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On a Roll "Ball Square" No, the balls aren't square! Ball Square is a neighborhood in Somerville, Massachusetts, and Ball Square Bowling was a candlepin house that closed in 2017 after 50 years in business when the state took the property for a light-rail expansion project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/611a2a13-a3a3-429b-9ccf-d0ac972a12a2/colonial-bowl-02-for-email.jpg Portfolio - On a Roll "Last House Standing" Colonial Bowling Center opened in Worcester in 1960 and welcomed candlepinners for 60 years. I shot this photo shortly before Colonial closed in 2020, a victim of changing times, rising real estate values, and the pandemic. It was the last candlepin house in Worcester, the city where candlepin bowling was born. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/b60e9c6d-1dca-426b-853b-392cf1ddd639/brians-for-web.jpg Portfolio - On a Roll "Bowlaway" Brian's Bowlaway was an old-school candlepin house in central Massachusetts. The spot was built in the 1930s and beckoned bowlers with its vintage charm. The wooden ball returns were painted to match the pastel Brunswick masking units at the end of each lane, and scoring was with paper and pencil -- just the way I like it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/4384d15e-a206-462a-9f9b-b69df1a2770f/double-bowl-2-for-email.jpg Portfolio - On a Roll "Double Bowl" Question: What's better than a neon candlepin? Answer: Two neon candlepins. I was delighted to capture this great reflection after bowling one night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/f699a1d2-7200-478f-aa28-094eb8a340f9/lets-bowl-email.jpg Portfolio - On a Roll "Let's Go Bowling!" This fabulous neon sign marks the spot for Cape Ann Lanes in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The candlepin house dates from 1959 and is still going strong. As the sign invites: Let's go bowling! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/3b3327fc-0492-417f-a20d-bc3d2770ff5b/needham-02-for-email.jpg Portfolio - On a Roll "Seeing Red" Needham Bowlaway opened in 1917 and is the oldest surviving candlepin house in metro Boston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/89185458-2cf2-4ef6-9da9-b536787f79a6/rons-01-for-email.jpg Portfolio - On a Roll "Swirlies" What could be better than ice cream and bowling? Ron's Gourmet Ice Cream and Bowling offers the best of both worlds in Boston's Hyde Park neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/c6a3df45-b8e0-4c2e-9855-006a7cf09273/york-beach-bowl-2-web.jpg Portfolio - On a Roll https://www.rednickel.com/portfolio-2/city-lights monthly 0.5 2025-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/7749f32b-bd6c-42eb-a5d9-8ef2e579a47b/ice-cream-update-sky-05-email.jpg Portfolio - City Lights "No More Ice Cream" A few years ago I joined a group of fellow sign enthusiasts to photograph (and enjoy) the mid-century delights of Wildwood, New Jersey. Driving into town, the first place we saw was this abandoned ice cream stand. After three days, hundreds of photos, and a few rounds of Skee-Ball, this is still my favorite. I later discovered that it's one of the last remnants of an old amusement park on the site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/bb0aa325-52c6-4264-af1a-54deee538f64/frostyFreeze-update-email.jpg Portfolio - City Lights "Best Licks in the East" Tucked between a fast-food restaurant and a used-car lot, Frosty Freeze serves cones, frappes, and sundaes and offers -- as the neon ice-cream cone says -- "The best licks in the East." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/b2a0ee46-08ff-4bc2-aae1-89d3d74d1c3f/ice-cream-crossing-for-email.jpg Portfolio - City Lights "Ice Cream Crossing" Who wouldn't want an ice cream crossing in front of their homes? Welcome to Dairy Freeze where an ambiguously Indigenous girl decked out in mittens and furs invites customers to partake of her frozen treats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/d9fc97fd-668c-4c3a-a5fd-87c3b437af3b/7-11-motel-for-email.jpg Portfolio - City Lights "Roll the Dice" The streets of Reno were once lined with motels that offered lodging for visitors attracted by the city's casinos and nightlife. Many of those motels are gone today, demolished to make room for bigger projects, and those that remain provide an affordable option for those with few housing options. The 7/11 Motor Lodge and its quirky neon sign have been torn down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/14c3c284-ec1b-42ab-a12c-b493ec54066a/weirs+beach+for+email.jpg Portfolio - City Lights "Where's the Beach?" What can I say? I'm a sucker for signs with arrows, and the sign for Weirs Beach on Lake Winnipesaukee is one of the best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/3c6c5dc7-b2f1-4804-8314-3e33897a6ce9/Last+Picture+Show.jpg Portfolio - City Lights "Last Picture Show" The first drive-in the United States opened in Camden, New Jersey, in 1933, but the new theaters did not catch on until in-car speakers became available about a decade later. By 1958, the number of drive-ins peaked at 4,063, but now fewer than 400 remain. The Edgemere Drive-In Theatre opened in Shrewsbury (MA) on US-20 in 1955 and closed in the early 2000s. The sign hung on for another fifteen years until the site was developed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/fd63897b-6fa8-4dea-bd90-34f78655054a/bregman-skips-social.jpg Portfolio - City Lights "Simply the Best" Skip’s Snack Bar in Merrimac (MA) boasted a spectacular roadside sign with neon letters and flashing arrows. The family-owned restaurant opened