Brothers restore historic Boston ‘ghost sign’ on West End building: ‘This is gonna go away if we don’t do anything’

Once you start noticing them, you can’t stop.

Ghost signs — faded, hand-painted advertisements from years past — can be spotted on the exteriors of brick buildings all over Boston. The century-old traces of paint carry a sense of nostalgia in many Boston neighborhoods.

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The Williams brothers are collaborating with the West End Museum and the Holt & Bugbee foundation, which is financing the $51,000 project.