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Westland Shopping Center Sign

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c. 1960. South side of 8000 block of W. Broad St.
  • (courtesy Richard Guy Wilson)
  • (Photograph by Matthew Aungst)

Compared to its contemporary, Willow Lawn Shopping Center, this was truly in the “west lands” of Henrico County, so far west that a cactus was deemed appropriate for a logo. The sheet-metal box construction of the Westland Shopping Center sign is a rare survivor. Modern signs are built with lighter, less expensive materials—in most cases, plastics and plexiglass. The cactus sign incorporates neon lighting and is surrounded by a planting bed within a brick-walled base. Apparently the sign has received regular maintenance to keep it functional and brightly painted.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Richard Guy Wilson et al.
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Richard Guy Wilson et al., "Westland Shopping Center Sign", [Henrico, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-01-RI376.

Print Source

Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont, Richard Guy Wilson and contributors. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, 294-295.

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