If you are from Greensboro, likely, you know this photo was taken at the intersection of Highway 68 and Pleasant Ridge Road. This section of 68, just north of the airport, is known as Lynwood Smith Expressway. In Greensboro, there is also a Lynwood Drive, Lynwood Loop, Lynwood Lakes & Lynwood Lakes Baptist Church. Our google search reveals C. Lynwood Smith, Jr. is a local judge and that Dr. C.Lynwood Smith is a physician in Wake Forest, NC. However, after a few screens of searching, we're not seeing WHY this section of highway, a memorial highway, is named Lynwood Smith Expressway. Who was the Lynwood Smith of the highway? Do you know????
Today, the 1,300 + people who maintain city daily photo blogs were encouraged to post a picture of a funny sign. Our signs aren't "ha ha" funny but they are FUN signs that situate the picture in Greensboro. When seeing the 68 North 68 South sign, one must decide: head north? south? go straight? It is kind of funny that the GREENsboro water tower is red checkered. Actually our city was named for Major General Nathanael Greene, even though the green trees could have you thinking otherwise.
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Well at least there is north and south, providing that is you know the difference! Signs like this can be very confusing and funny if you are not looking for somewhere specific!
Posted by: Jilly | Tuesday, June 01, 2010 at 05:14 AM
Funny!
Posted by: Irina | Tuesday, June 01, 2010 at 05:34 AM
The FAA requires the "red and white" color scheme on any tall structures that are close to an airport...except for the airport's control tower.
Posted by: Mike J Baron | Tuesday, June 01, 2010 at 07:17 AM
More research is needed to get to the bottom of this.
Posted by: B^2 | Tuesday, June 01, 2010 at 08:39 AM
Cool composition with the funny tower on the left!
Posted by: JM | Tuesday, June 01, 2010 at 08:44 AM
... on the right! Sorry... LOL!
Posted by: JM | Tuesday, June 01, 2010 at 08:45 AM
This kind of sign usually baffles us (I mean, us Europeans!)
Posted by: cieldequimper | Tuesday, June 01, 2010 at 01:37 PM
P.S.: we're used to heading towards a city, not in a direction!
Posted by: cieldequimper | Tuesday, June 01, 2010 at 01:37 PM
Lovin that red/white check water tower. It really pops.
Regarding you comments on my burned out mill and HDR. In case you haven't already looked it up, HDR is high dynamic range photography. You take a series of photos (at least 3) with varying aperature settings to get a wider range of detail from shadows or highlights. A tripod really comes in handy. Then, using Photomatix (or another software) you merge the three photos together. I use the bracketing feature on my camera, but you can do it manually.
Posted by: barbara farr | Tuesday, June 01, 2010 at 06:24 PM
Lynwood Smith was a furniture executive from High Point and was finance chair for Jim Hunt's first campaign for Governor in 1976.
Posted by: Pearsenc | Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 01:58 PM