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ChineseEvolution of signage: the stalactite
[tags]los angeles, mta, hollywood, bus stop[/tags]
The construction atop the Hollywood/Vine Metro Red Line station for a W Hotel has forced the relocation of bus layover points, but the eastbound bus stop immediately outside the station remains intact. The scaffolding obstructs the clear view of the bus stop sign — and a clear path to enter and exit the bus — but Metro’s Stops and Zones got creative here. It chopped up the normal stop signs and hanged them overhead on the scaffolding.
This may be the first instance of the “stalactite” bus stop in L.A., and possibly anywhere for that matter. No such specimen exists on the comprehensive collection on The Bus Stops Here. There are two rows of stalactite stops at Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street.
For added pedantry, Metro has made the destination on Line 780 white type on a red reverse background.
And Stops and Zones’s Department of Redundancy Department requested to keep the more traditional stop sign in its place during the duration of construction.
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