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Ghost Signs of Kraków

Areta — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 09:36:52 +0000

Kraków was considered as the unofficial capital of the western part of Galicia and the second most important city in the region. As in other former Galician cities, today various traces of its time under the Austrian Empire can still be found in the urban landscape. In particular, Kraków has […]

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Ghost Signs: England

Areta — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 21:04:41 +0000

England’s ghost signs, or fading brick ads, are the most famous and numerous. There is a website Ghostsigns dedicated to them (above all in England, but also around the world) and on Facebook there are many groups dedicated to these old signs. Suprisingly I didn’t come across that many during […]

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Faux Ghost Sign on Lombard Shop in Lviv

Areta — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 08:12:18 +0000

I found a new faux ghost sign on a shop that sells gold, silver, watches, and currency. The name of the shop is Ломбард (Lombard). The signs are in Polish and Ukrainian: Złoto (Gold) Srebro (Silver) Zegarki (Watches) Гроші (Money) Kantor (Currency exchange) This first example I’ve seen in Lviv […]

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3 Drukarska Street: Ghost Signs, Fruit Liqueurs, Postal Pies

Areta — Tue, 06 May 2014 17:10:44 +0000

The building at 3 Drukarska Street was built c. 1543, and was owned by Stanislaw Schtansl Scholtz. The building later become known as “Under the Mother of God” because of a statue of the Virgin Mary on the façade. In 1858 the building housed the St. Sophia Association of the […]

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Hand-Painted Sign in Lublin

Areta — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 08:18:39 +0000

At first I thought this was a ghost sign, but after looking closer at what it says and later finding that there really is a store with that name now, I understood it was not. It’s a store that sells gifts, souvenirs, and postcards. I really like the sign nevertheless.

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Modern Hand-Painted Signs in Lviv

Areta — Mon, 13 May 2013 09:02:11 +0000

It makes me very happy when new stores, bars, and restaurants use the old method of advertising what products they have for sale, that is, painting the name of their establishment and their products directly on the store’s facade. There are several examples of such places in Lviv. They are […]

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Faux Ghost Sign in Boulder

Areta — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:01:27 +0000

Last spring a few of my friends found this fake multilayered ghost sign in Boulder, Colorado. It’s on the side of a bike shop. There seem to be three layers of signs, and even the bricks are fake – they are painted on. (Thank you Julie, Eric, and Andrew for […]

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