Is this sad? I don’t know. I guess it is for my friend Matt Lieb who owns Yahoo stock. Where are the preservationists who fought for the North Beach library? Having been catching up on Mad Men, I’m seeing everyone involved in the below quote drinking and smoking at the time: Steve Stone, one of the advertising geniuses behind the board describes the creative inspiration and some failed concepts for the billboard: Someone reminded me the other day that there was an idea that shot fire into the sky. I don’t remember that one. My partner and co-creative director at the time, Bob Kerstetter, and I saw the idea [Art Director Aaron Allen] had and we instantly loved it. It was a distinctive, permanent piece that had a physical element which instantly set Yahoo! apart from the other dot.coms who were putting up boards on the 101 pre-IPO. laughingsquid: Yahoo! Neon Billboard In San Francisco Is Coming Down
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Is this sad? I don’t know. I guess it is for my friend Matt Lieb who owns Yahoo stock. Where are the preservationists who fought for the North Beach library?

Having been catching up on Mad Men, I’m seeing everyone involved in the below quote drinking and smoking at the time:

Steve Stone, one of the advertising geniuses behind the board describes the creative inspiration and some failed concepts for the billboard:

Someone reminded me the other day that there was an idea that shot fire into the sky. I don’t remember that one. My partner and co-creative director at the time, Bob Kerstetter, and I saw the idea [Art Director Aaron Allen] had and we instantly loved it. It was a distinctive, permanent piece that had a physical element which instantly set Yahoo! apart from the other dot.coms who were putting up boards on the 101 pre-IPO.

laughingsquid:

Yahoo! Neon Billboard In San Francisco Is Coming Down

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    helloooooooooooooo!
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    This is one of the things I always remembered about San Francisco. When my brother lived in San Rafael (on the north...
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    been up since i can remember
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    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! I have always like that sign.
  23. jonk reblogged this from neighborhoodr-sanfrancisco and added:
    *sigh* the end of an era. i remember it’s been there since i moved to the bay area in 2000.
  24. fuckyeahawesome reblogged this from neighborhoodr-sanfrancisco and added:
    The end of an era (that ended a while ago.)
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