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Waltham’s Renewal Generates Delicious Results
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Waltham’s Renewal Generates Delicious Results

The city of Waltham recently became a food destination. I’d been hearing good things for years but was reluctant to go. For one thing, it’s a long way from my home in Somerville. But the real obstacle is that I went to high school there in a bank building on Main Street and I wasn’t in a hurry to get back to my teenage wasteland. So that explains why I’m having a hard time leaving the house.
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Top 5 Reasons Why Signage Still Matters
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Top 5 Reasons Why Signage Still Matters

It's not all about being online. Signage for main street stores, showrooms and businesses is thriving in both the corporate and property market. Having good branding is what you stand behind day in day out, wherever that may be.
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The Slow Fade Of Neon Signage In Toronto
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The Slow Fade Of Neon Signage In Toronto

It's difficult to picture today, but there was a time when Toronto was a town lit up by neon, little glass tubes that would cast street corners, storefronts, and concerts venues in a saturated electric glow. Back in the 1970s, a walk along Yonge Street was an assault on the...
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How to Make a Flat Sign Stand Out
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How to Make a Flat Sign Stand Out

TKO Signs is known for creating, fabricating, and installing outstanding Dimensional Signage, but not every sign application calls for a dimensional sign. Dimensional signage may not always fit the space, design, or budget. In many cases, a flat sign is more appropriate, but that doesn’t mean a flat sign has to look…flat.
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How Cities Develop Signage Plans
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How Cities Develop Signage Plans

Business signage plays an important role in the life of any city, not only because it supports commerce and the...
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Billboard Advertising is Good, Until it is Badvertising
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Billboard Advertising is Good, Until it is Badvertising

Metro Sign and Awning's insight: The "do's and don'ts" of billboard advertising.
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Top 8 Mistakes Made When Buying LED Signs
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Top 8 Mistakes Made When Buying LED Signs

Tips & Mistakes made when buying LED Signs.
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Several New Seaport Restaurants Sign 2-Year Leases – in Shipping Containers
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Several New Seaport Restaurants Sign 2-Year Leases – in Shipping Containers

8 shipping container vendors, including several restaurants, at the Seaport's Innovation and Design Building.
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Signs: The Bottom Line

Sign industry resources for sign companies, sign manufacturers, sign suppliers, sign buyers.
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Signs of the Time: Why We Spend Big Bucks to Save Old Ads
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Signs of the Time: Why We Spend Big Bucks to Save Old Ads

“The soul of a city lies in its history, and this piece of neon memorabilia we’re going to light tonight helps bring back a part of that history.”Those were the words of then-Minneapolis Mayor Don Fraser right before he threw the switch that lit the iconic Grain Belt Beer sign on Nicollet Island in 1989.
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Important Aspects of On-Premise Signage
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Important Aspects of On-Premise Signage

The United States Sign Council Foundation, as a part of its on-going effort to provide verifiable information about the optimal...
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Signs of Italy: A Book Exploring 200 Years of Outdoor Lettering
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Signs of Italy: A Book Exploring 200 Years of Outdoor Lettering

A visually stunning, comprehensive study of typography and more
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12 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Airports
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12 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Airports

There's an art to signage in an airport. Plus: carpets relax us, and there's a 60 minute window when we're likely to spend the most money.
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Four Signs That Drive Customers Away
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Four Signs That Drive Customers Away

From design to fabrication to installation, we take great pains to ensure that your business gets exactly the sign you envisioned for your business.
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Hong Kong Is Losing Its Neon Glow
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Hong Kong Is Losing Its Neon Glow

Source: www.nytimes.com
In decline since the 1990s, the city’s neon signs are being eclipsed by ones made of LEDs, which lack neon’s warmth but are brighter and less expensive to maintain.
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No Burglars Allowed: The Worst City Signs
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No Burglars Allowed: The Worst City Signs

Source: www.theguardian.com
Secret nuclear bunker, next left – and other confusing, flawed and otherwise hilarious city signs
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City of Quincy Building Momentum
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City of Quincy Building Momentum

West of Chestnut, the new Class-A multifamily development in Quincy Center, is just the beginning of a revitalization for the city’s downtown and is helping it earn the "comeback kid" nickname.
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A Courtyard View of the Boston Tech Economy
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A Courtyard View of the Boston Tech Economy

A Courtyard View of the Boston Tech Economy
Source: www.betaboston.com
Most cities would kill for a meeting place as magical as the open brick courtyard behind the Charles Hotel. It’s a simple enough spot: benches and planters, a portal leading to Harvard Square, and two restaurants with patios, Legal Seafoods and Henrietta’s Table.
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Downtown Waltham Partnership Storefront Improvement Program
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Downtown Waltham Partnership Storefront Improvement Program

Moody Street gets a new look. Keep an eye out for new signs going up all along Moody Street. From It's all part of an exciting Storefront Improvement Program (SIP), which provides grants of up to $5,000 for exterior facade improvements such as awnings, signs, and windows.
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Burlington Modernizes Downtown Signage
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Burlington Modernizes Downtown Signage

New signs are now being installed at strategic intersections and entry points leading into Burlington. Downtown business leaders say it's about time.
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