Gapers Block has ceased publication.

Gapers Block published from April 22, 2003 to Jan. 1, 2016. The site will remain up in archive form. Please visit Third Coast Review, a new site by several GB alumni.
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An industrial film from 1942 (part one, part two) for a billboard company reveals some pretty interesting views of the city... and WWII-era advertising. Did you know there used to be billboards along Lake Shore Drive?

 
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