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There are many commercial brands advertising their products and services on the streets of the Cursed Apple. Here's a list of them and their possible real world inspirations.

Summary[edit | edit source]

Afterlife Credit House
Astral Plane Canned Mille-Pattes Dazzle
Baroness Hotel - Baroness Hotel in Seattle, WA (close to Valve's office in Bellevue)
Bradley's Tonics and Salves
Carpenter Brand Sparkling Brut - French musician Carpenter Brut (named after American filmmaker John Carpenter)
Classic Blue Paint Service
C. M. Burns & Ashe Cremations - Charles Montgomery Burns from The Simpsons, also a pun on "see them burn"
Crowley's Convenience - Aleister Crowley
Filtered Nationals
Five Eyes from Concentrate Meats and Crab 5 Eyes - Five Guys Burgers and Fries
Fogwell's Bioluminescence
Friedlander and Koppelman Co. Law and Curse
Granite City Garage - Granite City, IL
Grebb
Happy Panda Coffee
Hellmans Steel and Iron Works
Hex Jazz Records
Holy Chains
H. West Reanimation Professionals - H.P. Lovecraft's short story Herbert West-Reanimator
Macksound and Hoff Importers of Occultic Goods
McMahon and Co. Purveyor of Fine Products and Altercations - Mann Co. from Team Fortress 2 ("We sell products and get in fights")
Mosquito Prince
Overlord & Company
Prince-S All Brand Guild Society Revue
Red Cross Cola - Coca Cola
Red Hand Premium Coffee - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' song Red Right Hand
Rn Castevets Twin Omen Cigar - The Castevets family from the movie Rosemary's Baby
Sanctuary Horn Wax
Sanguine Laceration
Talisman Brand Amulets
The 66th Store - The 14th Street Store
The New York Oracle - The New York Times
Third Eye Supply - Third Eye (spiritual concept)
W.E. Kurtz & Sons - Colonel Kurtz from the movie Apocalypse Now
White Crow Bleak Thoughts - In Russian, "White Crow" is an expression similar to "Black Sheep" in English
Willeford Pharmaceuticals - American detective fiction author Charles Willeford

Items[edit | edit source]

Some of the posters are advertising in-game items.

Basic Magazine
Health Nova (item renamed to Healing Nova)
Improved Cooldown
Melee Lifesteal
Metal Skin
Mystic Reach
Rescue Beam
Tesla Bullets

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Concept art showing various signs
Various signs and artwork
Various signs
Item posters
Neon Prime posters

Trivia[edit | edit source]

Happy Panda Coffee replaced a previous poster that read "Sad Panda Coffee - Always Bitter".
Astral Plane Canned Mille-Pattes Dazzle used to be called Astral Plane Canned Centipedes in an earlier version of the billboard.

