Covered this week; Cecily Strong in Vanity Fair… Disney World opens new Ordeal Kingdom (the Onion)… Abe Vigoda, dead at 94… revisiting Cabrini Green… Wicker Park’s Double Door facing eviction… Trump vs. Trump Debate via Colbert… Hip-Hop’s Billboard Top 10, 1989-2015, animated… a compilation of designers favorite typefaces…
January 25, 2016
Cecily Strong… SNL breakout star… Oak Park native… Second City alum… a nice puff piece in Vanity Fair.
January 26, 2016
Sometimes the Onion simply outdoes itself.
Say it ain’t so… I’ve been fearing this day since he died the first time back in the early-80’s… Abe Vigoda, dead at 94… godspeed Fish.
January 27, 2016
The last Cabrini Green tower fell in 2011. Today, the only remnants of the original Cabrini Green are the string of row houses at Oak and Larrabee; built in 1942, they were the first section of the project built. Soon, a new development will grow up around them.
January 28, 2016
Renowned Wicker Park rock club Double Door is facing eviction off of some gentrification bullshit… owner Joe Shanahan vows to not go down without a fight…
January 29, 2016
Donald Trump has flip-flopped so much that Stephen Colbert hosted a Trump vs. Trump debate.
January 30, 2016
Hip Hop’s Billboard Top 10, animated… from 1989 through March of 2015… amazingly fun… but turn the volume down or plug those headphones in before pushing play…
January 31, 2016
For my designers… here’s a compilation of some peers favorite typefaces…
