tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post5960516459979477829..comments2024-03-28T16:06:42.424-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: 'Another example of New York City's impending Americanization' — Street signsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-87341742572974481852011-06-27T15:13:24.206-04:002011-06-27T15:13:24.206-04:00Clearview? Isn't that where all the scientolo...Clearview? Isn't that where all the scientologists are from!!! Aaaaaahhhh!!!!!!!glammanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-89604025792042597562011-06-26T13:41:07.189-04:002011-06-26T13:41:07.189-04:00According to the NYTimes article, there is no fede...According to the NYTimes article, there is no federal mandate, just a recommendation. They've done some interesting studies, and Clearview tests out as easier to read, especially for elderly people in low-light conditions. But this is for highways, not for cities, with different lighting (street signs are never illuminated by headlights the way that highway signs are), different speeds (hopefully), and a whole other mix of traffic (pedestrians, bikes, dogs - at least the ones that can read). Out own DOT seems to have assumed that Clearview is the One Best Solution to everything, something the feds never claimed. <br /><br />Since it's a homegrown problem, you'd think there would be a homegrown solution (like just putting in nicer, and more NY-specific street signs), but that will never happen because, in practice, the government answers to no one.geckohttp://dustyfeet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-66263697469010159992011-06-25T08:34:30.009-04:002011-06-25T08:34:30.009-04:00People's priorities are all mixed up.People's priorities are all mixed up.shmnychttp://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graphnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-81524057763079888572011-06-25T00:35:42.960-04:002011-06-25T00:35:42.960-04:00As one of them Font People, I'm generally in f...As one of them Font People, I'm generally in favor of mixed upper and lower case signage but....really...did we have to use Clearview? Why can't NYC street signs look like, well, NYC street signs instead of looking like street signs everywhere else in the US of A? Doh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-89298246388089052082011-06-24T14:52:23.852-04:002011-06-24T14:52:23.852-04:00Here's a link to an old NY Times magazine arti...Here's a link to an old NY Times magazine article about the new font, Clearview.<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/magazine/12fonts-t.htmlKurtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-68029422182119878652011-06-24T14:12:33.603-04:002011-06-24T14:12:33.603-04:00Though somewhat into the whole font thing, I save ...Though somewhat into the whole font thing, I save my distaste for the whole green-and-white thing. The old blue-and-white street signs had elegance and character; the green-and-white ones have standardization. They're indeed another way to make everyplace look like everyplace else. That said, I do prefer the uppercase ones.Mitch Broderhttp://mbvintagenewyork.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-75718559703336445052011-06-24T13:54:11.533-04:002011-06-24T13:54:11.533-04:00Ugh, I meant iPHONE. Carry on, pod people.Ugh, I meant iPHONE. Carry on, pod people.Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-69522083493117053192011-06-24T13:52:07.039-04:002011-06-24T13:52:07.039-04:00Wait, so signs are going from upper to lower case?...Wait, so signs are going from upper to lower case? As a visually-impaired person, I have to say I prefer all-caps as I can barely see signs from a short distance away. All-caps is definitely easier for me to read. <br /><br />This is beyond stupid. Soon, there will be no physical signs at all - you'll just have to point your iPod at the intersection so it will tell you where you are...or where they think you should be.<br /><br />(yes, I'm wearing my tinfoil hat)Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-25866301468999842622011-06-24T11:53:01.452-04:002011-06-24T11:53:01.452-04:00This city is in such a sad state. I was having din...This city is in such a sad state. I was having dinner last night on 13th and 3rd Ave and it looked like Boston, or some other lame as fuck city. <br /><br />Chubby girls in outfits that didn't fit. Pencil bodied boys in cheap suits walking around like cats that just escaped the apartment and realized it was safe to walk in the city. ALL of them drunk, loud, obnoxious and - most important - PAINFULLY uninteresting and DULL.<br /><br />These street signs are the glitter in our new plaster ceiling.Lux Livinghttp://www.stuytownluxliving.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-74690936554392802902011-06-24T10:28:51.005-04:002011-06-24T10:28:51.005-04:00excuse me!
a federal mandate about street signs?
d...excuse me!<br />a federal mandate about street signs?<br />don't they have better things to think about - say - like - what kind of light bulbs we must use.blue glassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-39500233333330162412011-06-24T10:25:31.832-04:002011-06-24T10:25:31.832-04:00Deck chairs on the Titanic. I get it, the new sign...Deck chairs on the Titanic. I get it, the new signs lend a different feel, but this "Americanization" of NYC runs way deeper than this. Sometimes street signs are just street signs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com