In June we spent an afternoon in Brooklyn looking at old type and architecture. Our walk began in Fort Greene where Alexander Tochilovsky lead our group pointing out the hidden type gems he had discovered. We also walked through Clinton Hill, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights and Stuyvesant Heights. For the most part you just had to look up to see great type on sides of buildings, signs, and awnings. Some of the more hidden type existed beneath awnings and at the bottoms iron support beams of buildings.
Having lived in Brooklyn for the past 4 years in 2 of the neighborhoods we walked through, it was exciting to discover some things that had been right in front of me the whole time. I now find myself looking around more diligently when I walk in search of more forgotten type.