“Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don’t plan it. Don’t wait for it. Just let it happen. It could be a new shirt at the men’s store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot black coffee.” — Dale Cooper, Twin Peaks
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Month: June 2012
A vacant, 5,000+ sqft lot immediately next door to Prohibition Taproom looks like it won’t be vacant for much longer. Under contract at an asking price of $425K, a zoning application for 1241 Buttonwood St. is being heard today by the ZBA.
(via Prohibition Taproom is getting a new neighbor | NakedPhilly)
I worked at the Inquirer building for 30 years, and I loved it. In the old days, when it really felt like a newspaper, you could stand in a glass-walled passageway overlooking the cavernous composing room and watch the papers speed off the giant presses. It gave me goose bumps every time.
When the presses were cranking up, the whole building shook. The ink-stained pressmen—yes, they were all men—wore folded newspaper caps. It was right out of The Front Page. The pressmen left when print operations moved to Conshohocken. The composing room was rebuilt into a giant newsroom for the Inky.
(via Inquirer Set to Leave 400 North Broad Street “Tower of Truth” | The Philly Post)
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Sunset from 12th and Vine Streets
Philadelphia, PA
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Eraserhead Mural (creation of local artist Evan Cairo)
Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art
531 North 12th Street
Philadelphia, PA
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PhilaMOCA presents ERASERHOOD FOREVER 7/13 | PhilaMOCA
PhilaMOCA presents ERASERHOOD FOREVER 7/13 | PhilaMOCA
On Friday, July 13, the Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art will host ERASERHOOD FOREVER, an art show/celebration held in honor of the building’s newEraserhead mural (south-side exterior). The celebration will feature live performances from Full Blown Cherry and Void Vision with Lynch-themed sketch comedy from Secret Pants and Camp Woods and Twin Peaks-themed burlesque from NYC’s Francine “The Lucid Dream”. Read on…
The mid-sized music venue has generated a ton of buzz, quickly emerging as one of Philly’s best. Drawing an impressive list of acts in its first year and providing a beautifully appointed interior, tremendous sound and a smartly-placed back-bar, the building has come a long way since its days as the Spring Garden Market, a name which it held before 1895, according to the photo taken from G.W. Bromley’s Philadelphia Atlas.