Here’s a chance to make the Swiftie in your life very happy this holiday season. Back by popular demand, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) is selling a limited quantity of authentic, commemorative Cornelia Street signs as part of its monthly “sign drops.” The signs, which cost $75, will be available for purchase starting Friday, December 13 at 12:13 p.m., coinciding with the pop star’s birthday. Taylor Swift once rented a home on the Greenwich Village street, which she name-dropped in her 2019 song “Cornelia Street.”
The handmade signs are crafted at the NYC DOT Sign Shop in Maspeth, Queens, which makes over 70,000 signs each year.
All signs are sold at the CityStore, with proceeds going to the city’s general fund. Each customer is limited to one sign.
“Music lovers from around the globe visit Cornelia Street and now they can own an authentic piece of this street, heartbreak and nostalgia not included,” NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said in a press release in August when the signs were first released.
DOT began its monthly sign drops in June with Christopher Street/Stonewall Place street signs to commemorate Pride Month. In July, the agency debuted a Beastie Boys Square street sign that celebrates the 25th anniversary of the New York-based band’s album “Paul’s Boutique.”
Other signs released include Christopher ‘Notorious B.I.G.’ Wallace Way in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, where the rapper grew up; Stan Lee Way in Morris Heights, the Bronx, honoring the famous comic writer; and the Wu-Tang Clan District sign in Staten Island, where the rap group hails from.
Future sign drops will honor other iconic streets, as well as famous New Yorkers, celebrations of special occasions, and other custom releases, as 6sqft reported.
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