Old Ads
There’s something special about an old painted ad on a brick wall. There is that combination of permanence and nostalgia that a screen printed vinyl billboard can never match. It’s becoming tougher to see an old ad exposed and not covered by a newer one or graffiti. Here’s a classic Diet Rite ad on a wall in the Brooklyn neighborhood with no name (although real estate brokers sell it as Greenwood Heights or Park Slope South or South Slope but that’s another post for another day).
There is something very nostalgic about those old ads. They really do add character to buildings.
That is pretty cool.
i personally collect old cigarette ads
they are a potent reminder of how our views have changed so quickly