Today the infamous ‘Drexel Shaft’ near 30th Street Station was imploded. The structure, located above the old Penn-Coach train station, was a steam power plant built back in the 1920’s. The structure was taken out of operation in 1964 and has remained empty ever since.
The structure was so-named by Drexel students upset over what they [...]
Entries from November 2009
The Infamous ‘Drexel Shaft’ at 30th Street Imploded
November 15th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Philadelphia
Free Music: Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of The Pixies “Doolittle”
November 9th, 2009 · No Comments
One of my favorite bands from ‘back in the day’, The Pixies, are celebrating the 20th anniversary release of their seminal album Doolittle.
“The Pixies were led by Black Francis (AKA Charles Thompson), this Boston band reveled in the raw, loud energy of punk, but harnessed it in service of catchy melodies laced with bizarre lyrics. [...]
Tags: Music
The Last Days of Gourmet Magazine
November 5th, 2009 · No Comments
On October 5, Condé Nast publications pulled the plug on Gourmet Magazine. Gourmet has been published since 1941, and was one the first U.S. Magazines to cover food, wine and “good living” on a wide scale.
While dead-tree publications like newspapers and magazine are suffering on the whole due to silly factors like “the economy” and [...]
Straight-forward Packaging from Brooklyn Fare
November 1st, 2009 · No Comments
This is the kind of straight-forward, sensible design that I love. Great copywriting, clean, minimal design, limited color palette, and ONE typeface. This is a client I’d love to have. Plus, there’s this kick-ass video that presents the entire corporate identity package. Brillaint work by Mucca Design. Well-played, lads.
Brooklyn Fare from Mr. Mucca on Vimeo.
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Tags: Design
