Museum of the Street
  • Camilo José Vergara
  • Over Time
  • Origins, Africa
  • Religion
  • History & Identity
  • Portraits
  • Memorials
  • Motor Vehicles
  • Subways
  • Hair
  • Chain Link Fences
  • Rural Imagery
  • Food
  • Lettering & Signs
  • Neon Transformed
  • Dogs
  • Collections
  • Famous People
  • Socializing
  • Drugs, Guns, Violence
  • Known Artists
  • Municipal Art
  • Disappearing Art
  • Artists at Work

Museum of the Street

  • Camilo José Vergara/
  • Over Time/
  • Origins, Africa/
  • Religion/
  • History & Identity/
  • Portraits/
  • Memorials/
  • Motor Vehicles/
  • Subways/
  • Hair/
  • Chain Link Fences/
  • Rural Imagery/
  • Food/
  • Lettering & Signs/
  • Neon Transformed/
  • Dogs/
  • Collections/
  • Famous People/
  • Socializing/
  • Drugs, Guns, Violence/
  • Known Artists/
  • Municipal Art/
  • Disappearing Art/
  • Artists at Work/
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Museum of the Street

Religious visions, public memorials, political effigies, historical tableaux and commercial signage found in the Black and Latinx neighborhoods of America

Neon Transformed

Museum of the Street

  • Camilo José Vergara/
  • Over Time/
  • Origins, Africa/
  • Religion/
  • History & Identity/
  • Portraits/
  • Memorials/
  • Motor Vehicles/
  • Subways/
  • Hair/
  • Chain Link Fences/
  • Rural Imagery/
  • Food/
  • Lettering & Signs/
  • Neon Transformed/
  • Dogs/
  • Collections/
  • Famous People/
  • Socializing/
  • Drugs, Guns, Violence/
  • Known Artists/
  • Municipal Art/
  • Disappearing Art/
  • Artists at Work/
View fullsize  Recycled neon sign, 2539 Rosencrans Blvd., Compton, 2002
View fullsize  Remains of markee for the RKO Bushwick Theater on Broadway and Madison St., Brooklyn, 1994
View fullsize  Former Tuskegee Shoe Repair, 5114 S. Central Ave. L. A. 1997 .tif
View fullsize  Broadway at Amber St., Camden, 2000
View fullsize  Restaurante Flor Blanca, 46th St. at S. Western Ave. LA, 2007
View fullsize  Foothill Ave. at 64th St., Oakland 2002
View fullsize  Oakland Ave. at King St., Detroit, 2010
View fullsize  Formerly A-Miracle Auto Body Repair, 7829 S. Main Street, LA, 2013
View fullsize  3448 East Olympic Ave, Los Angeles, 2014
View fullsize  Sign, Former Famous Family Chinese Food, MacArthur Blvd., at 76th Ave.,
View fullsize  Los Angeles Theater, 615 Broadway, LA, 2013
View fullsize  Garfield Blvd. at MLK Jr Dr., 2000
View fullsize  Livernois Ave. at Eaton, Detroit, 2012
View fullsize  S. Normandie Ave. at 105th, LA, 2000
View fullsize  7800 Michigan Ave., Detroit, 2008
View fullsize  Halsted St. at Garfield Blvd., Chicago, 2012.
View fullsize  Harper Ave at Somerset, Detroit, 2010.
View fullsize  Harper Ave. at Field St., D,etroit 2006
View fullsize  Chieftain Towing Service, 90th St. at San Pedro, LA, 1998
View fullsize  Former neon sign, the neon gone but with traces of “Dave's Drive-In” still visible. Piquette St., at John R,  Detroit, 2006
View fullsize  Fontaine Motel, Woodward Ave. at Montana St., Detroit, June 29, 2021.
View fullsize  Hazlet at Tireman, Detroit, 2008
View fullsize  Discount Court Documents Assistance, 8416 S. Crenshaw Ave., LA, 2012
View fullsize  Faulty sign reads, "chicken" in Spanish, Apollo Theater, 253 West 125th St., Harlem, March 21, 2023
View fullsize  "Welcome to West Oakland," sign, MLK and 25th St., Oakland, July 16, 2023.
View fullsize  Donut Time, 3401 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, July 18, 2023.

View fullsize  Extinguished neon sign, Broadway at 19th St., Gary, 2000.
View fullsize  Extinguished neon sign, Broadway at 19th St., Gary, 2011.

View fullsize  Washington Bl. at S. Central Ave. LA, 1999
View fullsize  Washington Bl. at S. Central Ave., LA, 2009
View fullsize  Washington Bl. at S. Central Ave., LA, 2014