St. Louis by Type: Washington Ave
This is the first installment in a project I’ve begun to collect photography portraying a typographic identity of Saint Louis. Washington Avenue has a multitude of architecture that’s in various stages of development. Historic buildings and new businesses tenuously intermingle in a display of contemporary signage and century-old architecture. The street is an amalgam of restaurants, bars, nightclubs, loft living, grocers, high fashion and more. In my eyes, it is words, signs and type. Enjoy.
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- Dorsa
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- Dorsa
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- Service
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- Service
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- BeeHat Lofts
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- The Dubliner
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- Vangard
Tags: identity, st. louis, typography, washington avenue
This is beautiful, thanks for the memories. I think the abundance of quality signage (for which typography is obviously key) builds on the architecture of Wash Ave to bring a cosmopolitan feel far too rare in the midwest.
A semantic quibble though: http://fontfeed.com/archives/font-or-typeface/
Nice idea, maybe you should wonder off of Washington Ave before you call this project complete.
@Hans,
You’re quite welcome! Stay tuned for more. Wash Ave alone is a pretty narrow representation of St. Louis’ Font ID.
@Marc,
Thanks for the feedback. Washington Avenue is the first location in the series. I plan on creating a full identity of St. Louis represented in fonts from many areas.