Victorian Village Gets New Signage, Design Guidelines

By Andy Meek, The Daily News

The signs that have started popping up around the Victorian Village neighborhood welcome passersby to the historic community, with an announcement greeting visitors in large and prominent letters. Three of the signs have been posted so far. One more is still on the way. All of them include a silhouette of the neighborhood – with its historic mansions and older properties – set against a sunrise. The point of posting them is to help visitors make their way around the district, said Victorian Village Inc. Community Development Corp. executive director Scott Blake. “These replaced some signs that had been put up in the 1970s that were worn out,” he said. “So with funding from the Memphis Medical District Collaborative, we’ve got four new wayfinding signs, gateway signs we call them.”