Lots of stuff going on at Sears today.
I stopped by when I was out this morning and asked about the smudgy painting of the letters on the west side of the tower. A worker said that they paint the wall, then the letters and then repaint around the letters. He also said that his company has done lots of these types of jobs for K-Mart, so I guess we know who's in charge there. Maybe they should be asked about the flag problems.
The work on the tower's south (Anderson St) side went from start to finish: blast the wall, paint it, add the messy blue letter painting, then repaint over the "outside the lines" stuff, which is pretty much the picture sequence below. The Main St side remains smudgy.
I think the interesting shot is the third from the last where both sides are smudgy. It's just something you don't ever expect to see from Sears. In the last shot, the painter appears to be admiring his handiwork.