in 1947 and was famous for two things: Hand-cut curly French fries and Cruise Nights. On several Saturday evenings each summer, Skip’s invited owners and collectors of vintage cars for a few hours of food, festivities, and fund-raising for local charities. Skip's closed in 2022 after 75 years of burgers and curly fries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/6059ce0d-0d38-4fed-9315-6217f6585aee/bennys-arrow-02-for-web.jpg Portfolio - City Lights "Faded Arrow" Sometimes only a hint remains. This arrow and ghost sign were at a Providence location of Benny's. Benny's was a family-owned retail chain in southeastern New England that sold everything from ice skates to clamming rakes. Benny's stores were around from 1924, when the first store opened in Rhode Island, until 2017 when the chain closed for good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/b6fc57de-c810-4d0d-aba7-5034ff69bd6d/hot-weiner-email-size.jpg Portfolio - City Lights "Don't Call Them Hot Dogs" Hot weiners are a Rhode Island specialty. They are small veal and pork links, served in a steamed bun, and topped with celery salt, yellow mustard, chopped onions, and meat sauce. These early fast-food joints originated within the state's Greek immigrant community; the New York moniker was an attempt to give the local offerings some pizzazz. This is Baba's Original New York System in Providence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/ef641121-0a4f-411d-817f-5b01b97d58d7/kowloon-for-email.jpg Portfolio - City Lights "Kowloon" The Wong family bought a modest 50-seat restaurant called the Mandarin House on Route 1 in 1958 and transformed it into a 1,200-seat enterprise known as the Kowloon Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge. A 30-foot Tiki god greets customers, themed dining rooms have names like Volcano Bay, and performers from Jerry Seinfeld to Frankie Avalon have played the showroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/ac13720f-0b10-43a6-9d51-5da1e02d7725/nite-owl-email-size.jpg Portfolio - City Lights "Cheese Dogs" Are you a night owl? A fan of vintage diners? Or maybe you're just craving a hot cheese dog. This abandoned diner in Fall River was a DeRaffele model built in 1956 to replace an older -- and smaller -- Worcester Lunch Car (No. 786). Other details are lost to history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/7bf31c40-ce98-4f90-8a06-acae8b25bd7b/bennys-for-email.jpg Portfolio - City Lights "Benny's" click to enlarge Wall Preview Save to Favorites Email a Friend Share Benny's $ 48.00 or 4 interest-free payments of $12.00 with ⓘ Add a Message type a message here... Number of product units 1 1 Medium Smooth Fine Art Paper II Smooth Fine Art Paper II Satin Fine Art Paper High Gloss MetalPrint 2 Size 8 x 8 3 Styles Just the Print - 1" Border Benny's | Raynham, Massachusetts Benny's was a family-owned retail chain in southeastern New England that sold everything from ice skates to clamming rakes. Benjamin Bromberg opened his first store in Providence in 1924; the stores remained in the family until 2017, when the chain closed down. https://www.rednickel.com/portfolio-2/along-route-1 monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/7cfdf13d-f171-4ab5-aedd-d721bb601f20/stardust-for-email.jpg Portfolio - Along Route 1 "Stardust Memories" Built in 1965, the StarDust Motel in Houlton (ME) was one of many independent motels that once lined Route 1. The Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians purchased the 11-room motel in 2011. The tribe is remodeling the motel to provide emergency housing for its members along with lodging for the traveling public. The renovated motel will have a Native American theme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/b619cfa6-97d6-4492-9afd-8657c651b1d0/hilltop+for+email.jpg Portfolio - Along Route 1 "Hilltop" A giant neon cactus attracted customers to the Hilltop Steak House, a Western-themed restaurant along US-1 in Saugus (MA). For me, the Hilltop was a favorite dinner stop on the way home from a weekend in Maine. Once the busiest restaurant in the United States, the Hilltop was a New Englander's Wild West fantasy. Dining rooms had names like Kansas City and a herd of fiberglass cattle grazed out front. The restaurant closed in 2013, but the sign was refurbished and incorporated into new development on the site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/769fae6e-1e35-488d-a485-05ba77519fd8/the-grand-update-1500.jpg Portfolio - Along Route 1 "Grand" The Grand was built in 1938 after a fire devastated downtown Ellsworth, Maine. The lovingly restored Art Deco theater now operates as a nonprofit performing arts center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/3bbd42e6-4a18-452d-9f7b-053370f4c38b/orange-dino-canvy.jpg Portfolio - Along Route 1 "Saugasaurus" The Route 1 Miniature Golf and Batting Cages are gone, but the orange dinosaur lives on. A fiberglass Tyrannosaurus rex stood guard over the family-owned business, which opened in 1958 in Saugus, staring down cars on Route 1. After the second-generation owner sold the property in 2016, the dinosaur was incorporated into the new development on site. https://www.rednickel.com/portfolio-2/boston-faves monthly 0.5 2025-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/1758664608278-8ZLGENZRMLCFS7KHMLNH/citgo-updated-email.jpg Portfolio - Boston Faves "Welcome to Boston" How did a sign for a petroleum company come to represent the spirit of a city? It's a little bit of a mystery, but the CITGO sign in Kenmore Square has transcended its origins as a corporate advertisement to become an enduring