Saturday, February 6, 2016

A Guided Tour: 13 Miles of Typography on Broadway


With the help of typography expert Ksenya Samarskaya, Hopes and Fears' Gabriella Garcia guides us through the rich landscape of typography on Broadway.


Broadway is easily America's most famous thoroughfare. Starting in lower Manhattan at Bowling Green and running the entire length of the island, it strings together some nine to fifteen neighborhoods—depending on who you ask—before bleeding over into the Bronx, serving as a cross-sectional study of the City's diversity in ethnicity, utility and design. As the Main Street of Manhattan, Broadway exhibits a catalogue of lettering—from neon lights to mom-and-pop shop signs, from theater marquees to building names. Join Hopes&Fears as we tour the typography of Broadway.


Featured image: Morningside Garage's sign with a similar type to Neuzeit Grotesk, 112 La Salle Street.

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