Located at 14th and Republic Sts., I’m pretty sure this Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati ghost sign reads “Ehmann Home Carpets” and also “Vine below Liberty St.” Anyone know something specific about this business? Which building did it occupy on Vine St.?
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Ehmann Carpets Ghost Sign in Over-the-Rhine
Posted in inspiration, tagged cincinnati, ghost sign, over-the-rhine, sign, typography, urban life on June 30, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Talk Like a Texan Flash Cards by Public School
Posted in inspiration, tagged rural life, sign, small town life, typography on June 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Talk Like a Texan alphabet flash card set by Austin-based Public School is freaking funny! Although I spent about a month in Austin years ago, I don’t really have first-hand knowledge of this subject, but at least now I have a well-designed tool to school me.
Over-the-Rhine: Into Its Renaissance by Jenny Ustick
Posted in art, cincinnati, close look, tagged cincinnati, over-the-rhine, public art, urban life on June 28, 2011 | 3 Comments »
The mural Over-the-Rhine: Into Its Renaissance, located on Vine St. between 15th and Liberty, was painted by Jenny Ustick and a team of ArtWorks apprentices in the summer of 2008.
Ghost Sign Paintings by Jason Kowalski
Posted in art, tagged boynton beach, ghost sign, laguna beach, rural life, santa monica, sign, typography, yucca on June 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
An artist after my own heart, Jason Kowalski was born in Boynton Beach, FL and now resides in Laguna Beach, CA, where he paints scenes of vacant buildings and deserted places. These ghost sign paintings are hauntingly beautiful.
Elsewhere
Posted in elsewhere, tagged cincinnati, DIY, downtown, florence, hamburg, new york city, over-the-rhine, public art, urban life on June 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Code Name: Presidential Indiscretion: Cincinnati’s own BombShells celebrated Yarn Bomb Day with some fun in Piatt Park downtown. The History of 1220 Vine Street: Digging Cincinnati History explores an Over-the-Rhine building. Interstate 71/75 Sign Warns of Zombies: briefly, a sign near Florence read “Nightly lane closures, zombies ahead.” Charley Harper: June 25-September 11, 2011: the [...]
KHUAN+KTRON for Weekend Knack Magazine
Posted in art, tagged cartography on June 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
KHUAN+KTRON is the Belgian-based design firm of Ningtiendo Sehgah, Steebz, and Mikail Mitmalka. Recently, the studio created these gorgeous, dense illustrations for the lifestyle magazine Weekend Knack.
What the What?
Posted in cincinnati, tagged cincinnati, downtown, ghost sign, sign, urban life on June 22, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Do the Right Thing on Sesame Street
Posted in inspiration, tagged new york city, urban life on June 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Perfect for the first day of summer, this parody of Spike Lee’s classic Do the Right Thing uses Fisher-Price Sesame Street toys. NSFW.
The World’s Least Likely Garden
Posted in cincinnati, tagged cincinnati, downtown, over-the-rhine, urban life on June 20, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Can you guess where I came across this petunia? Does this count as a nano-garden or a pocket park?
Elsewhere
Posted in elsewhere, tagged cincinnati, new york city, over-the-rhine, urban life on June 17, 2011 | 7 Comments »
This Place Matters: Over-the-Rhine Foundation: the OTR Foundation is currently [barely] in the lead in the 2011 This Place Matters Community Challenge. Register and vote to help it win 25k! Queen City Tour: checks out and documents all the sites on the official Queen City Tour, plus tons more of Cincinnati’s most interesting and sometimes [...]
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