Capsule Street Signs

[Henry]

I believe the standard for street signs are blades, which can be seen pretty much everywhere throughout the nation. But I'm also interested in another kind of street sign, which is probably most prevalent in NJ (home of the Tomcat Street Sign Company) and looks like this:



Are there any other cities/states where these capsule-style signs are or have been used?

[Zeffy]

Oh, that's what those type of street signs are called? These are in my neighborhood, literally about a few minutes walking distance from my house. Here's one right here. Interestingly enough, even closer to my house (30s walking distance), the signs change to this style, AKA street blades.

[PHLBOS]

There are white w/black lettering versions of those type signs scattered around Springfield, Delaware County, PA.

[freebrickproductions]

Found some in Boaz, AL:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.198275,-86.166716&hl=en&ll=34.198262,-86.166715&spn=0.000468,0.000431&num=1&t=h&z=21&layer=c&cbll=34.198262,-86.166715&panoid=5HSx21VVkSkO4EXcBKor5g&cbp=12,230.16,,3,1.45
I'll get some pictures of them when I go down there later this year.

[busman_49]

Akron, Ohio, still has a bunch of them

[PurdueBill]

Akron, Ohio, still has a bunch of them

Akron indeed has a bunch--sadly not as many as it used to as tall Clearview blades are replacing old signs slowly but surely.  I believe Baltimore also had its share.  (Akron and Baltimore also had small but measurable numbers of Walk/Wait signals until recently, interestingly enough.)

[busman_49]

not to hijack this thread, but Akron was where I first saw 12" Wait/Walk signals

[freebrickproductions]

Here are the ones in Boaz, AL. They are rather faded.

Capsule Street Signs by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Capsule Street Signs by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Capsule Street Signs by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

[mariethefoxy]

Ive seen a lot of them on the south fork of Long Island, in Southampton and East Hampton. Town of Hempstead has a few scattered about, but those and the top and bottom metal border blade signs are dwindling fast as the town replaces them larger ones with this odd not quite clearview font.

[ErmineNotyours]

Wenatchee, Washington.  2006.

[thefraze_1020]

Wenatchee, Washington.  2006.

A whole bunch of those were just up for auction on Public Surplus.

[Scott5114]

It would be cool if these had semitransparent panels and LEDs inside.

[marleythedog]

Dayton, Ohio still has quite a few of these in its historic districts.

[danzarblx]

My town has tons of them, however a lot of them got replaced by Series B or Clearview blades recently.

[epzik8]

Pretty sure there are some in some boroughs and cities in Pennsylvania

[mariethefoxy]

They must still be made somewhere since the village of East Hampton has new ones with mixed case text https://www.google.com/maps/@40.9618647,-72.1871719,3a,42.9y,6.81h,87.51t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sEKGJyalD_HVwx864cGaAPA!2e0!5s20211201T000000!7i13312!8i6656