Field Guide to the Vanity License Plates of Southwestern Ohio: Part 10

The latest installment in my ongoing investigation into the vanity license plates of Southwestern Ohio concerns food and beverages. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we are looking into what makes a FEAST.

Elsewhere

Northside’s CoSign Initiative Could Become a National Model after Landing New Grant: awesome, awesome news for CoSign [but next time, please ask for repro rights; WTF?].

Cincinnati’s Gorgeous Attempt to Woo Visitors, Circa 1933: some of the glass mosaic murals from the Cincinnati Union Terminal currently live at CVG and will hopefully find a new home soon.

Suburban Blight in Kansas City: just that, in words and pictures.

The New York City Filming Locations of The Warriors: only one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen on the Internet.

City Walk: The Show Is Afoot!: a TV show about walking through cities like LA and NYC; sounds pretty cool.

Warby Parker Gets All Coney Island with New Collection of Specs: this video is a hypnotic bunch of hipster douchebaggery, set on the Coney Island boardwalk.

Animal Commuters: Strangest Creatures Found on Public Transit around the World: bizarre but kind of awesome.

Acme Farm Supply Ghost Sign in Nashville

Awesome architecture, awesome ghost sign… The Acme Farm Supply building is located on the corner of Broadway and 1st Ave. South in downtown Nashville.

Elsewhere

Cedric Michael Cox | Visual Artist: I just finished the new site for my OTR-based friend and studio neighbor; if you spot any egregious errors, please direct them to my attention.

Springtime Garden Wedding: some love for our personalized seed bomb favors.

Liberty St. “Road Diet” Advances, to Be Bid by Nov. 2014: a plan to eliminate the barrier between the Southern and Northern portions of Over-the-Rhine.

Aggregate Dialect Difference: the Cincinnati dialect is least like NYC, Newark, Jersey City, Boston, or Philly.

The Heidelberg Project: A Resilient Community Rebuilds, Again: the latest on Detroit’s Heidelberg Project after last month’s tragic fire.

Is the End Nearing for Odessa Café and Bar on Avenue A?: the end of an era for a neighborhood icon? Pretty soon I won’t even recognize my hometown.

Fake Shop Fronts Used to Make Towns Seem Neater for G8: in Northern Ireland, The Society of the Simulacrum has popped up.

Noted without Comment

To be fair, the brand integration on the Tower ghost sign on Main St. in Over-the-Rhine is better executed than the recent typographic assault on Cincinnati Color Co.. HT to Faded Art for catching this one in progress and alerting me to the ch-ch-ch-ch-changes.

Grand Central Terminal by Reed & Stem and Warren & Wetmore

Happy 100th birthday, Grand Central Terminal! Since 1913, this has been one of the most famous buildings in NYC and, according to Travel + Leisure, it is now “the world’s number six most visited tourist attraction,” attracting more than 20 million visitors each year.

Elsewhere

ArtWorks — Transforming Cincinnati: an awesome video about an awesome organization.

Not My Favorite Auto Show: at long last, Chris Glass has updated his photo blog, including a lovely shot of your favorite texting zombie.

A Little Friday Link Love: Gypsy Forest likes our 10 Seed Bombs with Slinger!

Millennium: The Central Park 5 and the Gilded City: a long-awaited must-read from LastoftheMohikanz.

40 Signs You Grew Up in Brooklyn: #14 is L’Amour, the rock capital of Brooklyn, natch.

Great Art in Ugly Rooms: Dan Flavin above a toilet! Jean-Michel Basquiat in a fast-food restaurant! Cindy Sherman in a laundromat! WTF?

The Smiths — A Tribute: “The Smiths’ discography, based on the Manchester tram map.” Love, love, love…

White Tool and Supply Co. Ghost Sign in Cleveland

The ghost sign for White Tool and Supply Co. is located in Cleveland’s Warehouse District on West 6th St. at Johnson Ct.

Fresh Harvest by Jonathan Queen

Last summer, Jonathan Queen worked with a team of ArtWorks apprentices on the creation of a photorealistic mural entitled Fresh Harvest, located on the side of Kroger HQ on Central Parkway in downtown Cincinnati.

Ballard’s Ghost Signs in Birmingham

As I wander through different cities, I try my best to keep track of where I spot ghost signs. This two-in-one for Ballard’s is somewhere in Birmingham, but I have no idea where.