Design

Before and After

An overdue signage makeover in Florida

Published

16 years ago

April 1, 2008

MaryKate Moran Signs of the Times March 2009 Issue

What a difference an hour makes. That’s The Sign Police’s (West Palm Beach, FL) installation time for new signage at the entrances to Cascaya, a community in the Ibis Golf & Country Club in West Palm Beach. In just 60 minutes, the signage went from dreary and dated to sleek and sophisticated.

The original sign – polystyrene acrylic letters (note the warping of the capital C!) and crumbling Styrofoam®, was so worn, no one would imagine it marked the entrance to a prestigious community.

Stephen Salzberg, principal for The Sign Police, lives in the Cascaya community and knew change was needed. He proposed a new sign to the development’s president, and, luckily, there was money in the budget.

The sign’s upgrade traded the weather-beaten look for granite-mimicking Alpolic® aluminum composite material. Atlas Sign Industries (West Palm Beach, FL) fabricated the reverse-channel letters from .125 aluminum face with .080 welded aluminum returns. The background Alpolic face was routed to fit with a second Alpolic inlay and then chemically bonded to the aluminum box. Installing it over the existing sign reduced installation time.

The two new signs cost just $9,500.

If you have images of a sign’s transformation from ugly ducking to beautiful swan, let us know! Your project could be profiled in an upcoming “Before and After” feature! Send your information to signs@stmediagroup.com.

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