Jul 28, 2009
Architecture - At Border Station in Massena, N.Y., Security Trumps Openness - NYTimes.com Pentagram designed signage for the U.S. / Canada border crossing is being dismantled because it is perceived by government officials to be a “target”. NYT architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff writes, “Even the words “United States,” it seems — when spelled out in the wrong size and color — can be an unacceptable security risk.” On the NYT Moment blog they suggest that instead of taking down the sign, they could simply rearrange it into one of these anagrams: UNITED TASTES NUDIST ESTATE Or, perhaps the most appropriate, under the circumstances: A STUNTED SITE

Architecture - At Border Station in Massena, N.Y., Security Trumps Openness - NYTimes.com

Pentagram designed signage for the U.S. / Canada border crossing is being dismantled because it is perceived by government officials to be a “target”. NYT architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff writes, “Even the words “United States,” it seems — when spelled out in the wrong size and color — can be an unacceptable security risk.”

On the NYT Moment blog they suggest that instead of taking down the sign, they could simply rearrange it into one of these anagrams:

UNITED TASTES NUDIST ESTATE Or, perhaps the most appropriate, under the circumstances: A STUNTED SITE

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