Not fade away: Fading ads seen along the way

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Salem, Massachusetts

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

New York City

Louisville, Kentucky

East Greenwich, Rhode Island

Saybrook, Connecticut

My blogging friend Frank Jump's outstanding Fading Ad Blog was very inspirational to me when I first started Eccentric Roadside and it continues to delight and intrigue. I used to not notice these old brickface ghosts of a bygone advertising era but now I really appreciate the melancholy and mysterious buzz they give off. And if Neil Young will forgive me, it's better to fade away than burn out.