{"id":19006,"date":"2015-06-11T09:11:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T13:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=19006"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:15:19","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:15:19","slug":"wheres-my-boot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/06\/11\/wheres-my-boot\/","title":{"rendered":"Where’s My Boot?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had just written about the beautifully restored Boot & Saddle Sign<\/strong><\/em><\/a> on Broad Street in South Philadelphia, and I was looking forward to it being lit up and sharing a shot on the site when this happened!\"The<\/a>Hey, what gives?!<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

I was walking to work this morning not paying attention, and before I descended the steps to the subway, I happened to look back and noticed something strange was going on. Something was not right. I walked back.<\/p>\n

\"Boot-saddle-NO-sign-2\"<\/a>Where’s the boot?!<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n

Now, I somehow missed the restoration process of this gorgeous sign, and I almost missed the sign’s disappearance. I did notice that not all of the neon was done, and maybe it had to be taken down in order to work on the lights and wiring, but I thought that would be done before a ponderously large sign would be hoisted into place and attached to the building’s facade.<\/p>\n

\"sawn-off\"<\/a>My fear is that the city’s license and inspection department may have something to do with the beloved boot’s absence. I really hope not. If the gigantic neon footwear was tossed into that bureaucratic machinery, the machine certainly won’t be sabotaged, but we may never see this wondrous part of South Broad again! Let’s all hope that it’s just a temporary leave for the sign, and I’ll soon be able to share the glory of a glowing shoe and saddle soon! I’ll be keeping my eye open and camera out!<\/p>\n

Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had just written about the beautifully restored Boot & Saddle Sign on Broad Street in South Philadelphia, and I was looking forward to it being lit up and sharing a shot on the site when this happened!Hey, what gives?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[104],"tags":[114,3576,106,3669,107],"class_list":["post-19006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philadelphia","tag-boot","tag-boot-saddle-bar","tag-neon","tag-philadelphia","tag-sign"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-4Wy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18968,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/06\/09\/the-boot-saddle-sign-restored\/","url_meta":{"origin":19006,"position":0},"title":"The Boot & Saddle Sign RESTORED!","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"June 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"If you've driven, biked, walked or crawled along South Broad Street near the Ellsworth subway stop in Philadelphia over the past several decades, you've probably seen this sign: The bar was vacant for years, but it's recently been refurbished and is seeing new life as a bar and music venue\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Philadelphia"","block_context":{"text":"Philadelphia","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/philadelphia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Boot and Saddle Sign at night","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/boot-not-lit.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/boot-not-lit.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/boot-not-lit.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12174,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/07\/22\/boot-saddle-bar\/","url_meta":{"origin":19006,"position":1},"title":"Boot & Saddle Bar","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"July 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a shot from a while back before the iconic Boot and Saddle sign on South Broad Street was restored. 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