09.Signs.Chinatown.WDC.3feb06
Image by ElvertBarnes
Signs . Chinatown . Gallery Place . www.galleryplace.com . Loking north on 7th Street just north of G Street, NW . WDC . Friday afternoon, 3 February 2006
Regal Cinemas at www.regalcinemas.com
Lucky Strike Lanes at www.bowlluckystrike.com/washington/washington.html
2006 Chinese New Year 4704
Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography
? Hiker Sign
Image by Al_HikesAZ
I still don’t know what this trail sign means. Near Bell Rock in Sedona
"Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality . Wake Up and Live! " Bob Marley
Bus stop sign for Camp Pendleton bus, Oceanside, Ca.
Image by LA Wad
This is one of the most fascinating signs any public transit passenger can possibly see anywhere.
Pay attention to the warning in the center. It bears the following: "All passengers entering Camp Pendleton must have valid photo ID."
Please also take a look at my rant in a Sprinter photo I snapped. One transit police officer in Escondido stopped me from taking photos of the Sprinter trains, citing "homeland security" concerns. Meanwhile, Oceanside is much more heavily policed, and the officers at this station did not have problems with me taking photos — especially not of this sign.
Officers patrolling transit in San Diego County, please get your priorities in order. Photography is not terrorism. And if it is, why would the train be a high-value target? The Sprinter runs twice an hour in each direction and carries about 7,000 passengers a day. Meanwhile, the same public transit agency and our own military allow civilians to ride a public bus through a Marine base, one that is also vast and mountainous, and all they would need is a picture ID.
Crowded Sign
Image by katmeresin
All I did was crop it. This is the sign in the parking garage with, yes, 10 fake people on it.
04.Signs.Chinatown.WDC.3feb06
Image by ElvertBarnes
Signs . Chinatown . Corner of 7th and H Streets, NW . WDC . Friday afternoon, 3 February 2006
2006 Chinese New Year 4704
Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography
Chicago Theater Ghost Sign
Image by Atelier Teee (on hiatus)
Ghost sign for the Chicago Theater on the south wall of the Chicago Theater.
Tenuous Link: sign of times gone by.
06.Signs.Chinatown.WDC.3feb06
Image by ElvertBarnes
Signs . Chinatown . Gallery Place . www.galleryplace.com . Exterior Courtyard . Just off 7th Street across from G Street, NW . WDC . Friday afternoon, 3 February 2006
2006 Chinese New Year 4704
Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography
Love – Sign
Image by Cindy Andrie
The is the ASL (American sign language) for love.
For TWiP photo assignment – SIGNS (AKA TWIP SIGNS)
Elderly People sign
Image by bensons
These are real signs in the UK. Right after I took this picture I saw a pair of elderly people walking just like this, so at least it’s an accurate warning.
Signed And Sealed, But Not Certified
Image by Cayusa
Day 175 of 365 (Year Two)
I’ve been working in the field of architecture for about 15 years. A part of my responsibilities has always been filing for permits. I don’t have to file for a permit for every job we do, but for those jobs where it is in our contract to procure the permit, I’m the guy who goes.
A standard part preparing for permits is getting the drawings signed and sealed. Basically, the architect stamps the drawings with his licensed seal and then signs his name over it. Every county within every state does their permits differently, but the signing and sealing is a pretty standard one.
The stamp and signature’s purpose is to certify that the particular architect whose stamp and signature are on the drawings has reviewed and/or supervised the work that was done in the set of drawings. I used to be that this was enough for the permit department. Only a registered architect can get a stamp, which includes their license number.
Apparently, the fact that ONLY a registered architect can get one of these stamps and that only a licensed architect can sign drawings is no longer adequate for the permit departments. Now, not only do you need to have the drawings signed and sealed, but now you have to write out a statement of certification. Basically, you have to spell out, on the drawings, exactly what everyone knows the stamp and signature mean, all in the name of repetition and redundancy.
Why is any of this an issue? Because, I spent the morning sitting in rush hour traffic on the slowest section of Baltimore’s beltway trying to get down to Bowie to pick up the client’s check so I could then sit in rush hour traffic yet again to get to Rockville to file for a permit. After managing to get there I was turned away because the set of drawings that we had was missing that short little useless paragraph that spells out what the stamp and signature mean. It was a completely wasted trip. A total of 160 miles of driving, in rush hour, for no reason. What a fun fun day!
