another tool and die off franklin ave

stared at this for spells

glowing nighttime signage

lowercase uppercase n

on frost street

astroturf marketing

great perspective shift in the drop shadows

at the foot of grand street

under the bqe on borinquen

on havemeyer

rad post-hoc sixes

on a soggy walk to the subway

phone number = coral reef?

all fabric stores should be confident enough to hang a 20-foot-tall sign declaring who they are

market street decay

even residential buildings have hazard ratings around here

of nothing in particular

a block or two north of the park

rage warehouse part ii

f.uri’s buttoned-down division

iron wrought in pawt.

m.j. called the numbers ‘wonky’.

they were offloading soda at the polish deli across from the busy bee on nassau

revealed through the destruction of a neighboring building off greeley square

between the sign and the building it’s advertising is a conenvient bail bonds place

specifically they are in ktown

an old concert venue is being gutted to make way for bad bands. this ‘studio’ is on the corner.

everything about this camera shop on sunset is gorgeous

liquor has lovely letters

i didn’t even have to ask dave to pull over to get this shot

across the street from our pho breakfast destination

the diagonal part of the sign is at the same angle as the italic

i doubt i’ll be going again soon, but it was quite a spectacle.

next to the larchmont (which was tasty)

in quote-unquote dogpatch by the old loading docks

just the upper curl on the F remains

the long walk to the 22

in the ‘signs i should have pictures of already’ series

stair builders

round warm sans

d.i.y. family

i can’t imagine they have any flowers more colorful than their signage

a rather nice ‘the’

a great 3 on there as well

strange to think soda advertising was once printed on metal

walking to the PFA in berkeley

hkp and i finally made it up to the observatory without having to leap any fences in the process

revealed on the side of the concert venue being renovated on sunset

santa barbara bus terminus

the peter pan motel in santa cruz

cherin’s on valencia has some serious 70s rec-room wood paneling in its signage

asad says it looks like ‘all my other’ humanist sanses

twice, but with better lighting this time

we passed building k on the way out of d.c.

i even miss garfinckel’s at this point, mostly for the name though…

plastic power power

actions have consequences

i like how the lettering and the streetlamp are imitating each other

love the short, rounded leg on the 5 (and the perfectly raster-aligned th)

helmsley spear welcomes you

after onstad, fleeing carroll gardens

akzidenz, will you mary me?

like kabel gone even more fanciful