{"id":20772,"date":"2016-06-15T05:39:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T09:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=20772"},"modified":"2016-06-15T05:39:46","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T09:39:46","slug":"near-16th-walnut-circa-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/06\/15\/near-16th-walnut-circa-1991\/","title":{"rendered":"Near 16th & Walnut Circa 1991"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Taws<\/a>This is the paper counter<\/em> of a Philadelphia art supply store I’ve written about before.<\/a> Papers and art boards would be ordered as one would order meats and cheeses at a deli counter. A member of the large staff would wrap up the paper or boards and would tally up a handwritten receipt that would be paid for at a separate cashier. As a customer and an employee, I thought the arrangement was annoying, but now that this sort of store has been lost to the sands of time, I have come to appreciate it. Buying paper at one of the art supply super-stores is a drag. Self-service usually means every man for himself, and it’s a mistake to let art students paw through the paper drawers. I came to that realization when I was seeking a sheet of Strathmore bristol<\/em> that had not been pawed over by an uncaring rabble.<\/p>\n