If anyone comes across a collection (or collections) of broken signs, do tell! Quite often, terrible type arrangements are made excellent by their accidental destruction or mistreatment. Refer to Anarchist Mikhail Bakunin, who says “Let us put our trust in the eternal spirit which destroys and annihilates only because it is the unsearchable and eternally creative source of all life. The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.”

This busted sign found in SE Minneapolis at [/Minnesota]
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Edit: More info from Jake $: This is actually the MPIRG building near the UofM. Minnesota Public Interest Research Group made famous by Ralph Nader. Check it out http://www.uspirg.org

  • http://ipsofacto.tumblr.com Jake Money

    This is actually the MPIRG building near the UofM. Minnesota Public Interest Research Group made famous by Ralph Nader. Check it out http://www.uspirg.org

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