It is only about five years old, a painted sign for Knob Creek Bourbon as well as other similar co-mingled contemporary painted advertising signs, one of many ad murals put up on that wall regularly in recent years, replacing a 70s artwork.

What happened is that the the ad company put up recently a vinyl sign, not hung, but glued to the wall. Vinyl signs are illegal in the Historic District. But is looked painted unless it was examined closely. I was going to call the violation in to Landmarks, but perhaps someone beat me to it.

When the newest sign was removed last week, its removal removed the adhered paint and gave the underlying contemporary painted signs the patina on a century-old advertising sign.