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AZ Signage Main | Cleaners | Drug | Ghost | Liquor | Neon
(Far left) A close-up of he 3D guy on the billboard (Near left) The billboard
The owner now told me that he bought Roland's about ten years ago form the original owners who were also Asian - he told me that Roland's was first an Oriental food market.
Phoenix is home to the Lucky Cue billiard room and its rather unique sign. Unfortunately, the pool table sign has slowly been falling apart with an ever increasing rate of deterioration. The graffiti may have appeared about 3 or 4 years ago. The sign looks like it may have been neon at one time.
Here is the Lucky Cue sign after restoration. The owners are fixing it up, and they took down the letter to paint them. According to the owner, the balls are made of glass. It's a wonder if they lit up at one time. I also talked to the elderly barber next door who is a Native American and has been in Arizona for about 60 years. According to the barber, the sign may be about 47 years old, which would put it at about 1958. It does have that 50's look. The Lucky Cue sign has some resemblance to this sign in Oklahoma.
On an interesting side note, the down stairway and basement of the house that used to sit on this corner are still under the building but was filled in with dirt to create a solid foundation for the new 60's construction. The family also owns the Ace Hardware located at: 5545 N 7th St in Phoenix, off Missouri. The 7th Street and Missouri area used to be called "Cinema Park" (was an area of theatres).
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Here is a modern billboard for Dex Knows, but it's real
eye-catching nonetheless. It appears to be a good trend - seems we're
or should I say they're moving towards doing more 3D billboards. Lets
hope the next wave of visual competition is a more space-age like neon
look.
Ace Hardware
According to the 4th generation owner of the Ace Hardware business at 2242 N 24TH St in Phoenix, AZ, the store was originally located
at 32nd St and Thomas and owned by his great grandfather who didn't want
to rent any more so he built this location and sign (24th St & Oak)
in the early 60's. It used to be called "Lubos Hardware" and
the sign had "Lobos" in vertical lettering and the words
"hardware" running across the bottom.
According to a long time employee, the sign was originally translucent
lexan and was back lit until a storm blew it apart in the 1990's. Because
of the sign's historical value the City of Phoenix allowed them to keep
the sign as long as they repaired it within a given amount of time. As
the City offered no financial assistance, it had to be replaced with sheet
metal for economical reasons. The marquee part of the sign is now the
only part that lights up.