“Now Open,” Now Closed
This billboard near my home has outlived the business whose opening it was advertising. (The dealership only lasted for two months and closed a few weeks ago. We’ll see how long the billboad lasts.)
This billboard near my home has outlived the business whose opening it was advertising. (The dealership only lasted for two months and closed a few weeks ago. We’ll see how long the billboad lasts.)
Toyota is going out of business? What’s going to happen to the age-old proverb? (What’s good for Toyota is good for America)…the link seems to be out of business too.
March 18th, 2009 at 3:57 amLink works for me. Not important, anyway — it’s just an article from late Feb. saying that the dealership is closing.
March 18th, 2009 at 12:35 pmAnd then atop the billboard there’s the CBS logo fixedly staring out at you just above the Toyota cats-eye/inner eyelid closing logo …
March 18th, 2009 at 8:00 pmNice catch. And I’d never noticed the eyelike qualities of the Toyota logo either. I had noticed that it had a loose T inside the oval, and that it looked a bit like a steering wheel, but somehow the eye had evaded me. I think that logo might have been designed by a friend’s uncle in Ireland about 20 years ago, unless I’m confusing it with some other logo. (Now that I’ve googled, I discover that the timing is right, but I don’t find anything about the identity of the designer. One site does point out that all the letters of “Toyota” can be discerned in the logo with a bit of imagination.
That CBS logo is a lot creepier on billboards than it is on TV. Big Corporate is watching you…
March 19th, 2009 at 12:04 am