Six years ago, web designer Reagan Ray started a simple side project. He wanted to create portraits of 100 of Austin’s iconic signs. Inspired by frequent strolls along South Congress Avenue with his wife, he decided to start with one of their favorites, the South Austin Motel sign.
But, like many side projects, his plan to sketch all of Austin’s iconic signage fell by the wayside until the signs and some of the mainstays that accompanied them – places like Katz’s and Las Manitas – began to disappear
