Tag: signs

“Bad Idea” – Department store signage copy that should’ve been reconsidered, Target, Buffalo, NY

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“The Power of Tape” – No Trespassing sign becomes pro-skateboarding sign, Toronto

“Stage Right” – Drinking fountain backstage at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre

“Izza Time to Fix Your Sign” – Prepared foods counter Loblaws, Leslieville, Toronto

“Defending Liberty…and This Storefront” – Miniature Statue of Liberty at Prime Mechanical, Leslieville, Toronto

“Help Is On The Way” – Reassuring button in the elevator at the Gramercy Park Hotel, New York

“Overkill” – They really don’t want you to use this urinal in Charleston, South Carolina

“No Babies Beyond This Point!” – Hospital sign or UFC slogan?

And the answer is…a hospital ward at the Ottawa Civic Hospital.

“Ummm…What Happens After Midnight?” – Poorly worded sign at MacLaren’s On Elgin, Ottawa

“Public Washooms Love P….P1 that is.” – Yonge-Dundas Square Parking Garage, Toronto

“I Had No Idea They Were Dangerous” – Back of bus warns of wheel chair danger, Toronto

“Shakin’ Up the ‘Red Light District'” – Piano shop window, Toronto

“If It Ain’t Broke…” – A one size fits all approach to street naming in Rosedale, Toronto

“I Want To Care For You” – Customer service trailer at development sight in Vaughn, Ontario

“Warning Sign Fail” – Beat-up collision warning sign for buses at King and Dufferin, Toronto

“I CONVERSE*> Boston” – Neon sign at the Newbury Street Converse store, Boston

This is the first and currently ONLY Converse store in the world. Apparently Boston is where it all started for Converse.

Upstairs they have an in-house ‘maestro’ who will customize your chucks while you wait! Very cool.

I couldn’t resist and had to pickup two new pair.

“The Staff or the Ladder?” – A warning sign at a warehouse sale, Toronto

“Liberty, Art and Power” – @MagentaFDN Flash Forward photo art installation featuring @TobySmith_, Liberty Village, Toronto

“The New Taste of Europe: SAMOSAS!”

“Change Your Life” – Admonishing billboard, Golds Gym, San Francisco

“Foiled” – Would-be ball hockey player sits dejectedly on the sidelines, Toronto

“Step Into The Light” – Interactive video screen, First Canadian Place, Toronto

“Severe Weather Area” – Women’s toilet, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

I ain’t touching this one. I’ll leave the comments for others.

“We Got Ya Covered” – Traffic sign completely covered in stickers, Dundas & River, Toronto

“Shocking” – Overly agressive lightening ball on warning sign

“Luncheon Pork” – Greek restaurant’s lunch menu, Yonge & Sheppard, Toronto

“Lost In Translation” – Shatin Chinese Restaurant, Mississauga

“Sweet and Simple” Girl on the street in Fergus, Ontario

“That Ain’t Right Either” The Butcher Family Funeral Home

“Represent” Old School Road, Caledon, Ontario

“WOMEN | MEN” washrooms at Ward’s Island, Toronto Island, Toronto