fifty seven

another tool and die off franklin ave

manhattan

stared at this for spells

l.e.s. e.v.

glowing nighttime signage

ninety four

lowercase uppercase n

two sixteen

on frost street

olympic

astroturf marketing

contrast

great perspective shift in the drop shadows

radio & television

at the foot of grand street

post

under the bqe on borinquen

new

on havemeyer

letterform refactoring

rad post-hoc sixes

humboldt chapel

on a soggy walk to the subway

area code = fish

phone number = coral reef?

textiles noir

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

surf remnants

market street decay

exposure

even residential buildings have hazard ratings around here

sun and air

of nothing in particular

dolores manor

a block or two north of the park

yellow alley

rage warehouse part ii

business offices of potrero (i)

f.uri’s buttoned-down division

city fence

iron wrought in pawt.

fifteen seventeen

m.j. called the numbers ‘wonky’.

offset

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

just for today

revealed through the destruction of a neighboring building off greeley square

beaming with qualities

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

crazy numerals everywhere

specifically they are in ktown

a.r.c.

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

more morgan

everything about this camera shop on sunset is gorgeous

liquor & drugs (ii)

liquor has lovely letters

liquor & drugs (iv)

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

liquor & drugs (i)

across the street from our pho breakfast destination

liquor & drugs (iii)

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

at the races

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

flowers

next to the larchmont (which was tasty)

lunch

in quote-unquote dogpatch by the old loading docks

neon halo

just the upper curl on the F remains

rusty sunspot

the long walk to the 22

de rigeur

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

the 22 route (iii)

stair builders

the 22 route (ii)

round warm sans

the 22 route (i)

d.i.y. family

loud florist

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

acting lessons

a rather nice ‘the’

boxy cleaners

a great 3 on there as well

emblem

strange to think soda advertising was once printed on metal

opposing arcs

walking to the PFA in berkeley

this way out

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

trans world

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

greyhound

santa barbara bus terminus

more neon

the peter pan motel in santa cruz

appliances

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

catene

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

the man who shot liberty valance

twice, but with better lighting this time

amtrak nomenclature

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

woodies (1880–1994)

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

nights x 9

plastic power power

it's a fair cop

actions have consequences

dance

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

mosaic sans

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

positively

helmsley spear welcomes you

underpath

after onstad, fleeing carroll gardens

radiophonic workshop

akzidenz, will you mary me?

smiling g

like kabel gone even more fanciful