Showing posts with label street signs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label street signs. Show all posts

so here we are...

flying

On Monday, I will be leaving New Jersey and starting a new chapter of my life in Chicago. I'll be going to graduate school there for biomedical visualization (which is a fancy way of saying "medical illustration," which is, y'know, drawing kidneys and stuff). I will be ceasing my daily photo activities. You will, however, still be able to find me on Snapshot Optimism, an occasional photoblog that I'll be keeping up, as well as JosyDoodle, where I'll show off my kidney drawings and stuff.

I am prone to enthusiastically starting projects, followed by enthusiastically forgetting about them two or six weeks later. But here, I wanted to prove that I could keep the ball rolling on something (that wasn't immediately crucial to my life, like work or school). With the exception of a few short out-of-town excursions, I've posted every single day since December 14, 2006--which, including today, makes a total of 606 posts on MCDP and 475 here on OTDP (which only started 4/30/07). I've loved it, I've hated it, I've been super-involved, and I've cared less, but I did it. I think I've accomplished what I set out to do here; I can only hope you've enjoyed the ride and maybe even learned something about Monmouth County, NJ. :)

Tomorrow will be my last (and 607th/476th) post.

I'll miss these blogs.

NO!

NO NO NO



Boardwalks and beaches have a zillion silly rules.

Asbury Park, shown above:
"Welcome to Asbury Park boardwalk and beaches
For your safety and pleasure please follow these rules and regulations:

NO

    Rollerblades
    Skateboards
    Dogs or other animals
    Bicycle riding 12 noon-6 AM
    Alcohol permitted east of Ocean Ave.


Please swim only in designated areas when lifeguards are on duty"

I love how alcohol is permitted WEST of Ocean Ave. In all fairness, east of Ocean Avenue pretty much is the beach.

Here are MORE Jersey Shore boardwalk "no" signs!

from 10AM-3AM


Ocean Grove, sign one:

"NO bicycles on boardwalk

except 3AM-10AM

Neptune Twp Ord. 1120
Strictly enforced by Neptune Twp. Police"

Because, y'know, I love to go out riding my bike at THREE IN THE MORNING.

from May through October


Ocean Grove, sign two:

"No dogs permitted on beach or boardwalk
May 1-Oct. 1
Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association"


Sea Girt beach sign


Sea Girt:
"[handwritten] No ball playing, frisbee, or kite flying
No dogs on boardwalk or beach
No bicycles surfboards, skateboards, or rollerskates on boardwalk
No consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages in public
No sleeping on beach from 5PM to 9AM
Bicycles permitted on boardwalk from 5AM to 10AM only
No one admitted to beach without a beach badge
No beach fires or picnic parties
No food allowed on beach
Bathing permitted in protected areas only"

...No food allowed on beach?! A day at the beach with no food? Are they serious?

Now, all these signs are shown in the spirit of DAILY CITY PHOTO THEME DAY, which, for July, is "NO" signs! Click here to view thumbnails for all participants, or visit their pages:

