A backlog of signs

I'm finally getting around to posting about a bunch of signs collected over the last months. Here's the first motley lot. More to come soon :)

First, central Melbourne:

Brunswick:

Coburg:

Reservoir:

Some creative reuse behind Regent Street:

North Melbourne:

Prahran:

Parkville:

Preston: ghost cafe. Very keen to check this place out:

Footscray - yes, it's a ghost sign now:

Richmond:

And lastly, one from the country (Gippsland):

A recent tyre sign uncovering in Prahran - from the 1920s

Drove past this Perdriau Tyres sign the other day - the latest of a series of great uncoverings in the arterial roads of the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. This sign is older than 1929 - the company merged with Dunlop that year: http://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000528b.htm

A big collection of Melbourne ghost signs spotted in my travels

Here's a collection of Melbourne signs I've photographed over the last few months, and that I haven't had time to download off the phone and upload here. It's always a pleasure to stumble on new signs, even ones less spectacular than some of those posted recently.

Finding one can make a less-than-optimal day that much better (I know, tragic...):

CBD...wonder why I've never noticed this before

Richmond - brilliant palimpsest (and below)

Prahran (obviously)

North Fitzroy. In honour of this week's announcement that General Motors Holden will cease manufacturing in Australia after 60 years of producing Australia's 'own' car.

And now a group from around Glenferrie Road, Armadale and Malvern, mainly near Malvern station:

The front of the building is below on the left.

And here, notice how even some Victorian-era folks were grammatically challenged!

Once a milk bar, now a shi-shi gourmet deli opposite the Malvern tennis courts (darling). At least they kept the ice cream sign.

Once a Greek grocery, now a shi-shi eatery.

Now a few from around Hawksburn train station:

Old shop...can juuust make this out. The rest is covered by a big old red brick wall.

Now a few more....

North Fitzroy. Had to use the bad iPhone zoom. I'm pretty sure the one on the brick wall was a Robur Tea sign (you can see the 'tea')

North Melbourne

North Fitzroy

North Fitzroy (and following)...one of my favourite palimpsests.

Fitzroy

Ditto

Kensington

Kensington

Footscray...in honour of the former Forgers department store

Footscray

Ditto

Fawkner

CBD...a famous sign. I knew of the sign but stumbled on it completely by accident.

CBD

CBD

CBD - on display by RMIT

CBD - not a ghost sign but good nonetheless

Brunswick

Brunswick (and below)

Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe (and below)

Ivanhoe

Brunswick

Preston

Footscray...Little Saigon market is still in operation but the 60s sign is cool

Abbotsford

Abbotsford

Now where was that?

Armadale...a new sign on top of an old one that looks like an old one?