February 06, 2004
Signal to noise
Serve Nolde's Bread
February 4, 2004
27th Street Inn, now a "laundro mat" with an apartment upstairs (possibly)
North 27th and East Marshall Streets
I must have walked by this old doorway hundreds of times before I actually read what was painted on the screen. Maybe this entry should be titled "Noise to signal" now that I've paid attention. That door must be at least fifty years old, I'm amazed the screen has survived at all.
The Nolde Bakery, now Merita, used to operate right here in the neighborhood. The bakery building is located at 26th and Broad and housed the Goodwill for many years (1978 to 1997). The Goodwill has since moved out to the West End and Southside, which is a shame, because where am I supposed to buy furniture now? For months after the Goodwill left, people would leave bags of clothes and old toys in the doorway. The people who bought the building finally got tired of having to throw it all in the dumpster (I'm assuming that's what they did) and put up a sign saying how they were not the Goodwill anymore, so don't leave stuff here. The sign was ignored, of course, but I think people have caught on at last. It's been a while since I've seen heaps of anything at the doors.
221 words | February 6, 2004 04:44 PM | Ghost signs