The seal of approval
Roanoke’s historic seal (pictured here) appears to be besting the newer, though antiquated, industrial seal in the final bracket.
Public Information Officer Melinda Mayo reports that as of Wednesday afternoon, more than 500 people had clicked onto the city’s survey that seeks to gauge public support for either seal. Oddly, 16 people who clicked on the survey didn’t bother to say which one they liked better, but the remainder overwhelmingly voted for the original seal. The vote count stood at 445 to 47 as of Wednesday afternoon.
We wrote about the seals here.
City Manager Chris Morrill explained why he brought it up here.
And you can still vote for your favorite here.
Which seal gains your approval?
March 21, 2013 - 12:00 PM
I didn’t vote because I am not a City Resident and it is none of my business. I do prefer the old seal because the new one is too frenetic and I dislike the color.
I like the old (new) one better too, for the reasons Sandi mentioned. Also not a city resident.
The new coin should have the H&C Coffee Sign on one side and the Dr. Pepper sign on the other. The slogan should be “living in the past” preferably in Latin, because after all that’s a dead language.
If it has to be the seal that’s pictured, maybe the scales of justice should have Victory Stadium on one side and the Art Museum on the other. The choo choo train is a nice backward-looking touch.
3 – that’s funny. I had the thought that the train is running in the wrong direction.
Railroads became the new (no pun intended) rivers. Cities like Roanoke (little Pittsburgh?) would not exist if not as the confluence of such man-made rivers.
Why the animosity?
#5 I have no beef with rail. I just don’t think the future of Roanoke rests on it the way its past did. I think if we could turn back the clock we would have continued to develop rail along with the interstate system.
#6 Well, NW (now that’sironic) lord knows I would never be argumentative. But your #3 struck me, and in other ways, a bit more flippant.
As far as the highway confluence you speak of, that would be Wytheville…..and I don’t think Roanoke lacks from tributaries.