Comments on: A Sign Of Things To Come?

By: Ludwig

Ludwig — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 16:35:30 +0000

as if we need another distraction for idaho drivers, keep the signs on the greenbelt, off the streets. signs that say a “certain denominational church >> this way” are useless and dumb imo.

By: slfisher

slfisher — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:11:18 +0000

Perhaps Boise City would be worried about some journalistic watchdog hounding it for spending money on directional signs to sites outside city limits. 🙂
EDITOR NOTE–Why start now, they have never been concerned in the past.

By: East side

East side — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:18:50 +0000

Ironic though that the Guardian is against Urban Agencies in general, yet it was an UR that put up the signs.

Otherwise, which agency should do these sign BG? Within the city limits, Boise, okay. What about those sites just out of city limits? Why should Boise put up more fancy signs for Bogus Basin in another county? And you want them coordinated between Boise, Garden City, Ada, Meridian, and others?

And there really are quite a few direction signs already. How about a collection of photos of them? that’s the crazy part. Some are small, some are big, some here, some there, — no consistency. And why does that church get one and this church doesn’t?

EDITOR NOTE–Our long standing position has been the lack of direction regardless of the destination. A visitor in downtown should be able to get a general direction for the fairgrounds which is not part of Boise. The visitor should also be able to get an arrow for Lucky Peak. It is about helping people, not generating business or punishing folks who don’t have a GPS.

By: Clancy

Clancy — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 04:16:26 +0000

Steve(bikeboy) I would expect more of you, like biking through SF.

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:53:28 +0000

Aw, c’mon, Guardian! It would be silly to have a sign pointing the way to the New Convention Center, before it’s built!
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(I always thought it would be likewise cool to have route signs for a “Boise Driving Tour,” like the ones in San Francisco. Although I’ve never been able to make the entire SF circuit without straying off-course, when depending just on the signs… they need more of ’em.)

By: slfisher

slfisher — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:54:14 +0000

Boise actually has a bunch of those already. Where do you think we need new ones, and to what?

EDITOR NOTE–Not aware of any uniform signs like those illustrated. There are some random Bogus Basin, Hyde Park signs, but nothing for BSU, Taco Bell Arena, Qwest Arena, Fairgrounds, Old Pen, Historic Spanish Mission Depot, Table Rock, Whitewater Park, Barber Park Tubing Point, Bronco Stadium, Public Parking Visitor Center, Morrison Center, Greenbelt Access, etc. etc.