in Westchester County. One of the major problems with existing signage along the Croton system is that many different methods of branding have been employed. For instance, the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation use their own logo on signs, while many signposts in Yonkers and the Bronx have only the letters OCA (Old Croton Aqueduct) on them. Our goal is to enable people to immediately recognize a structure as being part of the Croton Waterworks. One of our plans to visually connect the entire Croton System is through the painting of a temporary blue line through the streets of New York City and on the Croton trail through the Bronx and Westchester County to show the uninterrupted path of the conduit of the Old Croton Aqueduct. Similar projects have been permitted by the Department of Transportation (DOT) in the past, as long as the line is temporary. However, the paint used for the line can last from six months to a year, which means potentially millions of people could learn about the Croton Waterworks when they discovered the blue line. The DOT recently participated in a similar project in which a line was painted in Lower Manhattan that exposed the old shorelines of Manhattan and the extent of the city’s infill. We are also proposing a signage scheme with three different types of signs, which may be assigned to individual sites based on appropriateness. In addition to visually connecting the waterworks through Section 4: Interpretation Holistic Signage Interpretation 77 Above: Medium-sized signage panels created for the 135th Street Gatehouse following the design guidelines established by our group Holistic Signage Interpretation 78 numbers will also correspond to our smartphone application (see page __). The final panel will primarily consist of a map of the entire Croton Waterworks. Within this map, we will mark where the visitor is in the context of the system. Toward the bottom of this panel is a QR code within the outline of a Croton manhole cover that, if scanned on a smartphone, will link the user to a webpage focused on the specific site. The smallest signs in our scheme will feature QR, or “quick response,” codes (see page __ for a thorough explanation of QR codes in general as well as of those made specifically by our group). These signs may be used for sites that are very small or that have significant natural elements around them that would be disturbed by the presence of larger signs, as well as for sites with pre-existing signs that are well-maintained and informative. We have placed our QR codes within the symbol of a Croton manhole cover as a connection to the Nancy Owens Studio sign design. The QR code signs could be made by using temporary paint similar to that proposed in the painting of the blue line along the path of the Old Croton Aqueduct. QR code signs could also be printed on vinyl decals that could be temporarily attached to a variety of surfaces. Section 4: Interpretation grab the attention of a passerby, while Bau is used for body text as an easy-to-read sansserif typeface. The medium-scale signs could be fabricated in a variety of ways, depending on the location. They could simply consist of laminated paper, or they could be printed on a lightweight metal or on a UV-resistant plastic. Whatever way they are fabricated, it is important that they could be easily made and easily replaced, and that they be inexpensive to produce. Just as the signs could be constructed in several ways, their method of attachment could also vary depending on the site. For example, at sites where there is already a fence, the signs could be nondestructively bolted to the fence, while at other sites they may be placed directly on a wall surface. The wide variety in site conditions makes it almost impossible to propose one fabrication solution for the entire system, but we hope to at least give a unified visual appearance to all of the interpretation signage along the Croton Waterworks. The first panel of these medium signs will include general information about the Croton Waterworks accompanied by historical pictures. The Croton manhole cover will be prominently featured at the top of this panel, drawing parallels to the other two signage types. The content and layout of this panel will be identical for every site that uses the medium-sized signage scheme. The second panel will feature site-specific information, supplemented by photographs and diagrams. The outline of the Croton manhole cover is placed toward the bottom of this sign, with a unique number for each site in the center. These sequential site numbers will emphasize the continuity of the Croton trail, and encourage people to explore other sites along the trail as well. A map with all of