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Posts Tagged ‘brooklyn signage’

A lot of arrows

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 22, 2017| Leave a Comment »

palm-readings-sm

It’s surprising, but when you look at this sign, it’s still not clear where the palm reader is. I think they mean 2nd floor.

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Shipping AND Receiving

Posted in Misc, tagged , , , , on July 26, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Earlier this week, a professional sign painter was making art. Here, an amateur paints a sign on a wall. It’s charming because it’s functional and totally without pretention. The N’s appear to be about to stage a getaway.

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What means those words?

Posted in Misc, tagged , , , , , on March 12, 2011| Leave a Comment »

This is just too much! They expect us to be able to read backwards in order to shop here?

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Wash the wash

Posted in Misc, Transportation, tagged , , , , , on October 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Something else to do today. Twice.

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The dancing tailor

Posted in Misc, tagged , , , , , , , on May 28, 2009| Leave a Comment »

hold still

Armando, with his pince-nez glasses and moustache in place and measuring tape around his neck, gracefully stitches up the lady’s dress without missing a beat. They mean it when they say all work is done on the premises, including taking the client for a spin.

on Smith St.

I like how the sign mixes up the styles. There’s the old fashioned (Armando and the illustration), then the graphics fast forward a couple decades with the rounded font of Tailors and Dry Cleaning.

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