Likes & Likes

Anyone who knows me knows of my obsession with old urban signage. You can imagine my delight when the girl sent me a link to photographers James and Karla Murray’s portfolio.

A lot of attention has been focused on their collaboration in MOM & POPISM, an installation featuring their photos (almost lifesize) embellished by street artists on the rooftop of Gawker Media. The installation opened this weekend (more photos at designboom and a “making of” compilation here). But I am more intrigued by the storefront photos themselves. Love the straightforward documentary approach as well as the snippets of history that accompany each image.

These images have been collected and published in “STORE FRONT - The Disappearing Face of New York” :

StoreFront scours the city and provides an indispensable guide to the city’s timeworn shops. From humble neighborhood stores tucked away on narrow side streets to well-known institutions on historic avenues, anyone with a love of New York City will cherish being given a visual walking tour far beyond the scope of even the most thorough visitor or observant resident.