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Streetscape & Design

Self-Illuminated Street Signs

26 units installed

Standard New York City street signs are small and difficult to read at a distance, for pedestrians, bus riders, and car drivers, particularly after dark. To solve this problem, CIC designed, developed, and installed custom-designed self-Illuminated street signs with the following features:

• 60 miniature LEDs that light up the over-sized white lettering; as the New York Times noted in an article about the signs: "At night, the signs maintain a subtle glow that can be seen a block away."
• Easily readable upper and lower case writing.
• A larger sign that is more than twice the size of a standard New York City street sign.
• Building addresses at the top of each sign, combined with arrows. Old New York City street signs had a rounded hump that included the name of the cross street. After researching European and South American cities, the team included building addresses instead, because they provide useful wayfinding information.