Project: 3six5 – Day 342 – Ghost Sign

All over Dowtown Los Angeles there are remnants of a time that people consider to be much simpler, this link to the past is called a ghost sign.  Essentially, a ghost sign is a old hand-painted sign on the side of a building that is an advertisement for a service or...

Reversestoration

I believe that one of the coolest things you can do for a person is restore a photograph. With time, pictures fade and they lose their luster. Restoring a photo can help a person regain lost time and bring back some great memories (and unfortunately sometimes bad...

Project: 3six5 – Day 70 – Thunderbolt

Not to be confused with Apple’s latest revolutionary I/O technology, these towers stand as remnants of an era in which Civil Defense authorities used these structures to sound off a siren for one of two signals: attack or alert. West Covina looks to have 3 of...

Project: 3six5 – Day 19 – 6 years short

It’s a amazing how much history is around us and how much of it we don’t even realize is there. We currently live a few miles from the City of Irwindale and we frequently drive down Arrow Hwy. I’ve always seen a small cobblestone building but never...