MID-CENTURY HIGHWAY SIGN, Briarwood

Forgotten New York -

Heavy iron T-shaped directional signs were once standard issue on New York City’s parkways. Originally the signs were white with black lettering and illuminated by attached incandescent bulbs. Today the lettering, increasingly in the Clearview font, features reflective materials that light up when headlights catch them. There were rather less massive posts in the same [...]

Forgotten New York -

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