Sign being painted for Morgan & York. [photo] The classic neon version from the former Big Ten Party Store had been featured in the Ann Arbor Observer’s May “I Spy” contest.
Packard & Brockman
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Please tell me they will be remounting the neon.
The cost of replacing the neon sign is tens of thousands of dollars – it was not economically feasible to replace the neon, given the defects in the sign’s metal structure. The painted lettering gives Morgan & York an economically feasible alternative to the neon sign. It’s amusing that people have “ownership” of a sign that was, for many years, in disrepair. Now the sign has been cleaned up, the dead neon removed, and M & Y has been provided with a recognizable sign easily visible to traffic on Packard.