempts to mend downtown, I feel like they're going to leave a few isolated details like this sign un-altered.

More of South Tucson

These are pictures I took while riding my bike a few weeks ago. 

There were a bunch of guys smoking marijuana when I went by this car wash, really sketchy.

 Not much to say about this one.

I admire the owners attempt to make the preceding letter to the 'C' symmetrical to it, but this resulting character just doesn't exist in the alphabet.

Downtown

Most things in downtown has lost its authenticity and is now "trendy." Regardless, this blog wouldn't be complete without a few images of the unique signage in downtown Tucson.

I did a little bit of research about this building. Apparently it's home to a studio that make models of old buildings around Tucson before they're renovated or torn down.


They went to town painting this building.

Around my apartment

I took some pictures real quick down Glenn: about 1-2 miles from my apartment.

This sign looked interesting because it's so faded and absorbed into it's enviroment.

Found this sign in front of a rundown property in a surreal line of abandoned, rundown properties.

This is the sign to a very nice, small, and deserted park.

Interdasting Vidya

I found this interesting video, while browsing youtube, that addresses signs, graphic art, and the erosion of historic signs in our culture. It's a good watch and I think we need to do "take it back" as the author insists.

Old Sign in the Middle of the Desert

I found this old warehouse while exploring in the desert with my friend.

It's very run down and doesn't look like it's been used for decades. It was beside railroad tracks and had a loading dock for trains so it had to have been related to railroad shipping. The only question is: what did it store? It isn't near any large industry that would require a large warehouse.