American Fork (UT), USA by Annie, Anderson (SC), USA by Lessie, Ararat, Australia by freefalling, Arradon, France by Alice, Ashton under Lyne, UK by Pennine, Aspen (CO), USA by IamMBB, Athens, Greece by Debbie, Auckland, New Zealand by Lachezar, Austin (TX), USA by LB, Avignon, France by Nathalie, Bandung, Indonesia by Harry Makertia, Barrow-in-Furness, UK by Enitharmon, Barton (VT), USA by Andree, Belgrade, Serbia by Bibi, Bellefonte (PA), USA by Barb-n-PA, Bicheno, Australia by Greg, Birmingham (AL), USA by VJ, Bogor, Indonesia by Gagah, Boston (MA), USA by Cluelessinboston, Brantford (ON), Canada by Nancy, Brighton, UK by Harvey, Brookville (OH), USA by Abraham, Bucaramanga, Colombia by Fernando, Bucharest, Romania by Malpraxis, Budapest, Hungary by agrajag, Budapest, Hungary by Zannnie and Zsolt, Canterbury, UK by Rose, Cavite, Philippines by Steven Que, Chandler (AZ), USA by Melindaduff, Château-Gontier, France by Laurent, Cheltenham, UK by Marley, Chennai, India by Ram N, Chennai, India by Shantaram, Chesapeake (VA), USA by ptowngirl, Christchurch, New Zealand by Michelle, Cincinnati, USA by Erik Laursen, Cleveland (OH), USA by iBlowfish, Coral Gables (FL), USA by Jnstropic, Corsicana (TX), USA by Lake Lady, Delta (CO), USA by Bill, Duluth (MN), USA by Sun Dog Press, Durban, South Africa by CrazyCow, East Gwillimbury, Canada by Your EG Tour Guide, Edinburgh, UK by Dido, Folkestone, UK by Piskie, Forks (WA), USA by Corinne, Fort Lauderdale (FL), USA by Gigi, Gaia, Portugal by m+p, Geneva (IL), USA by Kelly, Grenoble, France by Bleeding Orange, Gun Barrel City (TX), USA by Lake Lady, Hampton (VA), USA by ptowngirl, Haninge, Sweden by Steffe, Hanoi, Vietnam by Jérôme, Helsinki, Finland by Kaa, Hobart, Australia by Greg, Hyde, UK by Gerald, Jackson (MS), USA by Halcyon, Jefferson City (MO), USA by Chinamom2005, Jerusalem, Israel by Esther, Katonah (NY), USA by Inkster1, Knoxville (TN), USA by Knoxville Girl, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Edwin, Kyoto, Japan by Tadamine, Lakewood (OH), USA by mouse, Larchmont (NY), USA by Marie-Noyale, Las Vegas (NV), USA by Mo, Lisbon, Portugal by Maria João, London, UK by Mo, London, UK by Ham, Lynchburg (VA), USA by Timothy, Mainz, Germany by JB, Melbourne, Australia by John, Menton, France by Jilly, Mexico City, Mexico by Poly, Mexico City, Mexico by Carraol, Minneapolis (MN), USA by Mitch, Minneapolis (MN), USA by Greg, Misawa, Japan by misawa mama, Monroe (GA), USA by Tanya, Monrovia (CA), USA by Keith, Monte Carlo, Monaco by Jilly, Monterrey, Mexico by rafa, Mumbai, India by MumbaiiteAnu, Munich, Germany by Troy, Nashville (TN), USA by Chris, Nelson, New Zealand by Meg and Ben, New Delhi, India by Delhi Photo Diary, New Orleans (LA), USA by steve buser, New York City (NY), USA by • Eliane •, Newcastle, Australia by Julia, Newport News (VA), USA by ptowngirl, Norfolk (VA), USA by ptowngirl, Norwich, UK by Goddess888, Ocean Township (NJ), USA by Josy, Oklahoma City (OK), USA by ananda.tashie, Orlando (FL), USA by OrlFla, Palos Verdes (CA), USA by tash, Paris, France by Eric, Pasadena (CA), USA by Petrea, Pasadena (CA), USA by Can8ianben, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia by Murphy_jay, Petoskey (MI), USA by Christie, Phoenix (AZ), USA by Cheryl, Poplar Bluff (MO), USA by Tricia, Port Angeles (WA), USA by Jelvistar, Portland (ME), USA by Corey, Portsmouth (VA), USA by ptowngirl, Posadas, Argentina by Lega, Pretoria, South Africa by Sam Ruth, Quincy (MA), USA by Cluelessinboston, Reykjavik, Iceland by Vírgíll, Riga, Latvia by , Rotterdam, Netherlands by Ineke, Rouen, France by Bbsato, Saarbrücken, Germany by LadyDemeter, Saigon, Vietnam by Simon, Saint Louis (MO), USA by Strangetastes, Salem (OR), USA by jill, Salt Lake City (UT), USA by Eric, Salt Lake City (UT), USA by atc, San Antonio (TX), USA by Kramer, San Diego (CA), USA by Felicia, San Francisco (CA), USA by PFranson, Santa Fe (NM), USA by Randem, Seattle (WA), USA by Chuck, Seattle (WA), USA by Kim, Selma (AL), USA by RamblingRound, Sequim (WA), USA by Norma, Sesimbra, Portugal by Aldeia, Setúbal, Portugal by Maria Elisa, Sharon (CT), USA by Jenny, Silver Spring (MD), USA by John, Singapore, Singapore by Keropok, Sofia, Bulgaria by Antonia, Springfield (IL), USA by Aubrey, Stanwood (WA), USA by MaryBeth, Stavanger, Norway by Tanty, Stayton (OR), USA by Celine, Stockholm, Sweden by Stromsjo, Stouffville, Canada by Ken, Stratford, Canada by Barb, Subang Jaya, Malaysia by JC, Suffolk (VA), USA by ptowngirl, Sunshine Coast, Australia by bitingmidge, Sydney, Australia by Julie, Sydney, Australia by Ann, Székesfehérvár, Hungary by Teomo, Tamarindo, Costa Rica by David, Tel-Aviv, Israel by Olga, Tempe (AZ), USA by angie, Terrell (TX), USA by Bstexas, Terrell (TX), USA by Jim K, The Hague, Netherlands by Lezard, Tokyo, Japan by Tadamine, Torun, Poland by Glenn, Toulouse, France by Julia, Trujillo, Peru by Giulianna, Turin, Italy by Livio, Twin Cities (MN), USA by Slinger, Victoria, Canada by Benjamin Madison, Vienna, Austria by G_mirage2, Virginia Beach (VA), USA by ptowngirl, Wailea (HI), USA by Kuanyin, Washington (DC), USA by D.C. Confidential, Wellington, New Zealand by Jeremyb, West Paris (ME), USA by crittoria, West Sacramento (CA), USA by Barbara, Weston (FL), USA by WestonDailyPhoto, Williamsburg (VA), USA by ptowngirl, Willits (CA), USA by Elaine

