One of the things that I think is really wonderful about downtown Asheville is its signage. Our streets are relatively narrow due to the age of the city, and as such, intimately scaled signs that respond to the preponderence of pedestrian traffic really are important. Examples abound of excellent, informative, attractive and sometimes very funny signs proliferate downtown. In this post, I have photographed and displayed a number of them. It is not my intent to endorse any of these shops, although there are quite a few that I frequent. I do think other cities could learn something about the importance of signage in making and keeping urban areas attractive.