Comments on: Brooklyn Signs

Brooklyn Signs

netbros — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:22:40 -0800

Signs that point to both a tenuously emerging future, as well as the dusty fingerprints of the neglected past. Brooklyn Signs.

By: Eekacat

Eekacat — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:51:30 -0800

"That's the whole trouble. You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write 'Fuck you' right under your nose. Try it sometime. I think, even, if I ever die, and they stick me in a cemetary, and I have a tombstone and all, it'll say 'Holden Caulfield' on it, and then what year I was born and what year I died, and then right under that it'll say 'Fuck you.' I'm positive, in fact." Cool photos, nice post.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:27:47 -0800

Great site. Thanks for the post, netbros. But where's the Fort Greene love, people? Wanna see my old nabe represented!

By: dunkadunc

dunkadunc — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:31:49 -0800

THIS PLACE SUCKS YOU FUCKING DESERVE IT (x15) ASSHOLES ASSHOLES ASSHOLES Strong stuff, sounds like me on a bad day.

By: dunkadunc

dunkadunc — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:38:47 -0800

(about the US, not people in general. just fyi.)

By: Xoebe

Xoebe — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:54:23 -0800

I know the West Coast doesn't deserve this, but this is one of my favorite weekly sites. It's a little more macro than the Brooklyn site, but the nice thing is they keep the pics mostly fresh.

By: saturnine

saturnine — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:01:58 -0800

I find this kind of collecting absolutely compelling. There is something to be said for how we throw together public life: all the signs and words and fonts and colours and how they weather against time and people. None of this is unique to Brooklyn, yet all of it is unique to Brooklyn. Any one of us that lives near even the smallest town could easily seek out at least one piece of human paraphernalia that speaks directly to us and is completely taken for granted or ignored by everyone around us. But nothing you could find would be like what I find in Bristol (not my photo but anyone for pickled tongues?) or what that other guy finds in Dubai, or what that lady found in Cleveland, or what that kid finds down the end of an alleyway in Shanghai. The best thing about it (and perhaps frustrating too) is that as long as there are people, this stuff will exist. I am such a geek :)

By: nasreddin

nasreddin — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:27:43 -0800

Get out of your L train comfort zone once in a while! Jesus! Also, trendy stencil crap is not cool, it's bullshit.

By: TheOnlyCoolTim

TheOnlyCoolTim — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:50:29 -0800

This is the most hipster thing I've seen all week.

By: setanor

setanor — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:52:54 -0800

umm, that's a little more crunchy than hipster...

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:08:20 -0800

Also, trendy stencil crap is not cool, it's bullshit. It would seem the mission of this blog is to simply document any and all signage, from the Checks Cashed to the storefront church to the various derelict "curb your dog" and "push button to cross street" signs, and to graffitti of all sorts. I'm not sure they're saying stencil stuff is "cool", necessarily. Maybe they're just including it cause it's there. Part of the sign landscape.

By: TheOnlyCoolTim

TheOnlyCoolTim — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:21:55 -0800

I've been away from civilization coming up on a year now, but are tall bikes no longer for hipsters? Crunchy to me means hippies, and I've never encountered nor do I imagine a hippie riding a tall bike. Hippies ride recumbents or unicycles if they're not on a regular bike. I have also seen hipsters use unicycles, but a recumbent is currently one of the least hipster things I can imagine.

By: Divine_Wino

Divine_Wino — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:17:43 -0800

Thanks Netbros, this is cool to look at.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:40:23 -0800

Divine_Wino writes: ...this is cool to look at. "the fuck are you lookin' at, chief?" :)

By: Divine_Wino

Divine_Wino — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:14:47 -0800

Not much, son*. :) traditional

By: tiger yang

tiger yang — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:56:14 -0800

I see the third one on my way to the train every day. Recognized a few others too. Agree with the previous comment that they could get away from the L-train a bit for their collection, but hopefully this will change with time. Good post.

By: josher71

josher71 — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:37:23 -0800

This is the most hipster thing I've seen all week. You definitely don't live in Williamsburg then.

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:47:40 -0800

MetaFilter: THIS PLACE SUCKS. YOU FUCKING DESERVE IT. ASSHOLES ASSHOLES

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:51:40 -0800

This is pretty great, but I was really hoping for more *signs* and less *graffiti*. Misleading blog name! Of course "Brooklyn Signs & Graffiti" doesn't have quite the same ring to it.