Finding Chicago’s LAST Yellow Street Signs | The Story of American Road Signage - IT'S HISTORY

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Street signs are one of the most common sights in your average city, but the average tourist often does not think of them. But just as the city of Chicago is not average, nor is their street signs. It has shuffled through many designs throughout history before ending with what it has today. And the type it is known for is not in service today but is by no means gone.

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IT’S HISTORY - Weekly tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.

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Chapters:
0:00 - The History of Chicago's Road signs
1:02 - The Earliest Calls for Street Signs
2:17 - A Brief History of Street Markings
3:52 - Early Street Signs in the United States
5:24 - Starts of Street Sign Standardization
6:36 - A Word from Our Sponsor
8:14 - Yellow Street Signs of Chicago!
9:16 - The Scrap Metal Drive of World War II
11:18 - Where Did Chicago's Yellow Street signs Go?
13:00 - Did the Chicago Forget to Remove any Yellow Street Signs?

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Scriptwriter - Gregory Back
Editor -kamil krawiec
Host - Ryan Socash
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» SOURCES
https://news.wttw.com/2016/06/06/ask-geoffrey-why-are-chicago-street-signs-green-and-white
https://drloihjournal.blogspot.com/2018/01/why-chicago-street-signs-changed-from-yellowblack-to-greenwhite.html
https://www.dornbossign.com/sign-blog/the-history-of-street-signs/
https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2015/01/scrap-for-victory/
https://forgottenchicago.com/columns/yellow-street-signs/

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