Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

The clock on the Tower Building was being worked on today. Soon we may be able to find out what time it is in the City to Watch.


Another welcome sign is that the Fountain Square condos are painting the ugly preformed concrete on the north side of the building. Phase 2 was going to be built against it, but you know, the economy.

Speaking of signs, there is a new sign for the Spring Street Deck. It is just like the one at the Fulton Street Deck. See Signs post from 8/16/2008

It replaced one like this.

Signs

New sign for the Fulton Street parking deck. We could use one of these for the Spring Street deck.



Mad Maggies sign. The restaurant and bar will open in September. Those on the Pub Crawl had a sneak peek and I can confirm that it is impressive. Looks like dancing will be big here based on the size of the dance floor and the lights, fog machine, etc.

Per comment from Brian, Mad Maggies won't be a dance club really, maybe some fun 80's/indie dance nights mixed with bands etc...but the dance floor you mention is going to be the main dining area for the restaurant which should be open in a week or two, check out madmaggies.net or mpshows.com for upcoming events, specials and more!

One problem could be the nearly identical bars on the first and second floors. You may think you're seeing double before your first drink.


Al's sign on Spring Street. These are great examples of signage in downtown Elgin, let's see some more like these.

Sculptural Signs

I found this mention of Sculptural Signs on The Northfield Downtown Development Corporation blog from Northfield, Minnesota. This is a great downtown site.
Several more sign links from the NDDC are listed below:
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Signs of Newburyport

Don't forget the revised sign ordinance is coming up before the Planning Commission on Monday, September 19th at 7 pm. The meeting will be held at the City Council Chambers, City Hall North Wing.

Sign Forum Results

March 15th Sign Forum
Tom Armstrong and Sarosh Saher from the City of Elgin partnered with Paul Bednar, DNA Design Committee Co-Chair to present new sign options for downtown. 17 people listened to the ideas and then offered some of their own while enjoying the comforts of a Gail Borden Library meeting room. Our own Patricia Keeney, was interviewed by the Daily Herald.

Reference materials are listed below for those of you that missed the forum.
Update:
Presentation (Large file 16M)

Examples from other cities

Mesa, AZ
Sign Design Guidelines
Portable Sign Guidelines/Requirements
Comprehensive Sign Package Procedures
Outdoor Display Guidelines/Requirements

Davis, CA
Design Guidelines

Pasadena, CA
Sign Design Guidelines

Downtown Sign Forum

The Design Committee Downtown Sign Forum is Tuesday, March 15th @ 6:30pm at the Gail Borden Library, Room C.
Topics of discussion include projecting and A Frame signs.
For more information please contact us at dna@elginil.org or 847-488-1456