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After a bit of a delay (our apologies), we’re happy to present the last installment of the King & Queen Street chapter of Archive Lancaster. Kelly Lapp and Jed Burkholder walked the final blocks of West King Street (600-Columbia Avenue). Here are the images they brought back:
The rest of Kelly and Jed’s shoot can be viewed here.
More information on Kelly Lapp Photography can be found at kellylappphotography.com.Keep your eyes open for the continuation of the Archive Lancaster Project in 2010.
Happy Holidays from all of us at WeAreLancaster.com.
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The second in an occasional series of expeditions into the secret space/time portals of Lancaster….
Calling Porter’s a furniture store is kind of like calling the Grand Canyon a pretty big hole. It’s that warehouse on King Street– you know the one– with the sexy ladies out front. On the inside, it’s a five-story emporium of pure WTF.
Like a holodeck gone haywire, or a surreal three-dimensional collage, the place is an absurd purgatory of Stuff. Chairs. Desks. Mattresses. Speakers. Crutches. Birdcages. Stoves. Pianos. Dumbells. Rocking horses. And lots of them. Floor to ceiling, with aisles that seem formed by geological chance more than human order. If you took the twentieth century and shook it upside down, this is what would fall out of its pockets.
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Lauren Fisher walked the 500-800 blocks of East King Street and came back with these beautiful images. Enjoy the city through her eyes.
Please take the time to check out Lauren’s website, www.LaurenFisher.com
The rest of her lovely shoot can be viewed here.
As always, the entire Archive can be viewed here. -
Let’s be honest – Grandpa doesn’t need any more ties this year. This year, lets curb the commercial side of the season and use gift giving to help Lancaster flourish. Come to Lancaster’s 2nd Annual Alternative Gift Fair to shop for meaningful gifts that bring lasting joy to the giver, the receiver, and the third-party beneficiary.
Through local organizations, you can provide a bus pass for a newly-arrived refugee looking for employment or help a working single mother get her car fixed so she can get to work. With $15, you can buy a weeks worth of diapers for a resident of Milagro House or stock an arts and crafts room with a weeks worth of supplies at the local YMCA. More than 100 gift items range from $8 to $250 to support over 40 nonprofits doing good work internationally, nationally, and right here in Lancaster City. Last year the fair raised more than $30,000. Cool.
Admission is free, and the day also includes great food, fun kids activities, music, and live speakers, incredible food, festive music, enlightening speakers, children’s activities and more. The fair will be running from 10am-4pm this Saturday, November 21 at the Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road. http://www.giftsthatgivehope.org/lancaster/
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Lancaster’s very own, emerging artist, Christian Herr gets a mini-interview with the folks at Fecal Face. Congrats Christian. Check out the article here.
“Fecal Face is a content-rich, comprehensive, multidisciplinary art and culture website supporting the art scene in San Francisco and beyond since 2000. The site greets between 11,000-13,000 visitors a day, occupying a unique niche online and in the “real world,” by chronicling and shaping the contemporary arts scene in the SF Bay Area and beyond.” Below are some of his recent paintings.
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We’ve been hearing a lot of chatter about the Creative Works of Lancaster and they are planning something for First Friday November 6. The CWL’s website reads. “The Creative Works of Lancaster fuels and sustains the city’s cultural renaissance with a cutting-edge destination designed to nurture and promote opportunities for creative expression and collaboration.” Sounds exciting.
Learn more on the CWL facebook page and website. Look for the ‘X’ downtown tomorrow night.
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