TURTLE CROSSING

TURTLE CROSSING v.2

Why did the turtle cross the road?

To get to the Shell station! AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

cree-mee

creemee

Enough with the artsy-ness. It's time for some Monmouth County sightseeing!

This here is Millstone Twp.'s Cree-Mee Freeze, which has virtually no internet presence. They don't have a web site and they're barely listed in the business-oriented restaurant lists. What I CAN tell you is that the Cree-Mee Freeze was apparently featured in a season finale of Sex and the City (back in 2002) as a Long Island roadside burger joint.

As for its current state, well, even though there are no cars invading the landscape in this photo, it was absolutely swarmed when I drove by the place a week later. Guess it's popular with the locals--at the right times, of course!

earle 2

rail line

Last January, I featured a photo of Naval Weapons Station Earle due west of Sandy Hook.

The part of Earle shown above--a rail line used for transporting weapons and such--is located much further inland. Earle, as it turns out, is actually two bases ("Main-side," located around Colts Neck [marker A], and the "Waterfront Area," located around Sandy Hook [marker B]) connected by Normandy Rd., a 15-mile rail/road line.

For more information, read Globalsecurity.org's summary.

stripes

stripes



According to Wikipedia, "in recent years, the sale of spinning barber poles has dropped considerably, both because very few new barber shops are opening and many jurisdictions prohibit moving signs of any kinds as unsightly or visually disrupting." So I guess we're lucky to have one in Matawan. :)

And we all know the history of barber poles, right? The blood and the bandages, barbers in the past were also surgeons or bloodletters, yada yada yada? If you're unfamiliar with this history, or if you'd like more information on barber poles, click the Wikipedia link in the first sentence of the paragraph above.

(And click here to download a barber pole identification guide!)

felled

felled

Here's how I like to think of this:

A guy was zipping down the street at a hundred miles an hour! He was going SO FAST that he didn't even SEE the speed limit sign, and he plowed right over it!


P.S. This is only sort-of black and white, not REALLY black and white.

freedman's

Freedman's Bakery



(Ugh. I was planning on making this a short post tonight, but the interweb is not telling me what I want to know, and I'm spending way more time than necessary trying to find information THAT IS NOT THERE.)

Freedman's Bakery is located on Main St. in Belmar, NJ. I have searched and searched for a history of the shop but CANNOT find one. (So now I'm curious, and if you know anything, I'd love to read/hear it!)

Here's what I CAN tell you:
* Freedman's Bakery was rated one of the best bakeries in Monmouth County by a 2007 Asbury Park Press reader rating.
* This past summer, the borough of Belmar tried to get Freedman's Bakery to shut down/go elsewhere because the building was "blighted," just so that Belmar could build new stuff. (Apparently, Belmar is planning on redeveloping the downtown, which has become more and more filled with vacant and dilapidated storefronts.) Nobody approved this, because Freedman's Bakery is just FINE.
* In 1985, the recipe for the famous Kneip family hard rolls was sold to Freedman's Bakery.
* Before 1909, the Belmar Elementary School stood on that spot.

red, white, & blue

DSCF0055

Fort Hancock, on Sandy Hook, used to be an active military base; nowadays, the only active military presence is the U.S. Coast Guard (and its colorful signage!).

