Los Angeles Easy Street sign

Description

“Easy Street” is a phrase that’s popped up in slang from time to time since the early 1800s, starting in American English and then spreading around the world. It’s meant as a figurative place that someone is said to live on when they live a carefree life, not having to be troubled by limited finances or other difficulties. Of course, that led developers building new streets in various cities to name them “Easy Street”. One such street can be found in Los Angeles’s Highland Park neighborhood, not too far from Pasadena. It’s not a very major street—it’s only about a thousand feet long, with enough houses on it for a only a few dozen people or so to literally live on Easy Street.

Experience what it’s like to live on Easy Street with our sign made in the classic “shotgun” style. These hand-painted signs were used between 1946 and 1967. They featured white block-font lettering on a blue background, all done in porcelain enamel. The signs were in a distinct “shotgun” shape, with the longer part of the sign for the road name, and the lower portion normally containing the block number. Rarely, though, an arrow would appear where the block number should be, to denote the street ended in the opposite direction.

Our Los Angeles Easy Street sign is printed right here in the USA, on heavy-duty 14-gauge steel. It has a glossy, but non-reflective finish very similar to the porcelain found on the original signs. It can withstand the elements when installed outdoors just as well as the originals, too! To make installing it easy, pre-drilled mounting holes are included. Choose one of the following sizes:

• 21 in. × 7 in. (a scaled-down version for more economical display)
• 30 in. × 10 in. (the actual size of the original signs)

And also choose one of these options:

• One-sided, right facing
• One-sided, left facing
• Double-sided

We can customize this sign with any street name and block number you like! We also make street signs for other cities around the world! Not find the sign you want on our site? Contact us today to place a custom order!