Las Vegas on Every Corner
Monday, January 25, 2010 at 08:13PM 
Richard Hartog/LA TimesMany years before I was even aware that there was such a thing as graphic design, I loved signs. That has continued to this day, although the signs that I love most are signs from my childhood. I have a small but precious collection of old metal advertising signs that I would love to have on display throughout our house, but my wife is not similarly enamored with the idea of rusty, sharp-edged entreaties to buy Chesterfield cigarettes and Dad's Old-Fashioned Root Beer in our living room.
Out on the streets of cities around the world, a new form of sign—the electronic screen—has emerged that threatens to engulf and submerge another love I have, architecture.
My friend and architect Lincoln Poley emailed me this article in the L.A. Times by architectural critic Christopher Hawthorne, who examines some of the issues that this new technology creates. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-screens24-2010jan24,0,3068829.story
Reader Comments (2)
now, now.... your wife wouldn't mind if you had your own studio and filled it with your many wonderful signs.... just not in the regular part of the house. Hang them outside around the back patio, That would be fun... like a little cafe! And they can age gracefully....
comment comment comment comment commennnnnnntttttt. Good post, btw.