What's your favorite iconic Chicago sign? Here's what you told us

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We asked readers to tell us their favorite iconic Chicago sign.

Here's what they told us, lightly edited for clarity:

"Trim and Tidy Cleaners in Jefferson Park.

The sign hasn't changed in 50 years."
— Jon Larson

"My favorite Chicago sign was the Magikist sign along the Kennedy [Expressway].

As a kid, when I saw that sign, I had some idea of how much longer till the family station wagon arrived downtown or arrived home from a trip downtown. ...

I always sat in the third row, which faced backwards, and got to stare at the lips for a long time as they filled in with vertical lines of bright, red lights over and over."
— Loretta Namovic

"The Harold’s Chicken Shack sign.

IYKYK."
— Brian Althimer

"The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge signs and their infamous typography (see 'The Blues Brothers')."
— Marty Regan

"The Chicago Theater sign in the evening while watching all the excited people taking in a concert."
— Terrence Camodeca

"The Ebony/Jet sign, because it meant I was out of southern Indiana."
— Scott Singer

“The lottery sign on I-94 when it still had the rotating panels.

As a kid I couldn't wrap my head around how they worked.”
— Dave Levin

"The Baby Ruth sign that used to be on Lake Shore Drive."
— Tony Galati

"The Little Palestine Way sign at 87th Street and Harlem Avenue.

It's beautiful."
— Ali Salman

"The [Native American] at 63rd Street and Pulaski Road.

It’s a South Side landmark."
— Lulu Hz

"Old Style signs."
— Patricia Simmons

"The Town & Country Liquor Mart neon sign in Brighton Park."
— Jaime Duque

"The giant Rainbow Cone on the original location in Beverly."
— Bobby Veejay Marley

“The dancing hot dogs on the roof of Superdawg at Milwaukee and Devon avenues.”
— JoAnne Kempf

"Kiddieland."
— Angelica Aragón Rooney

"PBR over South Water Street — obvs."
— Jim Pabst

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