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-There are many commercial brands and stores advertising their products on the streets of the [[The Cursed Apple|Cursed Apple]]. Here's a list of them and their possible real world inspirations.
+[[File:Billboards green lane.png|thumb|311x311px|Various advertisement billboards in the 66th Store building.]]
+There are many commercial brands advertising their products and services on the streets of the [[The Cursed Apple|Cursed Apple]]. Here's a list of them and their possible real world inspirations.
 == Summary ==
 * '''Afterlife Credit House'''
-* '''[[Outer Planes|Astral Plane]] Canned Centipede'''
+* '''[[Outer Planes|Astral Plane]] Canned Mille-Pattes Dazzle'''
-* '''Baroness Hotel''' - [https://www.baronesshotel.com/ Baroness Hotel] in Seattle, WA (Valve's home city)
+* '''Baroness Hotel''' - [https://www.baronesshotel.com/ Baroness Hotel] in Seattle, WA (close to Valve's office in Bellevue)
 * '''Bradley's Tonics and Salves'''
-* '''Carpenter Brand Sparkling Brut''' - French musician [[wikipedia:Carpenter_Brut|Carpenter Brut]]
+* '''Carpenter Brand Sparkling Brut''' - French musician [[wikipedia:Carpenter_Brut|Carpenter Brut]] (named after American filmmaker [[wikipedia:John_Carpenter|John Carpenter]])
+* '''Classic Blue Paint Service'''
 * '''C. M. Burns & Ashe Cremations''' - [[wikipedia:Mr._Burns|Charles Montgomery Burns]] from ''The Simpsons,'' also a pun on "see them burn"
+* '''Crowley's Convenience''' - [[wikipedia:Aleister_Crowley|Aleister Crowley]]
 * '''Filtered Nationals'''
-* '''Five Eyes'''
+* '''Five Eyes from Concentrate Meats''' and '''Crab 5 Eyes''' - ''Five Guys Burgers and Fries''
+* '''Fogwell's Bioluminescence'''
 * '''Friedlander and Koppelman Co. Law and Curse'''
+* '''Granite City Garage''' - [[wikipedia:Granite_City,_Illinois|Granite City, IL]]
 * '''Grebb'''
 * '''Happy Panda Coffee'''
 * '''Hellmans Steel and Iron Works'''
 * '''Hex Jazz Records'''
+* '''Holy Chains'''
 * '''H. West Reanimation Professionals''' - H.P. Lovecraft's short story [[wikipedia:Herbert_West–Reanimator|''Herbert West-Reanimator'']]
 * '''Macksound and Hoff Importers of Occultic Goods'''
-* '''McMahon and Co. Purveyor of Fine Goods and Altercations'''
+* '''McMahon and Co. Purveyor of Fine Products and Altercations''' - [https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Mann_Co. Mann Co.] from ''Team Fortress 2'' ("We sell products and get in fights")
 * '''Mosquito Prince'''
+* '''Overlord & Company'''
 * '''Prince-S All Brand Guild Society Revue'''
 * '''Red Cross Cola''' - ''Coca Cola''
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 * '''Sanguine Laceration'''
 * '''Talisman Brand Amulets'''
-* '''The 66th Store'''
+* '''The 66th Store''' - [https://www.history101.nyc/14th-street-store-at-6th-avenue-1904 The 14th Street Store]
 * '''[[The New York Oracle]]''' - ''The New York Times''
+* '''Third Eye Supply''' - [[wikipedia:Third_eye|Third Eye]] (spiritual concept)
 * '''W.E. Kurtz & Sons''' - [[wikipedia:Colonel_Kurtz|Colonel Kurtz]] from the movie ''Apocalypse Now''
-* '''White Crow'''
+* '''White Crow Bleak Thoughts''' - In Russian, "White Crow" is an expression similar to [[wikipedia:Black_sheep|"Black Sheep"]] in English
 * '''Willeford Pharmaceuticals''' - American detective fiction author [[wikipedia:Charles_Willeford|Charles Willeford]]
+=== Items ===
+Some of the posters are advertising in-game [[items]].
+* [[Basic Magazine]]
+* [[Health Nova]] (item renamed to ''Healing Nova'')
+* [[Improved Cooldown]]
+* [[Melee Lifesteal]]
+* [[Metal Skin]]
+* [[Mystic Reach]]
+* [[Rescue Beam]]
+* [[Tesla Bullets]]
 == Gallery ==
+<gallery>
+File:City concept art.png|Concept art showing various signs
+File:Signs 1.png|Various signs and artwork
+File:Signs 2.png|Various signs
+File:Item posters.png|Item posters
+File:Neon Prime posters 1.png|[[Neon Prime]] posters
+</gallery>
 == Trivia ==
 * Happy Panda Coffee replaced a previous poster that read ''"Sad Panda Coffee - Always Bitter"''.
+* Astral Plane Canned Mille-Pattes Dazzle used to be called ''Astral Plane Canned Centipedes'' in an earlier version of the billboard.
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