Archive for category: Signage

More-typical use of bank gothic in Riverside    (2007.03.05)

And less pretentious than, say, the cheese shop’s.

Eurostyle walkway    (2007.03.03)

The sign of the Trinity    (2007.02.21)

Nerves of steel    (2007.02.12)

Here I am at the Broadway stop of Vancouver’s SkyTrain, photographing an aberrant sign that uses Meta instead of the unaccountable and perplexing Plantin (also seen at Heathrow Airport, the obvious inspiration).

Just as I lifted my camera, four cops walked by, one of whom stared right at me, as seen here. I took my shot and, with nerves of steel, double-checked it on the LCD. I pocketed my camera and waited for the train.

Try this in Toronto and you get to endure a talking-to by Grandpa Moscoe.

Ballardian egress    (2006.12.20)

Setting up Christmas in the Beach    (2006.11.25)

Biohazard    (2006.11.13)

This dry cleaner’s, across from the Loblaws at Manning and Dupont, was abandoned over the spring. Guys in hazmat suits later cleaned the place out. (I thought I had a photo, but now I cannot find it.) It’s been up for lease, admittedly with an imperfect sign, ever since.

Why is this not a Seatonbucks or a Suction Village?

Neon Tamil    (2006.11.05)

(Q.v.)