I had been unaware of it, but NYC’s Department of Transportation officially refers to these type of street signs as “camelback” signs, instead of my own appellation, “humpback” signs. I…

This handsome painted red, black and white sign for a marine repairs firm has hung in there on Christopher Street near Washington almost 3 decades after the demise of its…

I remember 1973 somewhat, but not well. I was fifteen and still in high school. Most of my life revolved around schoolwork and following the Knicks, who had just won…

Rex Cole (1887-1967) was originally a lamp manufacturer, then became associated with General Electric in the 1920s and designed white enamel Monitor Top refrigerators. Famed architect Raymond Hood designed a…

I was in my old neighborhood, Bay Ridge, when I noticed some standout signs along 3rd and 5th Avenues. This one for a bike shop on 5th Avenue and 73rd…

I was in my old neighborhood, Bay Ridge, and saw some interesting store sign ideas on the main shopping routes, 3rd and 5th Avenues. This one for a watering hole…

Sometimes, you don’t find something Forgotten — it has to find you. I was idly making my way through Facebook late tonight and I saw this enamel mid-20th Century sign…

Nuvern Avenue runs for a few blocks in Mount Vernon, near the Bronx line, in Westchester. But, there is a small piece of it in the Bronx, near its intersection…

I have been complaining about new street signs in the Cleartype font, many of them in upper and lower case, that have been appearing on NYC streets in compliance with…

25 Park Place near Church Street. This awning sign had been covered by OTB signage for many years.

Found on 2nd Avenue and East 52nd. PL stood for PLaza… Thanks Albert Mahoney

Here’s another one of those marvelous navy blue and white street signs used in Manhattan and the Bronx between about 1913 and 1964. Seaman Avenue and Isham Street are way…