signs

Received this note and some photos the other week from one of our readers, Lynn: _ Yesterday we were at a birthday party at the Oz Dome, and indoor soccer field in Carp. Next to the Oz Dome is a company called Oz Optics. ...

We’re on hiatus this week and re-posting some fun content from the past few years. Here’s a post that originally appeared in July 2010 … Here’s a photo snapped yesterday by Stuntmant Stu at St. James the Apostle Anglican Church in Manotick. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/JPL_0368.jpg) ** ** Photo by Jean Labelle , who writes: “Yea!!!! We get to keep our cow! The City of Ottawa put up a prolonged battle to have the owners of Cheddar Et Cetera in Orleans, take down their rooftop cow citing it as a driver distraction. ...

Andrea spotted and photographed an interesting sign today at Westfest : ** LOST BALL ** light and dark blue basketball it says “North Carolina” on it very bouncy lost over the Churchill schoolyard fence ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/DontStopBelievin.jpg) ** ** Photo by Ross Brownfoot . More Ottawa signs here . ** ** ** See also: ** Ottawa Driving Guide If you liked this post, please consider subscribing to our blog via email, Twitter, Facebook or RSS. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ottawastart-avenue.gif) Saw a tweet today from Daniel Langer , who visited the city’s traffic operations centre as part of Doors Open Ottawa . He mentioned that the City of Ottawa’s official street sign font is Frutiger , condensed at 65%. ...

 Photo from Stephen Smith over at [ SensTown ](http://www.senstown.com/2011/05/sign-of-times.html) , used here with permission. I would like to suggest to all store owners in Ottawa to adopt the "HEY ALFIE, CALL ME!" meme for their promotional [ signage ](http://ottawastart. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/stools.jpg) Photo by Natasha Love, used by permission. Pretty sure this sign is intended to make you do a double take. It's at Hunt Club Road & Lancelot Drive. ** ...

The latest episode in our continuing series about Ottawa signs : [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/filnu.jpg) ** ** This is a sign on the window at Compact Music in the Glebe. They’re getting ready for a big construction project on Bank Street. Alistair Steele snapped this and graciously gave us permission to post it here. ...

People who flunk out of fine art school end up painting stuff like this. Either that or there’s an entrance to a sewer grate nearby concealing ninjas and talking rats. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/g3ycl.jpg) (Photo and shoe by Rob Jacobs , taken at Kanata Centrum. ...