The Twilight of Letterpress: New York in the 80s
Type Directors Club 347 W 36th St Suite 603, New YorkIn the early 1980s Ron Gordon and his associate, Dean Bornstein, traveled around New York City to document the letterpress shops that were still in operation, including Bowne & Co., the Harbor Press, Pittsburgh Metal’s foundry, Peter Kruty Editions, Grenfell Press, Ron’s own Oliphant Press, and Charles Press (shown above). Ron and Dean interviewed the … Read more