MERCURY ALERT
I saw this warning, with a proper diamond orientation, at my post office. Prohibited, yes, with good reason. But I think the messenger god —...
T SIDE and WEST SID
I chose these photographs for the signage and for the fellow who appears to be iceskating his way into the frame.
WARNING
I like seeing this sort of notice. Some people might find it intrusive. To me, it’s a sign (sorry) that humans have been here.
New directions in signage
As seen on I-57: DONT BE A TOSSER USE A TRASH CAN Does someone at the Department of Transportation know British slang?
The Leaning Tower of Brooklyn
The camera angle makes this corner look like the Leaning Tower of Brooklyn, but in truth it’s the tip of an triangle bounded by Flatbush Avenue (to the left), Ashland Place (to the right), and Lafayette Avenue (out of sight).
Empire of signs
In Columbus Circle.
SIGNS
The Half Moon Hotel and other signs.
Alterations & Repairs
If you are in a city of any size, you’ve probably seen them in dry cleaners’ windows. The first time I saw these images, I thought they were honest-to-God representations of people who worked inside. O, the naiveté.
“Is cognac waning, Papà?”
Marcovaldo is trying to teach his children some basic astronomy
SUITS PRESSED
A dry cleaner’s sign.
11 More Shopping Days
[From I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes, a perfect B-noir.
Break-room signage
Don’t be a [sponge]. With a real one.
Changeable Signs
A store for signs had better have a beautiful one.
Dogs dig holes
Merriam-Webster calls attention to an odd sign.
A serious sign
“BIKES LEFT HERE WILL BE THROWN ONTO LAKE ST.”
PLEASE
This sign must have been meant as a warning to employees with deconstructive tendencies. Hands off the signifier and the signified!
Give ’em an inch . . .
. . . and they’ll take a foot. It’s a Los Angeles thing.
HOTEL PEEKSKILL
From The Unsuspected (dir. Michael Curtiz, 1947.)
The age of “40”
Wal-Mart signage.
Patience, Fortitude, and feet
Patience and Fortitude are back. And the happy foot/sad foot sign has a home.
Feet on the move
The Sunset Foot Clinic is leaving Silver Lake. And with it will go a famous happy foot/sad foot sign with a connection to David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King.
New directions in movie-rental signage
Family Video, pushing the CBD.
Philadelphia Solari
From NPR’s All Things Considered : “Fans of an Iconic Philly Rail Sign Are Rallying to Save It from Retirement.”
REAL ESTATE
I am always happy to see signage in the Flagstons’ world moving in the right direction, or in the left-to-right direction.
Otto Baum Handlettering
An Instagram page.
Recently updated
Colledge signage, with one less sign.
Colledge signage
A sign outside a bar, right across the street from a campus in Anytown, USA.
Hortatory pavement
“Let’s Be Better Humans.”
Royal Motel
A sign in North Syracuse, New York.
Wise words on Fulham Road
Barnaby Capel-Dunn writes about wise words on Fulham Road.