Ghost Sign on the Merlin Hotel

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Ghost Sign on the Merlin Hotel

The faded sign on the Merlin is what is called a ghost sign. Businesses used the large walls of buildings as advertisement space before the age of billboards. Many of these painted on signs remain around downtown Spokane.

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By Mayra Villalobos
The faded sign at the top of this building, The New Merlin Hotel-tells two stories. One is the story of pioneering women business owners; the other is of the slow decline of a neighborhood. The Merlin Hotel was one of Spokane's largest…