Cafe 1515 Broadway

1515 Broadway. Detroit, MI 48226
Chalk and board w/ blackboard paint. 6 signs, each 4' x 2', approx.

Just some of the signs... there are 2 more cut off by the frame.

I got the opportunity to redesign the menu boards for a wonderful coffeeshop downtown Detroit, Cafe 1515 Broadway. In the back is a black box theatre, and they have all sorts of great shows- poetry readings, theatre, jazz ensembles. The signs were more difficult to do because of the nature of home-made chalkboards: no pencil could be used because erasers made a mess, and any corrections made with wet rags often resulted in a haze of wet chalk residue. So these were free-handed... Everyone seemed to be happy with the way things turned out.

The first panel is the welcome mat, so to speak. The quote comes from
an anonymous source;some say it was the owner's words. I enjoyed the
idea of the drama masks being made into coffeecups in the top center,
to relate the theatre and the coffeeshop. I also really enjoy the quote.

The boards, a little blurry, with (left to right) Dan,
the top of Jane's head, and Sam's profile.

Cafe 1515 Broadway, according to Googlemaps. This must have been taken a
little while ago, because the building next door, to the left, now has
scaffolding around its entrance because of falling stone moulding.
A piece of stone actually fell through the Cafe's upper story.
Luckily, no one was hurt.