Tipperary Hill, aka Tipp Hill, is a district in the city of Syracuse, New York. Tipp Hill is the home of the only upside-down traffic light in the United States. When the city first started to install traffic signal lights in the 1920s they put one at a major intersection on Tipperary Hill, on the corner of Tompkins Street and Milton Avenue. Some Irish youths, incensed that anyone would dare to put the "British" red above the "Irish" green, broke the light. The city replaced it but the Irish broke the replacement. After a few rounds of this the city decided that if they wanted a light at that intersection, they had better put the signal up inverted, and so they did. Designed and created in our studio using 1/4" birch wood. Ornaments are tied with a thin red satin ribbon or twine. Handpainted. Choose to receive your ornament with or without a backer card. Wood is a beautiful natural element that may feature minor imperfections.