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- West Seattle Brake Service
Family-owned since 1940, at same location since 1950. - Troy Laundry
Rooftop neon sign from the defunct Troy Laundry in Seattle. After Amazon bought the building, they gutted it and erected a skyscraper in the shell of the old brick laundry, which now provides a covered walkway leading to the entrances of the new building. The neon sign was relocated from the rooftop to hang inside. - The Pine Box (Beer Inside)
The Pine Box - a Capitol Hill bar located in an old mortuary - Shhhhhhhh... GEORGETOWN
- Seattle Neon Book!
New book of my neon photos - over 450 of them. Buy it here: Seattle Neon on Kickstarter - Seattle Cinerama
These signs were removed in September 2023, as the former Seattle Cinerama (closed for three years) was sold, becoming SIFF Cinema. SIFF (Seattle Independent Film Festival) were unable to use the Cinerama name due to a trademark. - Psychic Barber
Rick's Barber Shop - "Psychic Barber", 4845 California Ave SW, West Seattle. Originally located a few blocks south, Rick's Barber Shop was in a storefront next to a psychic. The psychic had a large neon sign reading "Psychic", with her phone number below, and when Rick added a neon sign of his own he matched the font, color, and size of his neighbor's. Side by side, in adjacent windows, they looked like "Psychic Barber" from the street. Eventually the psychic's business failed, and she simply stopped paying rent and abandoned everything in the shop. The landlord gave Rick the sign, and he relocated it (minus the phone number) above his own, so it now read "Psychic Barber" in a single window. It became a West Seattle landmark, with reporters always eager to retell the story or ask Rick for his forecast on major sporting events. Last year he moved to a new building. The window was too small for the original Psychic and Barber signs, so he mounted those on an inside wall instead, but got some new neon - red, white, and blue - for the window. Still in business, Rick's Barber Shop is temporarily closed due to the virus. There's a paper sign in the window apologizing that he didn't see this coming. - Paramount
Paramount Theatre, Seattle, built by Paramount Pictures in 1928. Originally the Seattle Theatre, renamed the Paramount in 1930. This marquee and vertical neon sign are a 2009 replica of the original. - MOTEL
Marco Polo Motel, Aurora Ave, Seattl - May Thai, Wallingford
- La Hacienda Motel
- Fluckinger Machine Works
Previously on the outside of a building at 4800 Airport Way S, now restored and located indoors at Seattle Tavern & Pool Hall, 5811 AIrport Way S. - coyote