Philadelphia Tribune Sign Restoration

Headquartered near 16th and South Streets, the Philadelphia Tribune is the oldest, continually publishing African-American newspaper in the United States. In the summer of 2015, Philadelphia based sign painter Darin Rowland restored a badly faded sign on the building’s exterior. Changes were made to reflect the current state of the paper (The Tribune now prints daily, and the 5 cent/issue advertisement was eliminated). Rowland used historic photos of the building to match the type and style of the original sign.