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Posted by W.B. on Fri Dec 23 12:37:47 2016, in response to NYC 1960s street signs, posted by gbs on Fri Oct 21 21:28:56 2016. The 'E 57 ST' sign dated to c.1965-66. The signs for '225 ST', 'MORRIS AV' and 'FOSTER AV' were all from the 1969-70+ period (as were the 'WASHINGTON STREET' and 'BATTERY PL' signs in that pic where TA bus 8899 was shown). 'RATHBUN AVE' would have been circa 1966. Many sections in all five boroughs had newer color-coded street signs installed in different times over the years (the earliest, of course, being put up in 1964 in very select areas). A few weren't even touched; 1950's black-on-yellow signs were seen at some parts of the FDR Drive (i.e. around East 108th Street) well into the late 1980's.Living in Manhattan all my life, it would appear the Midtown section had the newer type of street sign installed before the rest of the borough. Walking through Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), for example, at 23rd Street and below (as far south as its start point around Franklin Street), one could spot a plethora of 'AVE OF THE AMERICAS' signs all on one line in 4" high Highway Gothic B. North of 23rd, was 'AVENUE OF THE' spaced out in small 2" type, and 'AMERICAS' above it, open-spaced 4" high type of Highway Gothic C. That latter one would have been mass-produced in 1965-66, along with (for example) 'LEXINGTON AVE' signs where the Lexington part was 5" high - a size not used before or since. |
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