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American Flags Collage for Fourth of July

For the 4th of July holiday, photographer and graphic designer Ed Sokoloff has updated this American Flags collage featuring several local scenes. The full collage is printed on canvas and stretched on a frame. It measures 70×45″ and contains more than 50 flag scenes. The collage includes: -Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg flag (per article in Boston Read More…

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Boston Artist Ed Sokoloff Creates Montage of Iconic Signs

Local artist, Ed Sokoloff, shares his new historic sign montage featuring companies that are no longer in business. Local readers will appreciate the signs for the European (Boston’s North End est.1920), Anthony’s Pier Four (est.1929), Brigham’s Ice Cream (est.1914), Hilltop Steakhouse (est.1961), Howard Johnson’s (est. 1925 in Quincy), Jack and Marion’s (est. prior to 1948, Read More…

Arts & Culture Food & Drink

Sally Ling Cooks Special Dinner as Thanks for Ed Sokoloff Montage

Sally Ling’s was a notable upscale Chinese restaurant located at 256 Commercial Street on the Boston waterfront from 1984 to 2003. The restaurant also had a location at Newton Center. In 2013, artist and photographer Edward Sokoloff created a three panel montage containing more than 3,000 greater Boston restaurants and other eating places.  In updating Read More…

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Artist Sokoloff Finds Stella Restaurant on Fleet Street and Introduces New Collages

Contemporary artist, Ed Sokoloff, has finally found the logo and original menu for Stella Restaurant, formerly on Fleet Street in Boston’s North End. This was a “missing piece” in his famous North End restaurant collage project. Ed reports that he is planning an update of the North End collage soon. Shown here are portions of the menu Read More…