84

84

84 Lumber building/warehouse right across the road from Collingwood Flea Market, which--until doing a very thorough Google search just now--I always thought was "Collingswood Flea Market," with an S. Hmm.

dumpster

dumpster

CA[UT]ION
do not play
on, in, or around
(Not responsible for personal injury)

Seen at the Ocean Township recycling site.

black friday

dusk

After a delightfully warm Thanksgiving, America now gets to celebrate BLACK FRIDAY (which is absolutely nothing like Good Friday. I always get 'em confused).

Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is an INSANE shopping day. Some stores open at 4:00AM; the rest open at 5 or 6:00 at the latest--and people are actually THERE at that time before dawn! There are sales. There is traffic. People go absolutely CRAZY to get bargains on their Christmas shopping.

Personally, I try to stay off the streets (and away from malls!) as much as possible.

circus!

Circus Drive-In
(See MCDP for a different view)

Opened in 1953, the Circus Drive-In is one of the few restaurants around here where you can get curbside service. (We have no Sonics--the closest one is in Pennsylvania!) The clown signs and variagated tents have become a noteworthy landmark on Rte. 35.

I've never actually been there, but I've been meaning to go for years now.


(P.S. I've been a bad blogfriendperson lately, so nobody owes me anything, but if you have some overwhelming desire to improve your karma, vote for me on Illustration Friday...? 'Cos I like drawing and it might be cool to have something displayed in a gallery...?
1. Sign up
2. Click here. See where it says "This week's topic is Extremes"? Underneath that it says "Vote here for entries on the theme Open." Click there. To vote for the Open theme.
3. Vote by clicking the stars by people's names. You get five votes.
I'm number 35! [and about the only person who didn't do a variation on "open eyes/ open mind/ open door"... c'mon, points for creativity...?]
The top 25 winners will have their art displayed in a new gallery in California.
It could be fun.)

something fishy

something fishy

This restaurant sign always makes me giggle when I pass it. I can just imagine someone's eyes lighting up as he/she squeals, "Sooooooomething's FISHY in here!!!" It's somewhere between intentionally and unintentionally cute.

Have I ever actually been there? Nah, I'm not the seafood type.

fort hancock

fort hancock

Fort Hancock is a former US Army fort. According to Wikipedia, "In 1893, Fort Hancock became the first place to have the nation's first steam-lift gun battery [you've seen this!]. It also was important for the defense of the vital New York Harbor throughout World War II, trying to prevent the entrance of German submarines into the harbor."

Those two missiles are Nike missiles. I'm not going to bother to identify them as Hercules or Ajax, but feel free to try it yourself!

(Incidentally, this view is located across the street from this one.)

biiicycle

bike trail

Biiicycle!
Biiicycle!
Biiicycle!
I want to ride my bicycle!
I want to ride my bike!
I want to ride my bicycle!
I want to ride it where I like!


(A portion of the Sandy Hook bike trail.)

signs

Signs

Ack! I completely forgot today was September 1! I've had this photo sitting backstage for a while now, just waiting to use it...

Thanks, guys, for the heads up, although I seem to be too late to get the official code, so I'm typing it out myself. (Do I have an hour to spare? No. Has this ever stopped me? No! ;) ) Incidentally, if any of the links are screwed up, let me know and I'll correct them. Hey, anyone got any tips on how to effectively steal code? "View page source" doesn't seem to work for individual posts.

In Ocean Grove (which is not Ocean Township but is closeby), most of the streets are one-way. This makes navigating them a bit of a trick.

For more street signs, check out the Daily City Photo Blog or click on the links below.

