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Meg Oolders's avatar

The pole adorned with layers of peeling fliers caught me. So many people clearly put their flier on top of someone else's like it was more important. That's telling.

The trust people will put in a sheet of paper to deliver an important message in their absence (while it weathers the elements) is kind of inspiring. Though the refuse it ultimately creates is less so.

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Amran Gowani's avatar

Would you expect anything less from a country that worships freedom above all?

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Samuél Lopez-Barrantes's avatar

"nightmares, and even death" is just too good. Especially because there's a world to imagine of what led to such declarations

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

I'm a big fan of the ghost signs I see everywhere here in France. There's a fantastic 'Dubonnet' sign on the approach to our nearest village.

I can't (can) believe how many signs you encountered in Chicago

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Augusta Sagnelli's avatar

PS stuck your books in the mail today! ~2 days (allegedly)

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

Fingers crossed! Thank you!

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Augusta Sagnelli's avatar

Oh fabulous like an old painter sign for the liqueur? Love it. The signage in the US cities is truly overwhelming but makes for fabulous photos if I do say so myself.

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

The signs tell stories. Loved the pictures

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John Baxter's avatar

Leonard Cohen wrote "a kite is a victim you are sure of." Why are signs so interesting? Because they can't answer back?

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Bruce Burkhardt 's avatar

Floyd's

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Mary's avatar

Enjoyed all but the most the Open sign..

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Michelle Richmond's avatar

Thank you for shari g these images! I love how the way paper signs wrapped around posts tell the story of a neighborhood--its needs, its desires, its disagreements. I also live those old, custom lighted signs perched above restaurants and shops, which are such a central part of the historical urban landscape of America.

I am sitting in a creperie in Paris, looking out the window at signs for “shampooing-coupe” signs for the lotto, signs for bubble tea...and of course the lovely street sign telling me where I am

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Amie McGraham's avatar

Floyd’s

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Chicago! 😍😍😍

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Craig Thornton's avatar

I found the Chicago Silk Screen sign imaginative.

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