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New Street Signs in Miami Beach

May 23, 2006 By Gus in Miami: Local News | 1 Comment

The City of Miami Beach is getting brand new street signs to help visitors from getting lost. That first batch of signs will be up by next winter; more will follow, until all the city’s signs have been replaced.

A preview of the new signs is available on on the city’s website. The 154 page Graphic Signage Manual makes for interesting reading. It forbids anagrams, and stipulates that ‘a positive tone must accompany all messages:

“The use of “only’’ should be avoided in messages. This makes a strange kind of sense. Why ruin a driver’s day with the authoritarian overtones of, for instance, a LEFT TURN ONLY sign? Why indeed, when a friendly, well-pointed arrow will make him happy to turn his car, truck or other motor vehicle away from the right?”

The city is spending $1.5 million on the project. The signs will be built to withstand hurricane-force winds and heat up to 120 degrees.

Hillier Architecture has been retained for the project.

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1 Comments on

"New Street Signs in Miami Beach"

Bobbi Storm says:

That has to be one of the most ridiculous wastes of money i have ever seen…not to mention destroys the view. Do they want to make sure people don’t turn around thinking they are lost and in West Palm Beach or something…

No words, nice to know Miami Beach has money. Must be all those parking tickets they collect from tourists and people who work here.. now we see where the money goes. Signs..

Posted on 10/06/2008 at 2:11 PM

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