Tag Archives: Philadelphia
27 October 2008

Tastykake Tins

My wife came home a few months ago with two identical tins that she found at a thrift shop for something like a quarter apiece. Like most women, she will often come home with things that we don’t need because they were on sale. She bought them thinking I would love them in the same [...]

16 October 2008

City Hall, Philadelphia, Pa.

This is a Curteich “C.T. Art-Colortone”, number 3A-H575, published in 1933 — but not used until 1941. “City Hall covers an area of 4½ acres and has a floor space of 14½ acres (that’s over 630,000 square feet — Ed.). The height of the tower is 548 feet and the width of the base is [...]

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