New Eckington Banners
2008 July 9
Much better than the flower banners of “Bloomindale” (which would be perfect with the slogan, “Everything blooms in Bloomingdale!”).
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the signs are great! do you know where they are from? dc? eckington? noma?
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Are these banners going to be located on Rhode Island Ave or 4th Street NE? I mean, 4th street used to be the main commercial strip in Eckington.
Not at this time–funds were only sufficient to include banners along 2nd street, Eckington Place, Florida Ave and North Capital St.
You’re right; the best thing about the Bloomingdale banners is the fact that they’re in Bloomingdale. Lame banners in Bloomingdale beat classic banners in Eckington – each and every day.
So the nicer parts of Eckington get the banners, you know, the side closer to NW? Thats nice. I’m glad I choose to live on the 4th St NE side, you know, the bad side of Eckington.
The signs are nice, but I wish the city would do something about the neighborhood’s greenery. DC WASA ripped a tree out of the ground in front of my house a while back and it still has not been replaced.
“You’re right; the best thing about the Bloomingdale banners is the fact that they’re in Bloomingdale. Lame banners in Bloomingdale beat classic banners in Eckington – each and every day.”
OUCH. This person takes themselves and things a little too seriously. Easy there tiger!
“OUCH. This person takes themselves and things a little too seriously. Easy there tiger!”
Anonymous words on a blog hurt your feelings? AND you deduced the author’s psychological state from a few anonymous words on a blog?
Sounds like you’re the one with issues.
Spiteful Tiger–
Nice try on turning it back towards me. You failed. Hope you have a nice day….each and every day.
The Bloomingdale are better from a graphic standpoint. They are clean, simple, and colorful. Most of all, they are still visible on a pole up off the ground.
The Eckington banners might be fine in a storefront window, but from the ground (especially from a passing car), nothing on them is distinguishable. In fact, one looks exactly like a crumpled paper bag.
Also, the colors are ugly: brown and yellow. That’s a little TOO organic, doncha think?
If these banners are ever replaced, I hope the committee adheres to basic design principles. There’s plenty of standard clip art that would work better for this purpose than what we ended up with.
I think the so-called “classic” banners in both Bloomingdale (which seems to have 2 kinds) and Eckington are a little sad. The message comes across as “okay, things look dumpy now, but once upon a time there was some history here.” They’re better than nothing, but it would be nicer if they suggested this is a good place to be TODAY instead of 100 YEARS AGO.