This is a photo of the Bowl-O-Rama back in the 50's. It's BEAUTIFUL!!!
This is what it looks like now. Like it's made of 1980's Legos. Sick.
The retro Bowl-O-Rama sign in Portsmouth New Hampshire is coming down!
Why is everything from my childhood creeping away! The iconic sign doesn't only bring back a style of an era, but also sticks out as a neat, funky, retro part of the fingerprint of Portsmouth. It's a sad day.
Apparently a newer fun sign is going up. Because the site was grandfathered (meaning the place was built during a time of different building codes and signage rules) they're allowed to put another "alternative" sign in, but I have no doubt it'll be one of these...
Flat, boring and a florescent eyesore. Tis a shame. Click here for an article from the Portsmouth Herald.
Perhaps someone will buy the sign and put it somewhere where it can still be enjoyed. Perhaps they'll place it in their new restaurant, perhaps The Friendly Toast will add it to their awesome collection. Who knows.
The Yolkens sign was considered a landmark, so when the restaurant was torn down they left it. It was supposed to go to a sign museum or just be preserved and kept as a working landmark, but it's still standing there years later in tattered black tarp. It's probably half rotted by now.
Are people even paying attention to these things?! They're landmarks. It can't be THAT expensive to fix it up and stick it in a museum or restaurant. Sad.
1 comment:
i LOVE the yoken's sign and actually asked my parents to buy it when i was little and thought, for some reason, that we were rich and my parents could do anything i told them to haha
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