2011-02-23
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San Francisco Airport on 21 January 1962, one of the rare occasions the city has snow. via the SF Gate snow photo special:
The aerial photo over San Francisco Airport is amazing to me, but not just because of the snow. I had never seen the airport before the spiral Escher painting of a parking garage was installed.
2011-02-14
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From the British Council’s Vimeo account, comes this vintage gem. Lovely work on the transitions:
History of the English Language acts as an excellent layman’s introduction to the origins of one of the most common languages on the planet, demonstrating how dialect changes over time, and presenting England as being multicultural right down to its roots.
2011-02-10
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The old London Airport at Croydon, from the Met Police ASU, from a story at Global Aviation Resource, viamondoagogo. Photograph © Geoff Hibbert.
2011-02-02
2011-01-11
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London Underground tube map, c1911 (by Mikey Ashworth, via diamond geezer).
One of the most interesting things, to me, is how much of the central network was in place by this point. The only tube lines built inside the Circle are the Victoria and Jubilee lines.
It’s definitely worth clicking through for the uploader’s notes on the style and the inclusion of the Brighton Railway’s Elevated Electric services, and for his set of Underground maps, including MacDonald’s Gills minimal/calligraphic sketch map.
2011-01-07
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under The General Omnibus Company in 1911, and since then the route has been subject only to minor changes to accommodate one-way systems. ”
A letter by an anonymous TfL employee in 2009, quoted in How London buses are numbered. Hurrah for the 24.
(Having said that, Wikipedia claims the route debuted in 1910 and was changed to its current route in 1912, citing the London Magazine.)
2010-12-30
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2010-11-24
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2010-10-19
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Robert Longo - Einstein’s Desk (Princeton) at Artnet.
Even if you don’t know Robert Longo’s name, if you’ve been on ffffound you’ll have seen his works, especially Men in the Cities, which regularly pop up. He’s also drawn planes, waves and helmets, as well as directing music videos and working on Johnny Mnemonic. In fact, the more I find, the more I wonder why I’ve never known his name before.
Indirectly via rodcorp, who posted this drawing of a jet, at the Frieze Art Fair in London, to Flickr.
