Unique City Street Signs

RZF · September 26, 2024, 12:58:22 AM

I couldn't find a similar thread, but I thought this was a good discussion to have: Which cities have the nicest looking/most unique street name signs?

Oxnard, California has some very unique and cool looking signs:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.2300606,-119.1746524,3a,29.9y,166.55h,95.29t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIzN4rP1oFRpVmLR-IJ2tXQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkyMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.1951785,-119.1947656,3a,41.2y,115.65h,93.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9HX2W2BUDj-g94RxO1wAQA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkyMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Los Angeles is well known for its simple but iconic blue/white street signs. Santa Barbara is also well known for its brown/white old-timey font signs. Where else are the street signs cool and unique?

TheStranger · September 26, 2024, 01:49:31 AM

Makati (in the Philippines) is a city that uses seemingly a different street blade design per neighborhood. That being said, the design used for the downtown/CBD area (Legazpi Village, Salcedo Village, Ayala Center) is REALLY nice:

CovalenceSTU · September 29, 2024, 05:18:58 AM

Downtown Astoria switched to brown blades with the city seal ~10 years ago:

Before, they were regular green ones that sometimes had "HISTORIC DISTRICT" over a much bigger skyline above.

St. Helens, OR also deserves a mention for exclusively using embossed street blades. At first they fooled me into thinking they were all vintage (as much of their infrastructure is) but I scrolled through GSV and found a few that had been replaced.

WillWeaverRVA · September 30, 2024, 11:09:20 AM

Quote from: TheStranger on September 26, 2024, 01:49:31 AMMakati (in the Philippines) is a city that uses seemingly a different street blade design per neighborhood. That being said, the design used for the downtown/CBD area (Legazpi Village, Salcedo Village, Ayala Center) is REALLY nice:

I kinda like these. They look like they're very easy to read.

hobsini2 · September 30, 2024, 01:27:12 PM

Quote from: CovalenceSTU on September 29, 2024, 05:18:58 AMDowntown Astoria switched to brown blades with the city seal ~10 years ago:

Before, they were regular green ones that sometimes had "HISTORIC DISTRICT" over a much bigger skyline above.

St. Helens, OR also deserves a mention for exclusively using embossed street blades. At first they fooled me into thinking they were all vintage (as much of their infrastructure is) but I scrolled through GSV and found a few that had been replaced.

Not too long ago, Green Lake County Wisconsin had changed the "embossed" street blades to the standard ones but with the detailing the old ones had. Here is an example at Princeton Rd and Old Green Lake Rd east of Princeton:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.8435962,-89.0472727,3a,15.8y,291.65h,89.68t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s7LQBVNNpjCM6lvktQCPilg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D0.3194972383892889%26panoid%3D7LQBVNNpjCM6lvktQCPilg%26yaw%3D291.64582402218167!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?coh=205410&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkyOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

But you can still find the embossed ones too. This intersection is a 5 way intersection with 2 sets. One in green on the left, one in white on the right. This is at Hwy A, Princeton Rd, Northwest Rd and Robin Ln near Green Lake. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.8515693,-88.9768859,3a,78.7y,93.83h,81.76t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s1FslhH6rPmoSXjX_sXh1xA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D8.241615900936196%26panoid%3D1FslhH6rPmoSXjX_sXh1xA%26yaw%3D93.83457579356306!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?coh=205410&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkyOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

WillWeaverRVA · September 30, 2024, 01:47:06 PM

I kind of like the ones in Richmond's Fan District - simple but they get the job done, and they reuse the original sign blade frames.

Of course, Richmond Public Works is run by a bunch of idiots who don't know how to do their jobs and some of the signs have been replaced with regular green sign blades recently whenever they've been damaged.

TheStranger · September 30, 2024, 04:31:48 PM

Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on September 30, 2024, 11:09:20 AM
Quote from: TheStranger on September 26, 2024, 01:49:31 AMMakati (in the Philippines) is a city that uses seemingly a different street blade design per neighborhood. That being said, the design used for the downtown/CBD area (Legazpi Village, Salcedo Village, Ayala Center) is REALLY nice:

I kinda like these. They look like they're very easy to read.

PColumbus73 · October 01, 2024, 11:05:14 AM

Slightly off-topic, but I think it's interesting how the Philippines seem to mix international traffic signal conventions. There's some that look like American and British / European signal installations.

chrisg69911 · October 02, 2024, 01:15:03 PM

Bloomfield signs their streets in red. Their old signs are still signed the typical green, but it's different than the usual green, blue, gray that exists.

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