Sign of the Times...

Major Coup!
This must see show on Jan. 13, 2011, 7pm at Phx Metro Retro - 708 W Hazelwood

Will feature Glen Guyett a local artist/ sign designer of many iconic signs including:
[caption id="attachment_290" align="alignleft" width="201" caption="Mr. Lucky's - Grand Ave"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_291" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Bill Johnson's Big Apple on Van Buren "][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_292" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Kon Tiki on Van Buren - Gone"]
Best of Phoenix Marshall Shore: RetroSpectactular named by Phoenix New Times.
(Admission $5)

Marshall's Monday Vanishing Phoenix

Check out my newest post on Vanishing Phoenix

Miracle of Roses

Check out Marshall's Monday on Vanishing Phoenix. I have recently been added as a weekly contributer. This about a pageant that long ago vanished, but has been revitalized along with the Old Adobe Mission in Old Town Scottsdale. [caption id="attachment_265" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Miracle of Roses"][/caption]

Hello Mary Lou... You will be missed

[caption id="attachment_269" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Mary Lou at the Mystery Castle"][/caption] Check out my post on Vanishing Phoenix about a local one of a kind icon, the Mystery Castle, and it's Princess who recently passed away.

T-shirt for The Sahara Inn

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The Sahara Inn - While filming the movie Bus Stop Marilyn Monroe stayed in the penthouse of this Fab hotel in the heart of downtown Phoenix. Most recently it was ASU student housing and was then deemed a safety hazard and was recently torn down to become a parking lot. There was a valiant effort by many Downtown to install a dog park, but the Sheraton will have the parking lot.

T-Short for Log Cabin Motel

Log Cabin Motel was located on 24th St and Van Buren. demolished the summer of 2010. Was really the end of an era for Van Buren that at one time was filled with resorts and motels catering to the traveler heading to Las Vegas, LA or beyond. When it opened it had a golf course and a large water wheel out front. It had declined and was the last hourly rate hotel in the city.

T-shirt Starlite/ Diving Lady

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Neon Diving Lady @ the Starlite Motel in Mesa Arizona- The most famous sign on Mesa Main St. came down during a stormi Oct ’10. Whether it will return or not is a on going debate.