{"id":20248,"date":"2016-01-10T08:30:38","date_gmt":"2016-01-10T13:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=20248"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:20:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:20:11","slug":"back-in-the-saddle-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/01\/10\/back-in-the-saddle-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Back in the Saddle Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/01\/10\/back-in-the-saddle-again\/yellow-bar\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20250\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20250\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/01\/10\/back-in-the-saddle-again\/yellow-bar\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/yellow-BAR.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Joe Williams&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SX50 HS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1452374888&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;13.814&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"yellow-BAR\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/yellow-BAR.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20250\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/yellow-BAR.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"yellow-BAR\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/yellow-BAR.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/yellow-BAR.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><em>Tremendous news<\/em> &#8212; the enormous electric boot is back on Broad! It&#8217;s been fully restored and illuminated!<!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/01\/10\/back-in-the-saddle-again\/boot1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20257\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20257\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/01\/10\/back-in-the-saddle-again\/boot1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Boot1.jpg?fit=640%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,853\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SX170 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1452378944&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;17.419001218027&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Boot1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Boot1.jpg?fit=640%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20257\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Boot1.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Boot1\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Boot1.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Boot1.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Having heard that The Boot and Saddle&#8217;s fabulous sign had returned to it&#8217;s rightful place, I headed over there armed with a couple of cameras. I had done this before to see a physically restored sign, but much to my delight, the boot was alight!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/01\/10\/back-in-the-saddle-again\/boot3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20251 noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20251\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/01\/10\/back-in-the-saddle-again\/boot3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Boot3.jpg?fit=640%2C782&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,782\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Joe Williams&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SX50 HS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1452374880&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Boot3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Boot3.jpg?fit=640%2C782&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20251 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Boot3.jpg?resize=640%2C782&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Boot3\" width=\"640\" height=\"782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Boot3.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Boot3.jpg?resize=246%2C300&amp;ssl=1 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever seen the original lit up, but it is a beauty!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2141\/2370591416_7977a0cff0_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Boot and Saddle Bar\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The way it was for years &#8212; fascinating but sadly weathered.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tremendous news &#8212; the enormous electric boot is back on Broad! It&#8217;s been fully restored and illuminated!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[4,104,3809,26],"tags":[2411,1174,106,354,3669,480,3660],"class_list":["post-20248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-philadelphia","category-south-philly-safari","category-stuff-joe-likes","tag-boot-and-saddle-bar","tag-electric","tag-neon","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-usa","tag-willceau"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-5gA","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":20248,"position":0},"title":"The Boot &#038; 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 &quot;Philadelphia&quot;","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":20248,"position":1},"title":"Boot &#038; 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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I was walking to work this morning not paying attention,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Philadelphia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Philadelphia","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/philadelphia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Boot-saddle-NO-sign.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Boot-saddle-NO-sign.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Boot-saddle-NO-sign.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19096,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/06\/23\/still-no-sign-of-the-sign\/","url_meta":{"origin":20248,"position":3},"title":"Still No Sign of the Sign","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"June 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I had recently written about the refurbishment of the iconic electrified boot that adorned the facade of the Boot & Saddle Bar only to be disappointed a few days later by the mysterious disappearance of that sign. 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