Mar 02, 2010 Artifacts
I’ve mentioned this before on my Twitter feed, but it bears repeating.
One of the best places, anywhere in the US to get great typography is older post offices. They seem to be the one institution in the US that keeps undergoing strong, but never thorough design changes. Every decade leaves it’s mark in the building. Signage and from the 1950s, the old P.O. Boxes from the 40′s, IN / Out signs from the sixties, old shipping informational posters from the 70′s and 80′s and even the almost sterile blue of the modern USPS brand in the rest of the building.
It truly is like reading the rings on a tree.