Seattle (WA), USA - Ocean Township (NJ), USA - Cottage Grove (MN), USA - Cleveland (OH), USA - Menton, France - Monte Carlo, Monaco - Singapore, Singapore - Boston (MA), USA - Mexico (DF), Mexico - Kajang (Selangor), Malaysia - Mainz, Germany - Evry, France - Port Angeles (WA), USA - Sequim (WA), USA - Maple Ridge (BC), Canada - Nottingham, UK - Toulouse, France - Wassenaar (ZH), Netherlands - Manila, Philippines - Mumbai, India - Montpellier, France - Bellefonte (PA), USA - Stayton (OR), USA - Moscow, Russia - Paris, France - Saint Paul (MN), USA - Austin (TX), USA - Lyon, France - Stockholm, Sweden - Hyde, UK - Hong Kong, China - Joplin (MO), USA - Seoul, South Korea - Chandler (AZ), USA - St. Louis (MO), USA - Arlington (VA), USA - Anderson (SC), USA - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Villigen, Switzerland - Sydney, Australia - Ampang (Selangor), Malaysia - Montego Bay, Jamaica - Norwich (Norfolk), UK - San Diego (CA), USA - Bandung (West Java), Indonesia - Albuquerque (NM), USA - Melbourne, Australia - Nelson, New Zealand - Quincy (MA), USA - Kyoto, Japan - Tokyo, Japan - Bend (OR), USA - Wellington, New Zealand - New Orleans (LA), USA - Cypress (TX), USA - Nashville (TN), USA - Bucaramanga (Santander), Colombia - Detroit (MI), USA - Saigon, Vietnam - Selma (AL), USA - Phoenix (AZ), USA - Miami (FL), USA - Arradon, France - Sheki, Azerbaijan - New York City (NY), USA - Inverness (IL), USA - North Bay (ON), Canada - Melbourne, Australia - Port Vila, Vanuatu - Tenerife, Spain - Auckland, New Zealand - Forks (WA), USA - Rotterdam, Netherlands - Chateaubriant, France - Madison (WI), USA - Wailea (HI), USA - Orlando (FL), USA - Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation - Ajaccio, France - Baltimore (MD), USA - Crepy-en-Valois, France - Rabaul, Papua New Guinea - Budapest, Hungary - Lyon, France - Saarbrücken, Germany - Adelaide (SA), Australia - Le Guilvinec, France - River Falls (WI), USA - Stavanger, Norway - Naples (FL), USA - London, UK - La Antigua, Guatemala - Philadelphia (PA), USA - Montréal (QC), Canada - Paris, France - San Diego (CA), USA - Trujillo, Peru - Haninge, Sweden - Prague, Czech Republic - Oslo, Norway - Grenoble, France - Shanghai, China - Toronto (ON), Canada - Durban, South Africa - Zurich, Switzerland - Cape Town, South Africa - Singapore, Singapore - Torino, Italy - Flagstaff (AZ), USA

STO

DSCF0026

Is this unique to Monmouth County? Hardly. But I'm running low on photos to show you, so you get to see some of my less interesting 35mm stuff.

jughandles (or: jersey shore culture, part 2)

intersection

Jersey traffic is INSANE.

There are two reasons for this.

First of all, New Jersey is one of the primary homes to a traffic phenomenon known as the jughandle. (They may call these "cloverleaf" intersections elsewhere, but we Jerseyans know better.) Because traffic engineers sometimes choose to utilize jughandles and sometimes DON'T, our traffic patterns make no sense. Take this particular intersection at Rt-35(N-S) and Deal Rd(E-W), for example.



1. Traffic heading west can make a normal left or right turn at the traffic light from the corresponding lane. (Fig. 1)

2. Traffic heading east* must keep right, go THROUGH the intersection, and take a jughandle (bottom right circle-thing) in order to make a left; to make a right, it's necessary to take the exit from the right lane (bottom left diagonal road) BEFORE the intersection and merge onto the south (downward) road. (Fig. 2)

3. Traffic heading north must take the one-way quadrant ramp (I'm making up names here, but it's the bottom right diagonal road) from the right lane before the intersection NO MATTER WHICH WAY IT'S TURNING. The vehicle simply makes its left or right* turn a hundred feet east of the main intersection. (Fig. 3)

4. Traffic heading south must keep right, go THROUGH the intersection, and take a jughandle (bottom left circle-thing) in order to make a left*; to turn right, traffic can make a normal right turn (though not on red, a rule which does NOT apply to the west-bound normal right turns). (Fig. 4)


Note: in all figures, red = right turn, blue = left turn.
Fig. 1: Fig. 2:

Fig. 3: Fig. 4:

Locals are in the know about all these ridiculous patterns. So the second reason for crazy Jersey traffic is because the Bennies can't figure any of it out and SCREW EVERYTHING UP.



* If you're heading east and you think you've maneuvered past the intersection without a problem... a couple hundred feet down the road at the next light, the right lane suddenly turns into a right-turn-only lane without any warning, which leads to a whole 'nother set of traffic problems.

bee

laundry



I was walking down the street in Belmar, NJ, and said,


"Well, theoretically, if theOH my God I have no idea what that is but I need a picture of it."


It's apparently a bee doing laundry.


Good to know.


(Cross-posted to MCDP)