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Thread Number: 72946
/ Tag: Other Home Products or Autos
Street signs/etc |
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| Post# 963678 , Reply# 2 10/21/2017 at 14:15 (2,368 days old) by johnrk (BP TX) | ||
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stop signs I remember as a small child in the late 50's we still had stop signs that were the same shape, but painted yellow with lines of reflectors and the word 'stop' in black paint. | ||
Post# 963681 , Reply# 3 10/21/2017 at 14:25 (2,368 days old) by petek  (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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 One big difference you see in in the US compared to Canada is you still have a majority of those traffic lights strung across intersections on cables instead of mounted on poles with arms stretching across.. I haven't seen one of those left in Canada in decades.. except I think in Vancouver they still have some because of all the trolley wires. | ||
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Post# 963682 , Reply# 4 10/21/2017 at 14:26 (2,368 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 963830 , Reply# 6 10/22/2017 at 08:32 (2,367 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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There is a very old reflectorized sign (probably dates from the 50s) on a main street here in Detroit directing traffic to the "Lodge Expressway"...it's reflectors on black and is a style that literally you haven't seen in 50 years. I want it so badly for the wall somewhere...it's a real relic, particularly because signage here in Michigan is usually quite modern (between Michigan and Michigan State they do much of the traffic research in north America.)
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| Post# 964150 , Reply# 10 10/24/2017 at 14:41 (2,365 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
street signs....
we have a few in the garage, but here's an unusual one. It came from the estate of a friend who died, not sure where he got it, but seems to have some kind of "French connection" given the gendarme !?
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| Post# 964152 , Reply# 11 10/24/2017 at 14:46 (2,365 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
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have a couple of signals too...
including this yellow 4-way beacon, and the deco design green one, shown in this 1955 brochure (don't have a pic of the actual signal since it was restored) ...more garage decor.
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Post# 964196 , Reply# 14 10/24/2017 at 21:46 (2,365 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 964215 , Reply# 15 10/25/2017 at 05:28 (2,365 days old) by gredmondson (San Francisco, California 94117 USA) |
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I am interested in street signs, too.
I hate to admit this because it makes me sound like a cranky old man, but some street signs make me mad. The biggest offenderI have seen are the street signs in San Luis Obispo, California. First of all the font is very stylized, so it is hard to read. Second, there is no uniform uppercase letter for the the first letter in the street name, and third, there is a variation in the font! Fourth, it is an odd color for street signs. I have wondered who on earth made the decision that resulted in those signs. That person should be fired. I used to live in San Luis Obispo, and I love that place--except those dang street signs. The first desirable quality of a street sign is for it to be easily read! The second is beauty. I have thought taking photos of the good, the bad, and the ugly of street signs and posting them on the internet. | ||
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