Norm and I believe this may be the last outdoor barber pole in Fort Collins. Somewhere we heard they were victims of various sign ordinances. Maybe I better not give the address …
Last barber pole?
There’s another barber pole at Deans, on North College, in the heart of Old Town. But it doesn’t count because it’s inside.
We hope we’re wrong. We hope you know about one, two, or more and you will tell us where they are.
Update
Yay! We were wrong, because there’s this at Laurel and College:
I think Dean and Max get theirs out every now and then-when there are no broken arms etc. How about on LeMay across from the hospital?
Across from the hospital, next to the hospital, enveloped by the hospital, in the shadow of the hospital, standing bravely against the encroaching hospital…. Yep. That’s the one in the picture
Hi,
I’m writing from StoryCorps, America’s largest nonprofit national oral history project. I thought you and your blog readers would be interested in listening to StoryCorps’ latest story to broadcast on NPR this morning. Lawrence Anthony, who has been cutting hair for over 60 years, and fellow barber David Shirley, talk about their work. You can take a listen here (about 4 minutes): http://www.storycorps.org/listen/stories/lawrence-anthony-and-david-shirley.
StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through listening. Since 2003, tens of thousands of people from across the country have interviewed family and friends through StoryCorps. Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to take home and share and is also archived for generations to come at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Millions listen to the award-winning broadcasts on public radio and the Internet. Select stories have also been published in the New York Times bestselling book, Listening Is an Act of Love.
I hope you take the time to listen and share.
Thanks,
Amber Leigh
Hi StoryCorp, Thanks for finding us! I’m a big fan of StoryCorp and download all your stories. Our former Mayor did a StoryCorp a while back and it’s linked to the right under Historic Fort Collins > “Orphan Mayor.”
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