Pat Thompson
@pattho.bsky.social
Friends School plant saler, co-op fan, gardener, Transition Town member, recovering grammar curmudgeon. She/her.
It was always a land of billboards.
February 15, 2026 at 8:45 PM
It was always a land of billboards.
If that was the point… which it clearly must not have been.
February 15, 2026 at 5:25 PM
If that was the point… which it clearly must not have been.
And was so common before 1965!
February 14, 2026 at 7:15 PM
And was so common before 1965!
More typeface info: it did come into use not long after the building was built - but would not have been on signs, since it was metal type.
February 14, 2026 at 5:51 PM
More typeface info: it did come into use not long after the building was built - but would not have been on signs, since it was metal type.
The top of the sign structure is fairly accurate, but when you throw a bunch of ugly signs and LED panels below it... there's not much you can do. And the Park Crossing letters themselves are not historically accurate (typeface not in existence in that era, a time of sign painters).
February 14, 2026 at 5:48 PM
The top of the sign structure is fairly accurate, but when you throw a bunch of ugly signs and LED panels below it... there's not much you can do. And the Park Crossing letters themselves are not historically accurate (typeface not in existence in that era, a time of sign painters).
I meant the building is an homage to train stations - not the sign!
February 14, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I meant the building is an homage to train stations - not the sign!
Yes! Built by Wellington Management, which is based in the neighborhood.
February 14, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Yes! Built by Wellington Management, which is based in the neighborhood.