Along the road, public and corporate languages mix and overlap. The theme park and the shopping mall have become typical urban forms of the late twentieth century. Traditional urban centers alternate between damaged slums and preserved historic districts that are illuminated by interpretive signs. [next]

Disney/MGM Studios Highway sign, 1990 Designers: Deborah Sussman and Paul Prejza (b. 1939) Firm: Sussman/Prejza & Co., Inc. Client: Walt Disney World, Orlando Municipal Parking Sign 1994, New York Photographed by Mike Mills

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