Classic Monsters

Our office is located on the second floor of a building built around 1896, as I understand it. We've received a lot of positive comments about the use of our windows as an image gallery. We usually debut a new set of images on the first Friday of a given month to conincide with Springfield's First Friday Art Walk. The images usually have some special meaning for us and it's a lot of fun to see people walk by and point and discuss what the images mean.

This month, the set of images is pretty easy. Consistent with our interest in pop culture, our awareness of the season, and our understanding that our current office was once a notable "haunted house" in downtown's most recent dilapidated state, we've chosen to display eight images of classic monsters from the early days of film.

The images are not intended to be frightening, but instead an homage to our building's past and to the creative talent of people like Lon Chaney, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. And if you read the previous post, you know we have a special affinity for Frankenstein.