Today is the 14-year anniversary of P. Scott Makela’s passing. For years now, I’ve wanted to explain his impact on me, but words fall short. I decided to stop worrying about whether or not I can write an adequate tribute; … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: Visualingual: Ever Onward Under Other Skies
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Actually, my favorite part of the Baker Brush Co. Inc. ghost sign is the word “receivin.” Spotted this one on Greene St. in SoHo between Canal and Grand Sts. . . . → Read More: Visualingual: Baker Brush Co. Inc. Ghost Sign in NYC Planning, Politics, and Building a City: coming up this Wednesday, a free lecture at the Mercantile Library on the career of city planner [and Kevin Bacon's father] Edmund Bacon. 6980 Knoll Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45237: a frank Lloyd Wright house … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: Visualingual: Elsewhere Spring Handmade Wish List: Through the Eyes of the Mrs. likes our 10 Seed Bombs with Slinger! Getaway to Cincinnati: this roundup includes Park+Vine in Over-the-Rhine and the Charley Harper mosaic mural downtown. Miniature Rooms: a crazy-cool Cincinnati-based company that … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: Visualingual: Elsewhere NYC’s newly opened bike share system experiencing record membership sales. New York City opened its much-anticipated CitiBike system earlier this week, and business is off to a record start. Within the first 24 hours alone, more than 4,000 people signed up for memberships. Cincinnati issued a request for proposals in October 2012 for what city [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: NYC’s newly opened bike share system experiencing record membership sales 9 Ways SpringBoard Businesses Can Help with Spring Redecorating: SpringBoard, the creative entrepreneurship course we took, has a fantastic roundup of Cincinnati-made decor goodies, including our Over-the-Rhine-inspired Flourishing pillows. Historic Jackson Brewery to Become Performing Arts Complex: interesting news about … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: Visualingual: Elsewhere Pale as a Ghost Sign: I get to keep awesome company, getting quoted in this article alongside Tod from the American Sign Museum and Bill from The Writing on the Walls. After Failed Court Battle, Crew Demolish Former Gamble House: … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: Visualingual: Elsewhere Cincinnati, OH — 15 U.S. Cities’ Emerging Downtowns: nice accolades from Forbes. City Stores | Cincinnati: Cincinnati-centric videos, photos and more. Wedding Favors: A First Class Wedding likes our personalized seed bomb wedding favors! ‘Rap Quotes’ by Jay Shells Maps … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: Visualingual: Elsewhere Biking thru Washington Park Oct 2007: see the historic Over-the-Rhine park as it looked 5 years ago. PHOTOS: Historic Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses Are Being Demolished: I did not see this one coming. Hi, I’m from Ohio: I don’t really … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: Visualingual: Elsewhere Located on the corner of Lexington Ave. and 42nd St. in the Midtown East area of Manhattan, the Art Deco Chanin Building was designed for Irwin S. Chanin by Sloan & Robertson and completed in 1928. Chanin, who had trained … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: Visualingual: The Chanin Building by Sloan & Robertson 11 Cincinnati Foods That Are Better Than Yours: I don’t agree with all the chosen foods, but I’ll let native Cincinnatians weigh in on the validity of this list. All Signs Point to Awesome: A Visit to the American Sign … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: Visualingual: Elsewhere The eighth installment of my typological investigation into the vanity license plates of Southwestern Ohio focuses on places, starting with NEUYORK and my accidental selfie. Ohio State is CAL DRMN: CALI CHC: ASPEN5: TOLEDO M: Closer to home, we’ve got … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: Visualingual: Field Guide to the Vanity License Plates of Southwestern Ohio: Part 8 Could Cincinnati host the 2014 Big East Basketball Tournament?. The 2014 Big East Basketball Tournament will be its last before the ‘Catholic 7’ take over and make the conference their own. This year’s tournament, which starts tonight at Madison Square Garden, will be its last in Midtown Manhattan. After that, league sources say that they [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Could Cincinnati host the 2014 Big East Basketball Tournament? Exploring Cincinnati, Mayoral-Style: Mayor Mark Mallory shows off the Queen City in the NY Post. Nineteenth Century Covington Mansion Demolished: because Walgreens plans to build a store a block away from its current one. Weekly Farmers Market Coming to Washington … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: Visualingual: Elsewhere The documentary Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles focuses on artist Justin Duerr’s quest to find the maker of the so-called Toynbee tiles that have been embedded in streets across the US and in South America over the … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: Visualingual: Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles Has the United States given up on building subway systems?. Everyone knows that America’s roadways and bridges are crumbling, but the United States has also seemingly given up on its subway systems. Atlanta’s subway system was the last subway system started in the U.S., and its construction commenced in 1979. Since that time no other [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Has the United States given up on building subway systems? As far as I’m concerned, this is the mother of all ghost signs. Located at 2nd Ave. and 9th St. in Brooklyn and easily visible from the Gowanus Expressway and the F train, Kentile once billed itself as “America’s largest … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: Visualingual: Kentile Floors Ghost Sign in Brooklyn Wynwood is a neighborhood in Miami whose warehouses now contain a mixture of industry, wholesale distributors, galleries and artist studios. It’s also home to one of the largest collections of street art in the world. Above is part of a … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: Visualingual: Wynwood Walls in Miami Mayor Mark Mallory on How Smart Growth Helped Turn Cincinnati Around: just that. Valentine’s Gifts for Fine Fellows: Cincy Whimsy likes our Cincinnati-centric neck ties! Legendary ‘Fritz the Cat’ Director Plans a Film about Coney Island: awesome; check out Ralph … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: Visualingual: Elsewhere Alcatraz? No, Alcazar. The Alcazar Hotel, designed by Carrère and Hastings, opened on Christmas day, 1888 and closed in 1931. Today it houses the St. Augustine City Hall and the Lightner Museum. The Spanish Renaissance structure was originally a luxury … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: Visualingual: Alcazar Hotel by Carrère and Hastings |
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