@valw53 - looks like Ladywell made it happen! Looks fantastic, in my opinion:
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That Ladywell mural looks great.
Spotted this Catford-related Twitter thread the other day - Looks like they too are heading towards the Herne Hill / Hither Green station sign approach. I fear by the time we get round to a FH one, it will be a bit over-done…
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Have to agree.
I did have an idea of a sponsored directional mural. Pointing to places of interest, but not sure anyone would care for that.
Could we not look into something different. Ages ago when this topic originally came up (possibly on the “other local forum” before this one existed) I gave the lovely LEYTON sign as an example. What about putting something similar at the entrance to Forest Hill Station and have it illuminated at night - would look terrific coming into FH down from the Horniman (google “Leyton sign” for images) or hopefully click on this link (where it’s the first photo in the gallery)… http://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/area-guides/leyton/living-in-leyton-area-guide-to-homes-schools-and-transport-a99006.html#gallery
Now that these retro signs are ten-a-penny, doing something different would be nice. I like the Leyton sign, but it is VERY of its time (now) and will date very quickly.
How about something like this…
Or maybe like I said, a mural pointing the direction for POI’s Maybe local businesses paying a small amount to be part of the sign. I am sure someone with more creativity than me can work it.
Personally I think information would be more imaginative than a declaration of your location.
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I guess the advantage Leyton had was a large council funded masterplan which paid for the sign. FYI the back of each letter is a bird box.
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We do have a very nice mural/brick relief (not sure how to describe it) on the lower wall in front of The Signal pub. It depicts the history of Forest Hill - canal and pneumatic railway. If that was cleaned, repaired, and had some lighting … it would look great.
Unfortunately that area has become a rubbish pick-up point for commercial waste (NB fly-tipping police - black bags and other junk are regularly added to the pile of official bags) and waste cooking oil leaking from a drum that was left there presumably from one of the restaurants has made a mess of the pavement. Again, in my view, the Council not doing a wholehearted job, just get a sense of entropy about everything they attempt - whether regular services or projects.
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Something on the Grafitti’d railway bridge would look great as people drive along the South Circular. Something similar to the “Camden Lock” sign.
The Bridge is a bad first impression for drivers from the East especially.
Crowd funding would surely be an option?
I think we need something a little different the the Catford Sign.
How about something like this…
The Austin example is pretty cool!
a mural pointing the direction for POI’s Maybe local businesses paying a small amount to be part of the sign.
Although a nice idea, assuming we are still talking about the under-bridge location, it really needs to be as simple as possible - I doubt walkers would be that keen on stopping to look at it, and don’t think we’d want to distract drivers too much!
I like @Herbert’s side of bridge idea, but presume there are more/tougher permission issues with that?
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WELCOME TO FOREST HILL
Come back soon (without your car)
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There are two sides to the bridge and I would suggest that Thirstforwine’s suggestion was great:
I’ll add to this a suggestion based on a sketch put together in 2014 by the same artist who brought us the Walrus , Aquarium, and Tyre Towers.
He did the sketch, I’ve amateurishly added some colour to bring it to life, but it is just a concept. I my view this would look great under the railway bridge or in the underpass:
Based on a design by http://aeroarts.co.uk/
The theme is a surrealist view from the Horniman, with a train on a rollercoaster, a mobile phone, a giant gherkin, a cheesegrater, an electric razor, a catherine wheel, and a couple of cruiseliners passing by. It is just a concept of what we could do with the space.
Would there be any possibility of having the broken streetlight removed or repaired? It has been covered in electrical tape for about 3 years.
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I agree with many comments on this topic that Forest Hill should not look to create something that has been done a few times over by other areas. Then I saw this. A Forest Hill sign in this style would look amazing and have such a strong local connection
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agree FH2017 … something original would be much better.
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I like it, but don’t understand why such a design would have a ‘strong local connection’?