{"id":1452,"date":"2012-04-27T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T14:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parkingsigns.net\/?p=1452"},"modified":"2024-05-24T07:54:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T11:54:37","slug":"more-decorative-street-signs-are-en-vogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/more-decorative-street-signs-are-en-vogue\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00e9cor Means More: Decorative Street Signs Are En Vogue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many\u00a0<\/em>street signs can be custom-made<\/em>\u00a0for some flair.<\/em><\/p>\n

The breadth of signs available these days ranges from regulated and straightforward to humorous or simply bizarre. Yet as any number of billboard companies or beautification initiatives can verify, the true key to a successful sign lies in its aesthetic value. Sometimes this just means that a sign must be clear and unobstructed. But often, drivers and pedestrians are more likely to respond positively to signage or billboards if they are pleasing to the eye.<\/p>\n

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A recent trend in city planning and improvement projects has put decoration at the top of a list that once favored simplicity. In the Twin Cities, Forecast Public Art has partnered with Clear Channel Outdoor to bring noncommercial public art to a handful of billboards throughout the metropolitan area. The initiative, titled <\/em>Neighborland<\/em><\/a>, pegged the lauded Candy Chang, a self-proclaimed city-planning artist, to design the interactive digital billboards that invite viewers to participate by submitting their answers to the question, \u201cWhat do you want in the Twin Cities?\u201d Select responses will be displayed on the billboards in the next installment of the project.<\/p>\n

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\nOther street art by Candy Chang.<\/em><\/p>\n

Across the Great Lakes, decorative signs have also made a splash. The city of Hamburg, New York, is installing 22 unique and artfully embellished street signs throughout the municipality. Board Trustee Paul Gaughan advocated the enterprise at a town meeting on April 16. Gaughan, who refers to Hamburg as \u201cthe village,\u201d cited the new street signs as a way to help distinguish the town and highlight some of its historical and natural attributes. The signs feature a stylized \u201cH\u201d surrounded by a flowery insignia that reads \u201cVillage of Hamburg \u2013 New York.<\/p>\n

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\nOne of the decorative signs in the Village of Hamburg\u2019s beautification project.<\/em><\/p>\n

If the improved signage is successful, perhaps tourists will forgive the town one of its notable natives, Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt<\/a>. Though we\u2019d guess that if the sign that commemorates his former residence is pretty enough, all may be forgotten – at least temporarily.<\/p>\n

– R. Sapon-White<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many\u00a0street signs can be custom-made\u00a0for some flair. The breadth of signs available these days ranges from regulated and straightforward to humorous or simply bizarre. Yet as any number of billboard companies or beautification initiatives can verify, the true key to a successful sign lies in its aesthetic value. 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