{"id":422,"date":"2009-04-13T10:10:13","date_gmt":"2009-04-13T17:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2009\/04\/best_of_art_to_go_street_signs\/"},"modified":"2009-04-13T10:10:13","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T17:10:13","slug":"best_of_art_to_go_street_signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2009\/04\/best_of_art_to_go_street_signs.html","title":{"rendered":"Best of &#8216;Art to Go&#8217; street signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started running images of altered street signs on my former blog, <i>Art to Go<\/i>,&nbsp; at the now demised <i>Seattle Post-Intelligencer<\/i>, which continues online as a shadow of itself. Here&#8217;s a sample of the best in those signs, both anonymous and name brand.<\/p>\n<p>(Click to enlarge)<\/p>\n<p>First row, left to right: <a href=\"mailto:http:\/\/www.leftmatrix.com\/baxterlist.html\">Iain and Ingrid Baxter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ggibsongallery.com\/artists\/brophy\/brophy_page7d.html\">Michael Brophy<\/a> and anonymous (from <a href=\"http:\/\/ffffound.com\/image\/54834bc85415f82f9aee03ea23785450c98b27ed\">ffffound<\/a>).<br \/>Second row: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richlehl.com\/\">Rick Lehl<\/a> once, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danwitzstreetart.com\/index.html\">Dan Witz<\/a> twice.<br \/>Third row: The fabulous Dan Witz three more times.<br \/>Fourth row: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lindahodgesgallery.com\/artists\/martin_hoff.html\">Christopher Martin Hoff<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lindahodgesgallery.com\/artists\/bootsma.html\">Margaretha Bootsma<\/a> twice.<br \/>Fifth row: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xmarkjenkinsx.com\/flowersigns.html\">Mark Jenkins<\/a>, Mark Wathieu (image no longer on flickr), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.annduffy.net\/\">Ann Duffy<\/a><br \/>Sixth row: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.annduffy.net\/\">Brad Downey<\/a>, three times.<br \/>Seventh row: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidshrigley.com\/\">David Shrigley<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidshrigley.com\/\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/stopsignsam-4933.html','popup','width=300,height=385,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/stopsignsam-thumb-100x128-4933.jpg\" alt=\"stopsignsam.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"100\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/stopsign3-4936.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/stopsign3-4936.html','popup','width=300,height=380,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/stopsign3-thumb-100x126-4936.jpg\" alt=\"stopsign3.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"100\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/stopsign2-4939.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/stopsign2-4939.html','popup','width=300,height=311,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/stopsign2-thumb-100x103-4939.jpg\" alt=\"stopsign2.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"100\" height=\"103\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/streetsignrichlehl-4942.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/streetsignrichlehl-4942.html','popup','width=288,height=428,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/streetsignrichlehl-thumb-100x148-4942.jpg\" alt=\"streetsignrichlehl.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"100\" height=\"148\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/streetsignwitz-4945.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/streetsignwitz-4945.html','popup','width=350,height=458,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/streetsignwitz-thumb-100x130-4945.jpg\" alt=\"streetsignwitz.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/2.-Brooklyn-2005-4948.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/2.-Brooklyn-2005-4948.html','popup','width=378,height=504,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/2.-Brooklyn-2005-thumb-100x133-4948.jpg\" alt=\"2.-Brooklyn-2005.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"100\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/1.-bklyn-2005-4951.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/1.-bklyn-2005-4951.html','popup','width=576,height=451,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/1.-bklyn-2005-thumb-100x78-4951.jpg\" alt=\"1.-bklyn-2005.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"100\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/6Peace-greenpoint-close-cop-4954.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/6Peace-greenpoint-close-cop-4954.html','popup','width=450,height=380,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/6Peace-greenpoint-close-cop-thumb-100x84-4954.jpg\" alt=\"6Peace-greenpoint-close-cop.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"100\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/1-stkngs-close-horiz-lon-sm-4957.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/1-stkngs-close-horiz-lon-sm-4957.html','popup','width=450,height=347,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/1-stkngs-close-horiz-lon-sm-thumb-100x77-4957.jpg\" alt=\"1-stkngs-close-horiz-lon-sm.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"100\" height=\"77\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/hoffsign-4960.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/hoffsign-4960.html','popup','width=350,height=348,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/hoffsign-thumb-100x99-4960.jpg\" alt=\"hoffsign.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"100\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/bootsmasign-4963.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\n\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/bootsmasign-4963.html','popup','width=450,height=149,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/bootsmasign-thumb-100x33-4963.jpg\" alt=\"bootsmasign.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"100\" height=\"33\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/bootsmasign2-4966.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/bootsmasign2-4966.html','popup','width=350,height=352,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/bootsmasign2-thumb-100x100-4966.jpg\" alt=\"bootsmasign2.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/streetsignmarkjenkins-4969.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/streetsignmarkjenkins-4969.html','popup','width=350,height=443,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/streetsignmarkjenkins-thumb-100x126-4969.jpg\" alt=\"streetsignmarkjenkins.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"100\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/stopwar2-4972.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/stopwar2-4972.html','popup','width=400,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/stopwar2-thumb-100x150-4972.jpg\" alt=\"stopwar2.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/annduffy-4975.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/annduffy-4975.html','popup','width=400,height=303,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/annduffy-thumb-100x75-4975.jpg\" alt=\"annduffy.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/stopsignpregnant-4978.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/stopsignpregnant-4978.html','popup','width=300,height=427,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/stopsignpregnant-thumb-100x142-4978.jpg\" alt=\"stopsignpregnant.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"100\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/stopsignupsidedown-4981.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/stopsignupsidedown-4981.html','popup','width=300,height=427,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/stopsignupsidedown-thumb-100x142-4981.jpg\" alt=\"stopsignupsidedown.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"100\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/help-4984.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/help-4984.html','popup','width=333,height=475,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/help-thumb-100x142-4984.jpg\" alt=\"help.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"100\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"stopsignshrigley.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/stopsignshrigley.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ok, ok, I&#8217;m stopping. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/outofcontxt\/2358264117\/\">One more<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started running images of altered street signs on my former blog, Art to Go,&nbsp; at the now demised Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which continues online as a shadow of itself. Here&#8217;s a sample of the best in those signs, both anonymous and name brand. (Click to enlarge) First row, left to right: Iain and Ingrid Baxter, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-422","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}