Ok, well iconic for Roseville, MI.
For at least two decades, I've been amazed that this piece of the mid-60s has survived. Largely by neglect I'd assume. I pretty much stopped coming to this mall as I had fewer and fewer reasons to go to Sears. I loved their appliance section as a kid... that whole two-level multi-color shag carpet display of vacuums, the terazzo floors, the sparkling chrome stoves, fridges and dishwashers.
Anyway, back to the sign. I was driving by the other day and snapped the first shot. Sadness. I knew it would happen eventually. As a kid, the sign was gigantic and scary... Like a three-legged alien telling me to shop at Sears (or Crowleys) OBEY ME! Oh yeah, there is an RV show this week. Probably a decade ago, I parked closer to the sign and found a letter "R" that had fallen off the announcement board. It came home with me. It is abso-freakin-lutly amazing this thing lasted 50 years without an update.
Anyways, I had always thought "Somebody should just replace all that neon with LEDs" and preserve the sign. Looks like that is exactly what will happen!
I hope they:
A) Have a mode that makes the LEDS light up like red neon tubes.
B) Keep the SEARS font, not replace it with "sears".
C) Repaint the tower in the turquoise I remember as a kid.
http://www.freep.com/article/20140808/BUSINESS06/308080191/Macomb-Mall-sign
For at least two decades, I've been amazed that this piece of the mid-60s has survived. Largely by neglect I'd assume. I pretty much stopped coming to this mall as I had fewer and fewer reasons to go to Sears. I loved their appliance section as a kid... that whole two-level multi-color shag carpet display of vacuums, the terazzo floors, the sparkling chrome stoves, fridges and dishwashers.
Anyway, back to the sign. I was driving by the other day and snapped the first shot. Sadness. I knew it would happen eventually. As a kid, the sign was gigantic and scary... Like a three-legged alien telling me to shop at Sears (or Crowleys) OBEY ME! Oh yeah, there is an RV show this week. Probably a decade ago, I parked closer to the sign and found a letter "R" that had fallen off the announcement board. It came home with me. It is abso-freakin-lutly amazing this thing lasted 50 years without an update.
Anyways, I had always thought "Somebody should just replace all that neon with LEDs" and preserve the sign. Looks like that is exactly what will happen!
I hope they:A) Have a mode that makes the LEDS light up like red neon tubes.
B) Keep the SEARS font, not replace it with "sears".
C) Repaint the tower in the turquoise I remember as a kid.
http://www.freep.com/article/20140808/BUSINESS06/308080191/Macomb-Mall-sign
