Language & Signs / Langue & Affichage
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Photo du Jour – Urban Language Breakdown
This sculpture entitled “Langage Urbain” by Ken Story has stood in front of the Bank of Montreal Telus building on Réné-Levesque, corner...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du jour: Ad scooter
Maybe the companies that run ad trucks down the city’s major streets finally realized how wasteful that was — it now seems that at least some...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Satan’s gas station
Gas station under construction at Beaubien Rosemont and Christophe-Colomb.
By Chris Erb -
Photo du jour: Mets chinois
It’s always a delight to find an old sign like this that uses that hilariously clichéd and outdated font, Rickshaw, which surely ranks with Comic...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Monsieur Hot Dog
Old diner sign, now gone, on Sherbrooke near Concordia’s Loyola campus. March 29, 2007
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Stacked street signs
This photo was taken on May 25, 2008, on Alexis-Carrel and Gouin, Rivière-des-Prairies
By Asa Bergman -
In NDG, a ghost sign is revealed
Last week, someone named BK McCabe sent me an email about an old tobacco ad that had been revealed when a fire-damaged building was torn down on...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Advertising versus traffic safety?
This photo was taken on May 6, 2008, on Saint-Laurent and Sherbrooke
By Asa Bergman -
Photo du jour: Spring vs. Habs
As the Montreal Canadiens advance in the playoffs, the visibility of this particular flag is steadily decreasing. This photo was taken on April 25, 2008...
By Asa Bergman -
A peek inside Yiddish Montreal
Yiddish was Montreal’s third language for the entire first half of the twentieth century. Up and down the Main, people gossiped in Yiddish, shopped...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Hangul
La Maison Bulgogi, Ste. Catherine at Chomedey, February 4, 2006
By Christopher DeWolf -
Feeling one’s way through the Metro system
In light of all the ‘drama drama’ that is surrounding the STM these days, here’s something interesting that they are doing. An...
By Paul Erlichman