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Sign And Awning Blog
Metro Sign & Awning’s latest blog posts, white papers, videos, expert advice and commentary
Inside Metro Signs – Sue Curran, HR /IT /Office Manager
By Tomdun
/ September 18, 2014
Wearing three different hats at work is a great way to insure your days are always busy. But three hats...
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Lightweight Monument Signs
By Tomdun
/ September 11, 2014
Monument signs have a great look: solid, substantial, historic, even permanent. Such three-dimension constructions have a long history, having been...
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Our Work At Crossings Hits A Milestone
By Tomdun
/ September 4, 2014
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night….” That’s the legendary inscription on the James Farley Post Office...
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Just for Fun: Funny Signs #2
By Tomdun
/ August 28, 2014
Steeped as we are in the sign business, we make a serious effort to do our jobs as perfectly as...
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Metro’s Turnkey Signage Solutions: The Middleman Doesn’t Work Here
By Elena B
/ August 21, 2014
In addition to working with individual businesses to handle their signage needs – inside and out - Metro Sign &...
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The Technology Behind Color-Changing LEDs
By Tomdun
/ August 14, 2014
LEDs have become commonplace in our modern society. We see them on our smartphones. They illuminate many different indicators on...
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Convert Your Existing Signs to LED Technology – Part 3
By Tomdun
/ August 7, 2014
In two previous posts (here and here), we introduced the concept of retrofitting older signage with newer, better illumination technology:...
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Make a Great Statement with Your Signage
By Tomdun
/ July 31, 2014
One of the simplest concepts we try to get across to our clients is that – regardless of what else...
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Improving Retail Signage
By Tomdun
/ July 24, 2014
Retail sales depend greatly on giving prospective customers a clear idea of what you're selling, and then making it fast...
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Inside Metro Signs – Elena Berry, Director of Business Development
By Tomdun
/ July 17, 2014
Signs may be in her blood. Elena started her career managing national accounts at a small sign company in Haverhill,...
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Crossing The MBTA’s Newest “T”
By Elena B
/ July 10, 2014
Our Metro Sign and Awning install crew has been working diligently this week with Suffolk Construction at The Beverly Depot....
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How Many Kinds of Signs Can You Name?
By Tomdun
/ July 3, 2014
How Many Kinds of Signs Can You Name? There are more than 206 bones in the human body, each one...
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Convert Your Existing Signs to LED Technology – Part 2
By Tomdun
/ June 5, 2014
Convert Your Existing Signs to LED Technology - Part 2 Last time, we discussed some of the benefits that make...
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New “Blade” Sign at Charles Playhouse
By Tomdun
/ May 29, 2014
New "Blade" Sign at Charles Playhouse "Hysterically funny." "Visually stunning." "Wildly inventive." Those are some of the salutatory words used...
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Inside Metro Signs – Corey Fisher, Partner, V.P. Operations
By Metro Sign & Awning
/ May 22, 2014
With a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Corey Fisher is a man who knows how to...
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Working With General Contractors – Our Safety Program
By Tomdun
/ May 15, 2014
It's a little bit too technical for the kind of blog this is primarily intended to be, but for a...
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Architectural Signage Design/Build Exterior Signage Others Partners-Developers-Contractors Signage Tips
Helping You Find Your Way Around
By Tomdun
/ May 8, 2014
If you'd watched us work for the past couple of weeks, you might've thought we were going around in circles....
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Inside Metro Signs – Jamie Potvin, Designer
By Metro Sign & Awning
/ April 4, 2014
For Jamie Potvin, the process starts when information about a new project begins to trickle in through one of the...
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Carved and Routed Signs
By Tomdun
/ March 31, 2014
In sign-making, as in so much of daily life, what’s old is often new again. Sign-making dates back to very...
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