sinosigns

 be they painted over...

brushed onto stone...

 gilded onto glass...

 affixed onto walls...

scripted horizontally or vertically,
these signs in Chinatown have no need of english translations to convey the character of the sites they adorn...

*this should be an auspicious post to announce the release of the first album of my son Enzio's band Half Chinese..."We were Pretending to be" (Sad Games Records, 2012)