and beloved symbol of Boston. I’ve taken many photos of the CITGO sign over the years. But this image is my favorite. The sign -- with its vivid graphic elements in red, white, and blue -- really pops against a clear sky. And that touch of greenery adds just the right accent. The photo is all the more precious now because new development has partially blocked views of the iconic sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/75dc6579-258a-40bd-91dd-642a05ec1db8/shell+spectacular+for+email.jpg Portfolio - Boston Faves "Spectacular" Towering above a working gas station, the Shell sign was built in 1933. The sign was first located on Automobile Row, a string of motor-related businesses along Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. The sign originally used neon and incandescent light bulbs to display a sequence of moving lights, but it was was updated with LED lights in 2011. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/b619cfa6-97d6-4492-9afd-8657c651b1d0/hilltop+for+email.jpg Portfolio - Boston Faves "Hilltop" A giant neon cactus attracted customers to the Hilltop Steak House, a Western-themed restaurant along US-1 in Saugus (MA). For me, the Hilltop was a favorite dinner stop on the way home from a weekend in Maine. Once the busiest restaurant in the United States, the Hilltop was a New Englander's Wild West fantasy. Dining rooms had names like Kansas City and a herd of fiberglass cattle grazed out front. The restaurant closed in 2013, but the sign was refurbished and incorporated into new development on the site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/2699d177-2aad-43d6-b44a-98b3e51096a3/coolidge-for-email.jpg Portfolio - Boston Faves "Midnight Movies" I often think of an old friend when I see this photo. One of my treasured memories of the Coolidge was sitting in the back row of the main auditorium with her, watching the movie and munching on a giant bag of popcorn that she smuggled in. The Coolidge Corner Theatre was built as a church in 1906 and transformed into a movie palace in 1933. The Art Deco theater was slated for demolition in the 1980s until a local real estate developer purchased the building in 1989 and leased the Coolidge to a nonprofit, ensuring its survival as a cultural institution in Brookline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/a188ebc4-1078-48df-9b19-4d974e81bc2f/twin-donuts-at-night-email.jpg Portfolio - Boston Faves "Donut Dreams" My favorite sign in Boston is a a modest one. Twin Donuts opened in the 1950s, and the sign is still glowing. Most of the time, at least. I have returned time and again to photograph those sweet cursive letters by day and by night. Now and then one or more letters burns out for a while, but they all cooperated for this early evening shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/ee110eeb-f4c8-4a02-a3bf-14b6d425caf1/donuts-by-day-email-size.jpg Portfolio - Boston Faves "Donuts by Day" I shot this sign from a bus -- if you look closely, you can see some of the lights reflected in the windows -- and I love how it captures the Twin Donuts sign in its urban context. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/5fb3ac4c-5c73-47f9-a2d8-fd61ec253c53/modern+pastry+01+for+email.jpg Portfolio - Boston Faves "Take the Cannoli" Who makes the best cannoli in Boston? Many say Modern Pastry, which has been selling confections on Hanover Street in the city's North End neighborhood since 1930. I love how much is going on in this photograph photograph -- the interplay between the stripes on the awning and the rows of brick, the reflections of the awning stripes and of the sign itself, and the reference to the Italian flag in the sign's combination of red, green, and white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/fec480a0-cd0a-4125-b463-a89166ac2682/town-diner-for-email.jpg Portfolio - Boston Faves "Deluxe" The Deluxe Town Diner has been serving comfort food since the 1940s. Previously called the Town Diner, the current structure replaced an original Worcester Lunch Car model in 1947. The current owners added the Deluxe moniker around 2000; they also restored the diner and updated the menu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/541d778c-3a7b-4208-b7af-b69812953403/regina-02-email.jpg Portfolio - Boston Faves "Slices of History" Regina Pizzeria opened in Boston’s North End neighborhood in 1926, making it the city’s oldest pizzeria. The family-owned restaurant still uses its original brick oven, built in 1888, to fire its pizzas. And while the sign is still there, the neon letters were recently stripped off and replaced with LED lighting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/59d3f83f-65ea-4de0-ab83-84b422464b65/South-Pacific-01-email.jpg Portfolio - Boston Faves "South Pacific" Everyone who lived in Newton has a cherished memory of the South Pacific. Affectionately called SoPo, South Pacific served Tiki favorites like pu pu platters and Mai Tais for decades before closing in 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/768095c2-1d69-45bb-bb9d-9291182e59c7/pleasant+cafe+for+email.jpg Portfolio - Boston Faves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68b0b1d0a7905b60155f20ac/b21be25c-ca45-4632-8afd-cd8eeeb97729/blanchards-for-web.jpg Portfolio - Boston Faves "Blanchards" If you lived, worked, or went to school in Allston, you know Blanchards. The liquor story (or packie, as we call it) opened its flagship store on Harvard Avenue in Allston in 1954, and a neon sign still illuminates the spot. Fun fact for punctuation nerds: No one is really sure whether the name should have an apostrophe or not.