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6/18/2017 A road sign in tall grass at the Bath Beach shore promenade. Sony a7. Carl Zeiss Planar 45mm 1:2.0.
A day at the National Trust's Clumber Park here in Nottinghamshire.
Spring 2026. Time well spent.
I heard on the grapevine about beavers being re-introduced. Here's what I saw :)
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i found an app that was able to translate this sign. turns out it's a radiohead song used as a hidden message from the fine folks at BART.
complete craziness.
these are some of my favorite signs in boston, located on the side of a house facing an alley at brookline and putnam streets, cambridge, massachusetts. one of the things i like best about signs like these is that they clearly get posted over time, as the problems get bigger and new signs are needed. also, i like the creative use of lower- and upper-case lettering.
Photo credit: Patrick Gunn/Heritage Vancouver
1154 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Bowmac sign was constructed in 1958 on West Broadway, which was Vancouver's Auto Row at the time. A number of car dealers, notably the Dueck and Deely dealerships, had begun erecting a number of increasingly large signs to attract attention. The Bowmac dealership countered with a 29m (80-foot) high orange sign illuminated with red neon and hundreds of flashing light bulbs. The background was repainted to the current red and blue colours. It was the tallest structure outside of Downtown and briefly, it was the largest freestanding sign in North America. When illuminated it could be seen as far as 18 miles away. Apparently, Jimmy Patterson was pleased with his first sign which prompted him to purchase the company that built it, Neon Products.
Some of the sign's notable features include: its colossal size; its extravagant use of 1950's technology (i.e., over 1,200 incandescent light bulbs and extensive neon lighting); the characteristic 1950's letter font; and the Las Vegas style marquee base with kinetic lighting. The Bowmac sign is an icon of the era when Vancouver, because of its significant number of artistic neon signs, was referred to as the "neon capital of North America". The Bowmac sign is distinct from the other neon signs, and was a city landmark because of its size and its position on the West Broadway route.
Preservation background
In 1997, after a demolition permit had been issued, a Heritage Revitalization Agreement (HRA) was approved with retailer Toys 'R' Us, which allowed their signage to be added over the existing Bowmac sign, to what we see today.
Two key points were accomplished; the non-conforming (under the current zoning) Bowmac sign was not then demolished; and Toys 'R' Us was allowed to use signage that otherwise would not have been allowed under current zoning bylaws.
Toys 'R' Us has a 20-year lease [1997-2017] of the premises, with two consecutive renewal options of five years. Upon termination of the lease, a new HRA will have to negotiated or the sign will be demolished.
The Vancouver Heritage Commission reviewed the Sign Application SI401331 on May 5, 1997 and passed a resolution on May 9, 1997 commending Toys 'R' Us for continuing to retain the Bowmac sign. It supported its application for relaxations to the Vancouver Sign By-law.
The adaptive re-use of the Bowmac sign by Toys 'R' Us allowed the preservation in-situ of this City landmark – an important artifact from the era when Vancouver was the "neon capital of North America".
Architect: Rapp & Rapp (Chicago Theater)
Description: View of the sign for the Chicago Theater with the top of 35 East Wacker Drive (Jewelers' Building) visible at the upper left.
Photographer: Brubaker, C. William, 1980
Architecture Date: 1921 (Chicago Theater)
Geographic coverage: Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
Collection: C. William Brubaker Collection (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections Department
Rights: This image may be used freely, with attribution, for research, study and educational purposes. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago Library, 801 South Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607. Phone: (312) 996-2742; email: lib-permissions@uic.edu.
File Name: bru005_03_bF
For more images from the collection, visit collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm4/index_uic_bru.php?CIS...
Krueger "K Man" Bar Sign, circa 1940's, or earlier? There is no phosphor coated glass here, all glass is clear or tinted. The outer ring is clear w/ mercury vapor and liquid mercury. The inner ring is tinted yellow, filled with mercury vapor, which glows blue, to make green. The words are clear w/ neon. The "K Man" is a small 1/4" diameter glass with mercury vapor. This is a real work of art. Krueger was a New Jersey brand based out of Newark. The company operated from 1858 to 1961. From my personal collection.
Dixon, CA
While the Milk Farm has been gone for many years, their sign still stands alongside interstate 80. Back in the early 60's, it was the only thing along this stretch of the interstate.
OK, this sign stopped me in my tracks. I had no idea men were waxing their undercarriages with enough regularity to warrant sidewalk advertising.
Plus, 60 bucks for a 'manzilian'? Yikes! That's an expensive depilatory habit!
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One of many cute retail stores in Grapevine, Texas has many signs for sale. Sounds like a line from a Madonna song.
New signs with emergency contact information are posted at railroad crossings. The signs are there so you can report an issue at the crossing such as:
•A malfunction of the warning system.
•When a vehicle or other obstruction is blocking the track.
•When any other unsafe condition appears at the crossing, or along the railroad.
The Federal Railroad Administration requires railroads, as of Sept. 1, 2015, to post signs at all at-grade crossings, both public and private, and at both signalized (flashing lights, gates, bells) and non-signalized (crossbucks with STOP or YIELD signs) crossings.
Each sign lists the railroad’s emergency contact phone number and U.S. DOT identification number of the rail crossing so that, if something happens at the crossing, the responsible railroad can be quickly contacted.
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This was a commission I did for Christmas this year. They wanted the same color blue that the attorney sign was done in. This is going in the couples' house in Florida. Measures 18" X 18" The blue in the picture looks "speckled", but it's just the screen in the background.