@sippey @mwichary @ptraughber If we’re gonna have a beef with this signage update, mine is that it doesn’t address this problem at all.
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Replying to @reyner
@reyner@sippey@ptraughber I’m not exactly sure what it *is* addressing. The letters are brighter, I suppose. Worth waiting 40 years for!2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @mwichary
@mwichary@sippey@ptraughber I think the old ones debuted alongside George and Gracie. http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2009/news20090309 …1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @reyner
@reyner@sippey@ptraughber Wait, no way. They look so ancient I assumed they are contemporary to BART itself. (@enf will know?)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @mwichary
@reyner@sippey@ptraughber@enf If not, that’s… even more depressing?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@mwichary@sippey@ptraughber@enf The ones they replaced had one line of text that dimly showed the destination in yellowish light.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@reyner@sippey@ptraughber@enf Here’s a photo that claims to be from 2006. https://www.flickr.com/photos/antimega/223261695 …2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @mwichary
@reyner@sippey@ptraughber@enf Here’s one from 1972. Doesn’t look very different… https://www.flickr.com/photos/lwdemery/13351502843 …1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @mwichary
@reyner@sippey@ptraughber@enf And another one from 1974: https://www.flickr.com/photos/18655367@N00/197704599 …1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @mwichary
@mwichary@sippey@ptraughber@enf nice! Love that the first one says “board center” which was exactly what we were talking about1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
@reyner @sippey @ptraughber @enf Here’s another one from 1972: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lwdemery/4047538242 …
THIS LOOKS BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW. (cries)
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Replying to @mwichary
@mwichary@reyner@sippey@ptraughber Those signs were in really bad shape by the early 2000s. Tiny lightbulbs, half of them burnt out2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@mwichary@reyner@sippey@ptraughber I think they were replaced in mid-2001. https://twitter.com/enf/status/674701871613808640 …@aaronpriven says earlier.Eric Fischer added,
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