Tim Moloney is an advertising copywriter and freelance magazine writer whosework has appeared in a variety of print and online publications. He is the ownerof Colossus Communications [https://www.colossuscomm.com/], a full-servicecreative marketing agency and is currently at work on a novel (fictional!),chronicling the adventures of some of Houston's more notorious personalities.
Texas Art Supply arguably has one of the worst signs in the whole city.
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....and Soundwaves. It’s the visual equivalent of driving a Ford Tempo. It says,“Yeah, I gave up.”
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At the corner of Montrose and Alabama, you’ll see a sign for the “Houston CenterFor Photography Center.” So nowhere during the design, production orinstallation phase did anyone think that sounded weird?
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I’m really excited about the new sign for Coppa going up where Catalan used tobe on Washington.
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Do you know what a dying art sign-painting is? How time-consuming and precise?It’s nothing short of fantastic and I for one appreciate their efforts to keepaesthetic standards high.
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The sign at Irvington Village administration building is missing a 'g.'
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Brush script can be found on the Trinity Downtown Lutheran Church.....
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And over at the Tower Theater on Westheimer, the owners of El Real — Bill Floyd,Bryan Caswell and Robb Walsh — have not only restored and modernized the classictheater marquee, but actually had the side of the building hand painted with therestaurant’s name