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Sunday, September 06, 2009
Shoutout To All My Eichler Homies
Most Eichler homes are located in northern California, but you can find a few in the southland. People restore and renovate their Eichlers (I love the spice rack and the master bathroom), write magazine articles, newspaper stories, and books about them, and take lots of photos of them. Even Mr. Incredible owned an Eichler. But owning an Eichler is not for everyone. Want to buy an Eichler? Join the Eichler Network, tour an open house, and start saving for a down payment!
Posted by matthew on 09/06 at 03:27 PM
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Thursday, September 03, 2009
Fire on the Mountain
Time-lapse videos of the Southern California wildfires. NASA image of the fires, as seen from space. The Boston Globe’s Big Picture set of photographs. Flickr group and images. Google map.
Posted by matthew on 09/03 at 09:59 AM
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
A Fair To Remember
Vintage Seattle’s Erecting The Needle is a photo essay featuring concept proposals for the Space Needle, its construction (1, 2, 3, 4), and a picture of the rarely-seen gas-flame beacon in action. More design sketches and images, from the University of Washington’s image database. In 2008, crews from Kärcher GmbH & Co. cleaned the Space Needle for the first time, and this morning, the Space Needle was briefly for sale!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Good Morning America, How Are You?
The last steam locomotive built for Union Pacific has a rich and dignified history. Delivered in 1944, No. 844 pulled the Overland Limited, the Los Angeles Limited, the Portland Rose, and the Challenger. After Union Pacific began using diesel locomotives to pull passenger trains, No. 844 was transferred in 1957 to freight service, and in 1960 she was retired for special service. Today, No. 844 travels the country as one of Union Pacific’s remaining “living legends”. Here’s her schedule and route.
If you’re in the Bay Area, No. 844 is on display today, from 8a to 6p at the Union Pacific yard. She pulls out of Oakland tomorrow morning at 9a sharp.
Posted by matthew on 04/21 at 12:47 PM
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Yes We Did
Early this morning, a group of pranksters—apparently including someone with extensive graphic design and signage experience—changed Bush Street to Obama Street.
Happy Inauguration Day, everyone!
Monday, January 19, 2009
Yes We Can
I’m looking forward to tomorrow morning.
Posted by matthew on 01/19 at 10:33 PM
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Subway Face
When did the New York City subway system begin using Helvetica for its signage, and why was the change made? Here’s an essay which explores the shared and intertwined histories of the New York City subway system, transportation signage in the 1960s, Unimark International, and, of course, Helvetica: The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway.
Also, Joe Clark writes about Type in the Toronto Subway.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Celebration
Pictures of people all over the globe celebrating Barack Obama’s victory. Today is a great day, and thanks to everyone who made it possible.
Posted by matthew on 11/05 at 02:18 PM
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Thursday, September 04, 2008
Far Out And Groovy, Mom!
During the mid-1960s, my mom and dad lived in Berkeley, and they went to a lot of concerts. My mother saved the lithographed and silkscreened concert posters and handbills, and she loaned me her collection so I could scan and preserve them archivally. I’ve been uploading the scans to Flickr. Enjoy!
Posted by matthew on 09/04 at 09:37 PM
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Wish You Were Here
Drive-through trees, Olvera Street, Knott’s Berry Farm, and lots of other images and postcards of California at Image Archaeology.
Posted by matthew on 06/28 at 06:03 PM
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Monday, June 09, 2008
Big City Lights Guide My Way Into The Night
The American Sign Museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and documenting historic and vintage signs from the American landscape.
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