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Home of the Masters of Chocolate

Posted by admin on February 6th, 2011 and filed under Building | 1 Comment »

Minale Design Strategy set the name of the store. “The idea was to build a flagship store and personalize it to identify those responsible and teachers in making chocolate in the country. The House is an element of the federation, a brand in its own right. No one wanted to create a store, but rather a mosaic of different artisans and their products. In the House of the Masters of Chocolate, each individual mark was displayed by its specific qualities in a homogeneous environment “.

The House was chosen by her family warmth. With a purely Belgian (100% of Belgium) the project is expressed through codes taken from the world of chocolate (100% cocoa). In terms of typography, is a mixture, which reconciles the values of craftsmanship and tradition, on a blue background that adds a bright and contemporary.

Orthogonal feeling the walls of the store and its displays, offer a well-defined range of artisans. Each has a dedicated space for the portrait, career, place of birth and personal budget. On the ground, carved lines connecting the lowest points of the walls to the straight edges of the central units that seem to push up from the ground. They also have a dash of chocolate color, equipped with a glass plate backlit to highlight the products of the House of the Masters of Chocolate. Becoming a display area according to the events of the year. Visitors can obtain samples of chocolates and more than ten varieties of hot chocolate at the hotel.

Warehouse was booze central on Repeal Day

Posted by admin on November 27th, 2009 and filed under Landmark | 2 Comments »

10,000 cases of booze on the wall, 10,000 cases of booze, take one down, pass it around, 9,999 cases of booze on the wall…

The Larkin Terminal Warehouse was a center of attention on December 5, 1933, the day the Prohibition Amendment was repealed and this, the city’s only bonded warehouse, was expected to release 10,000 cases of imported whiskey and gin to Buffalo hotels and restaurants to mark the first night of legal liquor. Repeal Day, now celebrated in bars across the United States and undoubtedly in Hydraulics taverns like Sharkey’s and the Swan Lounge tonight, was anticipated to be a day of celebration, and commerce, in Larkinland in 1933, as well. Read the rest of this entry »