“Long before the “humpbacked” street signs showing cross streets were installed on cast-iron lamps in the 1910s…long before porcelain, enamel and aluminum embossed signs appeared in the 1950s…and long before color-coded vinyl and aluminum signs appeared around 1964 (the green and white successors of which still dominate around town) … there were street signs chieseled onto building corners. Still popular in Europe, these signs dominated street identification for almost a century.” There are many photos of these old beauties, which you may have noticed if you’ve ever looked up at certain intersections.–Forgotten NY