{"id":259,"date":"2010-05-05T19:46:20","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T00:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/?p=259"},"modified":"2018-12-17T18:37:10","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T00:37:10","slug":"south-side-sign-purgatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/05\/south-side-sign-purgatory\/","title":{"rendered":"South Side Sign Purgatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hidden in the shadow of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php?title=Crawford_Generating_Station\">Crawford Generating Station<\/a> is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahernsigns.com\/\">Ahern Signs<\/a>.  The company produces, cleans, repairs and installs all manner of signs, so it has an amazing collection of signs that are waiting to be processed or cannibalized for parts.  Below are a few views of the collection, which reads like purgatory for retail commerce.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/metroblossom\/4582723694\/\" title=\"Crawford Generating Station, Jeep, Citgo, Cat by metroblossom, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4002\/4582723694_10c053aa80.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Crawford Generating Station, Jeep, Citgo, Cat\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/metroblossom\/4582829598\/\" title=\"Sign Purgatory by metroblossom, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4005\/4582829598_477bd4d47a.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Sign Purgatory\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/metroblossom\/4582884436\/\" title=\"Sign Purgatory by metroblossom, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4061\/4582884436_ba21849556.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Sign Purgatory\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/metroblossom\/4582264151\/\" title=\"Sign Purgatory by metroblossom, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4029\/4582264151_8ab6b3de96.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Sign Purgatory\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/metroblossom\/4582837274\/\" title=\"Sign Purgatory by metroblossom, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3313\/4582837274_154c452d79.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"391\" alt=\"Sign Purgatory\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hidden in the shadow of the Crawford Generating Station is Ahern Signs. The company produces, cleans, repairs and installs all manner of signs, so it has an amazing collection of signs that are waiting to be processed or cannibalized for parts. 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