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I Should Take More Photos: Traces of Blues Revival in Today’s Hit Music
Illustration by Mark Harris

I Should Take More Photos: Traces of Blues Revival in Today’s Hit Music

Where do we find the traces of the blues today? More than a hundred years on, its echoes turn up in unexpected places.

by Sasha Frere-Jones

What’s in a Name?
Museum of the City of New York

What’s in a Name?

From Paris to New York, civic buildings bear the names of poets, philosophers, statesmen, and botanists — honored for their contributions to humankind.

Francis Morrone

The Akzidenz-Grotesk You’ve Never Seen
Deutsches Technikmuseum

The Akzidenz-Grotesk You’ve Never Seen

In the 1920s, a unique variant of the Akzidenz-Grotesk typeface was created for Germany’s emerging system of industrial standards. Few people have ever seen it.

by Dan Reynolds

The Jenney Myth: Fabricating the World’s First Skyscraper
Library of Congress

The Jenney Myth: Fabricating the World’s First Skyscraper

William Le Baron Jenney is often credited with inventing the skyscraper. Contemporary records tell a different story.

by Jason M. Barr

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