Is “graphicide” even a word? This is marked off like a crime scene for good reason -- they killed this word! This is in the entrance-way of the Holiday Inn on West Broadway; not a shabby little business by any stretch of the imagination, rather a big, image-conscious, hotel chain. Twenty years ago, or more, a sign painter would've wacked this sort of thing off freehand, without having to lay down any more than two lines, from a chalked string, if that. Actually this sort of big word on asphalt is generally stenciled. There are even applique letters for pavement. What they have instead is amazingly sloppy. Click the images to enlarge them.
Sloppy can be beautiful ►
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