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East Bay Ghost Sign Community Contribution Day - Oct 17th /  by Kasey Smith

Oakland Ghost Signs

Where - All Over the East Bay
When - Saturday October 17th 2020, 9am-6pm
Details - https://www.facebook.com/events/1165559053845066

After nine years of identifying, documenting, and researching San Francisco's ghost signs we are expanding the scope of our project to include the East Bay!

Given the scale of the East Bay this is going to be a TOUGH and LONG project so we’re turning to the community to help identify and document where the East Bay's ghost signs are.

Enter the East Bay Community Contribution Day!

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Previous contribution days have focused on digital research. This one is focused on safe, socially distanced identification and documentation.

STEP #1 - Pick a neighborhood in an East Bay city. We're most keen to map Oakland, Berkeley, and Alameda but DO NOT let that limit you. If you want to pick Richmond or Emeryville or Hayward go for it! Don't worry about coordinating with other people, even if you pick the same neighborhood as someone else you're going to get different signs and different shots of the same sign.

STEP #2 - Take your camera/cell phone and go forth! Walk or drive or take public transportation. Go for as long or as short a time period as you like. Go solo or with your quaranteam or with a socially distanced group of friends.

STEP #3 - Take pictures of any signs you see. We are of course most interested in the hand painted signs but who does't like looking at old neon and retro plastic signs? (note, these are more for funsies and might not make it to the actual map) Just make sure to note the address or intersection so we know how/where to map them.

STEP #4 - Share what you've found. There are a couple different ways to do so:

Questions? Let us know in the comments