Roadside Peek : Neon Signage San Diego 1




Signage Main \| Cleaners \| Ghost \| Liquor Store \| Neon Other \| Shopping Center \| San Diego Main Pages : [1] 2 Little Italy San Diego, CA Photo courtesy Bob Davidson This sign for the Little Italy seems to be one of a more recent variety. The Boulevard San Diego, CA Photo courtesy Bob Davidson The huge neon lettering for The Boulevard shines prominently along a major street in San Diego. Chito's Shoe Repair North Park SD Photo and info courtesy Larry Majercin This small storefront for Chito's Shoe Repair in the heart of North Park has a wonderful animated neon cobbler elf on its front. The owners had the elf completely refurbished about 8 years ago. The elf is hammering the sole of a shoe. Mission Federal Credit Union San Diego, CA Photos and info courtesy Larry Majercin This site in the "Boulevard" neighborhood of San Diego, originally housed "Frank, The Train Man's model train shop. Frank relocated his business across the street when MFCU purchased the property about 20 years ago. The credit union designed their building to resemble a locomotive engine, complete with a wonderful mural on the rear of the building. The original neon sign from Frank's is one of the first 'moving' neon signs if memory serves correct. It was fully refurbished and still shines brightly every evening. Photo and info courtesy Larry Majercin 1st & Ivy Market and Liquor San Diego Photo courtesy M.C. Morrissey Just north of downtown in the Banker's Hill neighborhood of San Diego is the world famous (well, at least "local famous") 1st and Ivy Market and Liquor. Stop by to grab some munchies as you stand under the Lindbergh Field flight path. Not sure if this is a "liquor" store or "M.C.et?" According to an eyewitness, the vertical sign isn't sure either, alternating flashes between the two. ABC Liquor Ocean Beach, CA Photo courtesy M.C. Morrissey Another liquor store find can be seen in the Ocean Beach neighborhood off Voltaire St. Perhaps a plain sort of sign, this ABC Liquor. But retro old. Rumor states that this sign has been around since the 1940's. Fact or fiction? Pacific Liquor El Cajon, CA Photo courtesy M.C. Morrissey Now this is a liquor store sign! Pacific Liquor on El Cajon Bl. sports a bottle pouring, you guessed it, liquor! Another roadside find in the great So Cal city of San Diego. Mystery Liquor San Diego, CA Photo courtesy M.C. Morrissey Yes, it is the legendary "Mystery Liquor" store off University Ave., in San Diego. Why is it labeled "mystery?" Is it because of the "mysterious" concoctions in the 'fridges just waiting to be gulped? Or is it the "mysterious" meats on sale? Or is it because the source of this neon sign is a "mystery?" Let's leave this a mystery. Palomar Market Photo courtesy M.C. Morrissey The Palomar Market is a liquor store featuring a fairly generic type[e of liquor neon signage. Falcon Liquor Photo courtesy M.C. Morrissey The Falcon Liquor store catches the eye of passersby both in the day and evening. The glow of the liquor store sign just permeates the evening air. Pages : [1] 2 Signage Main \| Cleaners \| Ghost \| Liquor Store \| Neon Other \| Shopping Center \| San Diego Main Home \| Search \| What's New \| Contact Disclaimers, Copyright, and Trademarks Page Last Updated September 25, 2003