Posted in Food, Misc, tagged beer in brooklyn, brooklyn, cold beer, coney island, coney island boardwalk, hand-painted sign, nathan's hot dog, photography, signage on March 18, 2011| 2 Comments »
This charming lettering is painted on a wall next to the ramp to the boardwalk at Coney Island. What is it about the salt air that makes food and drink taste ten times better than they would away from the sun and sand? (Try a Nathan’s hot dog at a mall and you’ll see my point.)
Posted in Misc, tagged arrow, bodega, brooklyn, brooklyn signage, photography, signage 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?
Posted in Misc, tagged brooklyn, brooklyn construction, construction site safety, f train, gowanus canal, photography, signage, smith st on February 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Attention dwindles with multiple signs, no? They need to add some warnings for the workers about the Gowanus Canal, which is by the work site: Don’t touch the water and don’t breathe the air.
Posted in Misc, tagged bad grammar, brooklyn, brooklyn language, brooklyn tattoo, fourth ave, photography, signage, sunset park on December 17, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Inside this tattoo parlor, two guys sit in an unadorned room at a folding table, under fluorescent lights, waiting for customers. Maybe one does the tattooing and the other, the removal. If the place doesn’t get some atmosphere fast, they will likely be out of business soon.
Posted in Misc, tagged brooklyn, brooklyn parking lot, hand-painted sign, ninth st, photography, signage, stop and save, third ave on December 3, 2010| 1 Comment »
Let’s start by defining “7 days”… this parking lot hasn’t had a full-time business attached to it in a while.
Posted in Misc, tagged brooklyn, brooklyn laundry, coney island ave, laundromat, photography, pink letters, signage on November 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Socially speaking, it’s probably the same thing to be taking pictures of washing machines as doing the laundry on a weekend evening. I’m going to focus on the funky pink lettering rather than ponder that question.
Posted in Misc, tagged brooklyn, ivy, prospect park, sign, sign with dots, signage, traffic sign, yellow sign on November 8, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Yeah, I’d probably be looking at the sign, thinking of all the things it reminded me of, and then back right into it with the car.
Posted in Misc, Transportation, tagged brooklyn, brooklyn carwash, brooklyn signage, ft. hamilton parkway, photography, signage on October 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Misc, tagged bay ridge, brooklyn, faded painting, photography, plywood brooklyn, psychedelic effect, sign painting brooklyn, signage on October 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
May I suggest that you start your week with some retinal excitement? Move in closer than you should to your computer screen (3 inches away is about right), let your eyes relax, then move back and forth slowly. Ignore your coworkers. Once this was a sign for Mel’s Transmissions. Nice brickwork, too.
Posted in Misc, Transportation, tagged brooklyn, brooklyn witch, broomstick, nevins st, no parking, photography, sidewalks of ny, signage, street sign, tow away zone on May 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Witches and characters from Harry Potter, pay attention. The broom above is a curious, wispy, almost homemade-looking thing. Maybe that’s why it ended up on the sidewalk.
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