Hi,
First, thanks for liking my work.
I wanted to incorporate "billboard" into the design (I think, it's pretty indicative of big city). I wanted to connect it to the text- "the" seemed natural choice for my vision (at that point) since I wanted the logo to say: not "the big board", but "THE (ONE AND OLY) BIG BOARD".
I agree that it lookes more like "street sign". (because of one leg).Let me play with it, and I upload couple revisions, which just came to mind.
Sincerely,
Audra