Let's add some cool signs to Seattle's International District
Robert Ketcherside
Ideas for Seattle Chinatown/International District Signage
12/29/2003
1.In other countries, it�s common to have English and the native language on signs. Our neighborhood�s streets have been referred in Chinese characters by residents in personal letters and professional advertising. Japanese residents probably used to use katakana for named streets.
2. We have a nice sign at 8th & Jackson, and bland signs at 6th & Yesler and 5th & Jackson. We could go with the green one, or design yet another.
3. Enlist businesses to provide public service. In Japan, banks provide city or downtown maps with their locations and points of interest.
4. Place unique, authentic Japanese, Chinese (and other?) street signs in neighborhood.
5. Create a map of landmarks that is a landmark. Include transit, parking lots, tourist and cultural destinations.
6. Directional Signs. At strategic points in neighborhood, indicate direction and distance to major points in neighborhood and city.
Sample list of locations:
Sample list of points:
Sample signs:
7. Specific requests from King Street hub area. What above signs, or other signs, do we expect the Monorail, WSDOT/Amtrak, and Sound Transit to provide?