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Philadelphia Inquirer Building, Philadelphia, PA. 2017. (fedia.io)

submitted 7 months ago by mattblaze@federate.social to c/photography@fedia.io

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Philadelphia Inquirer Building, Philadelphia, PA. 2017.

All the pixels, none of the ink or paper, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/32309131520

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[–] mattblaze@federate.social 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This was captured with a DSLR and a 19mm shifting lens. There's a bit of barrel distortion from the lens, but I decided this image looked better uncorrected.

The Inquirer building, completed in 1924, to me evokes a cigar-chomping editor who calls everyone "kid" and who says things like "bring me back a scoop".

The building had been vacant for a few years when this photo was made, the paper having moved to cheaper and leaner facilities. It has since been repurposed as police headquarters.

[–] mattblaze@federate.social 2 points 7 months ago

The Inquirer building also housed (until a few years before they moved) their printing plant, making it one of the last major dailies where it was at least theoretically possible for an editor to run downstairs and yell "stop the presses!" if a major story came in. But I'll bet that didn't actually happen very often.

[–] craignicol@glasgow.social 1 points 7 months ago

@mattblaze@federate.social it doesn't quite look real. It's like the inked backdrop to a gritty movie where a fearless journalist uncovers a cabal of crooked cops.

[–] lindsay@nullpointer.org 1 points 7 months ago

@mattblaze@federate.social these LINES 😍

[–] xenotar@mastodon.social 1 points 7 months ago

@mattblaze@federate.social Excellent

[–] jacquiharper@mastodon.world 1 points 7 months ago

@mattblaze@federate.social A very evocative ‘Daily Planet’ use of perspective

[–] gruber@mastodon.social 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

@mattblaze@federate.social I was lucky enough to work there for a few years in the late 90s. Magnificent building, the tower. (The printing plant next door, not so much.)

[–] mattblaze@federate.social 1 points 7 months ago

@gruber@mastodon.social If I understand correctly the printing plant closed some time in the ‘90’s (and moved offsite to a larger facility), after the freight rail service that delivered the newsprint directly to the building ended.