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It looked like an historic moment, around 1 PM this afternoon, at the corner of Washington Avenue and Cucumber Alley.   There stood Beth Petta with the much-anticipated Cucumber Alley – Stockade Historic District sign.  Although running late for a lunch date, I hurried inside to fetch my Canon camera, hoping to capture the event digitally.   After taking a few shots, I headed to lunch, thinking I’d find the new signs duly affixed to the pole on my return, and that I’d post the results here for all to see.

Beth and the new signs were gone, however, when I got back home at 3 PM.   My faulty assumptions left me a little disappointed, with only half a tale to tell.   When I downloaded the 1 P.M. photos to my computer, I noticed that the second sign brought by Beth was not Washington Avenue.  That should have been my first clue.

I’ll update this post with the information, as soon as Beth lets me know just what they were doing today with the signs, and the anticipated schedule for installation of the Historic District street signs, .  If you would like to learn more about the history and details of this “adopt a sign,” self-paid project, see Beth’s article on page 3 of the January Stockade Spy, “Stockade Street Sign Project Finally a Go!” (pdf.).  After all her work on this project, I’m certain Beth will be even more excited than I when the signs are finally in place.

update (Sept. 11, 2009):  Beth writes this morning that “yes, there’s activity again…finally.  still some details to be worked out…but i promise you it’s worth the wait to get it right. also, the city is doing the installation. yesterday was a fact finding day.”

follow-up (May 14, 2010): You’ll find lots of photos at our post “historic district signs arrive along Front St.”

afterword (Sept. 10, 2010):  It took exactly a year, but the Cucumber Alley and Washington Ave. sign went up today.  Read about it and see the pictures here.