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Philly’s Iconic Shirt Corner to Get A New Façade, Courtesy of Art In The Age

Two days ago, Philadelphia Inquirer reporter, Monica Yant-Kinney, wrote an article (Turning A Corner In Old City: A Landmark Store Will Depart 3rd & Market) regarding the closing of Marvin Ginsberg’s Shirt Corner in Old City, after almost 50 years in business. The store is well known for its sign (sprawling blue white and red paint across the entire façade) and has been unmistakable since Ginsberg had it painted in 1980.

Gyro Advertising CEO, Steven Grasse is quoted in the article as saying “It is the ugliest store I have ever seen.” He still agrees with this comment, made a few years ago, and would like to offer to re-paint the façade of the building immediately since it is such an eyesore, courtesy of Art In The Age.

Grasse is offering to re-paint the building using Philadelphia artists that Art in the Age works with. He will repaint it for free, but it has to be a design chosen by Art In The Age. He says” This is a great way to make the Old City shopping district less grotesque, and a great way to put local artists to work.”

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Photo: The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Written by administrator on 01/30/2009 in Activism | AITA Original | Blog | News | Painting | Philadelphia | Theory/Criticism

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• CristianStar

  Nice advertising for customized t shirts. That is probably a big business because the space used for advertising is huge. Not many can afford covering a whole building.

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  This is a great shop for different style of shirts. We can choose anything that we want.

• Yankism003

  A highway patrolman pulled up alongside a speeding car on the freeway. As the officer peered through the driver's window, he was astounded to find that the blonde behind the wheel was knitting.

  The trooper cranked down his window and yelled to the driver, “Pull over!” at the top of his lungs. “No!” the blonde yelled back, “Scarf!”

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