Landmarks Commission Hearing
Debate over this site for a new painted wall advertisement Frank Jump over in NYC, USA recently presented the case, on behalf of Colossal Media, … Read more
Sign Preservation
Preserving, protecting and restoring ghost signs.
Hackney Council
In preparing an article for the Hackney Gazette a response came from the council as to what they’re doing to preserve old ads. In principal … Read more
Rise and Fall of Billboards
In response to my post on SmartWrap, Faris warned me to ‘beware the backlash’ and sent me a link to his blog which shows the … Read more
Lambeth Council
Following the recent painting over of the Clapham North ‘Music Rolls‘ sign, Ocky got in touch with Kate Hoey, MP for Vauxhall to ask her … Read more
Ken Livingstone
Jose recently helped to pose a question, via Murad Qureshi, on Ghost Signs to London’s Mayor, Ken Livingstone. His question and Ken’s response are below. … Read more
Protecting Ghost Signs
It seems from people I’ve spoken to that it is very difficult to protect signs from distruction or being covered up. However some notable exceptions … Read more
Bile Beans
Speaking yesterday with a guy writing his dissertation on the preservation of Ghost Signs I heard about this iconic example from York for Bile Beans. … Read more