About those new street signs in Bryan Park

The latest Focus on Bryan Park newsletter (You are a member of Friends of Bryan Park, aren’t you?) has the scoop on those saucy new street signs that point the way to travelers on the winding roadways in Bryan Park. We posted a picture of one of them a week or so back. Here’s the […]

The latest Focus on Bryan Park newsletter (You are a member of Friends of Bryan Park, aren’t you?) has the scoop on those saucy new street signs that point the way to travelers on the winding roadways in Bryan Park. We posted a picture of one of them a week or so back. Here’s the scoop:

Four or five years ago, it dawned on us that a lot of people get lost in Bryan Park, including police and emergency vehicle drivers, soccer families, visitors and VIPs. Why? Because none of the park’s internal streets had names, and signage was minimal. Plus, all the maps of the park showed only a maze of unnamed streets.

Drawing on early park history and its founding families’ contributions, FoBP brainstormed to come up with appropriate road names…

In early February, the signs were installed, and they are beautiful — cast iron reproductions of historic street sign posts, replica sign frames with an azalea motif, and easy to remember names: Joseph Bryan Lane, Azalea Garden Loop Road, Jordan’s Branch Lane, Rosina’s Lane and a few more…

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