(Danielle West) Because only you can prevent substandard municipal way-finding, I share another batch of ugly street signs, courtesy of the District of DeBonis army of eagle-eyed signage watchdogs. Above, from Andrew Wiseman, behold a particularly ugly one, with a weird skinny capital V and a mixed-case quadrant indicator. Transportation department spokesman John Lisle says the city is on it: “Obviously we want our signs to be consistent and accurate, and we will continue to work internally to ensure there is adequate quality control in the process for approving and fabricating signs to prevent these types of errors.” If you see a bad sign, call 311, visit 311.dc.gov, or tweet at Lisle at @DDOTDC. After the jump, behold several subpar specimens captured by Columbia Heights ... Continue reading →
(Danielle West) Because only you can prevent substandard municipal way-finding, I share another batch of ugly street signs, courtesy of the District of DeBonis army of eagle-eyed signage watchdogs. Above, from Andrew Wiseman, behold a particularly ugly one, with a weird skinny capital V and a mixed-case quadrant indicator. Transportation department spokesman John Lisle says the city is on it: “Obviously we want our signs to be consistent and accurate, and we will continue to work internally to ensure there is adequate quality control in the process for approving and fabricating signs to prevent these types of errors.” If you see a bad sign, call 311, visit 311.dc.gov, or tweet at Lisle at @DDOTDC. After the jump, behold several subpar specimens captured by Columbia Heights ... Continue reading →
Wind us up, one more time. (Marvin Joseph - The Washington Post) I might have “jumped the gun,” but I wasn’t wrong: Our civic farewell to Chuck Brown gets underway Tuesday with a public viewing at the Howard Theatre, on Chuck Brown Way (aka the 600 block of T Street), from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. His grand sendoff will continue Thursday at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center at noon for a scheduled three-hour memorial service. Hamil Harris has more details over at The Root DC. He speaks to Howard Theatre developer Chip Ellis, who lamented Brown never played in his gleaming new space: “God had another plan.” In other news: Tom Toles on the Gray campaign’s downward spiral (Post cartoon) Guess who had ... Continue reading →
