“We considered doing a design and donating to the parks or something but once we saw some folks had been injured, it seemed like a way to do some good and fill the obvious demand.” “When the images of the bus being lifted started making their way online, people began messaging us to make something,” says Rugh. However, CWPress is donating a part of the proceeds from T-shirt sales to fundraising efforts for those injured. (No one was hurt in the sinkhole bus fall, but 10 people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the recent bridge collapse.) “We won’t be ‘dropping’ this shirt again,” writes the shop online.Īs for Fraley? He’s sitting this one out since people were injured. The catch? Curated Flame’s shirt is only available for pre-order for 72 hours. Also priced at $25, the black shirt features an illustration of the bus being dangled over a broken bridge with strings from a hand as if the vehicle were a marionette. According to CWPress owner Dan Rugh, the “WHAT THE FRICK!?!” expression coming out of the bus’ front window in a voice bubble is courtesy of Susie Waldo, a friend of the shop.Ī post shared by Over in Millvale, Black-owned smokeshop Curated Flame is selling a “Frick Park Bridge Bus” T-shirt in collaboration with artist Kira Moon. Pittsburgh-based union screenprinting shop CommonWealth Press created a $25 “What The Frick!?!” T-shirt featuring an illustration of the nearly 60-foot-long red PAT bus being lifted by a crane from the wreckage. Can be personalized on the top with the names of all your Dead Head. Now another bus casualty is being memorialized, specifically that of the articulated Port Authority bus that fell, along with other vehicles, when the Fern Hollow Bridge in Frick Park collapsed. This ornament features a classic tour bus design with iconic Grateful Dead dancing bears. CANVAS Brights School Bus with Santa Hat Ornament will add a fun and playful touch to any tree,Made of a glass construction,Comes ready-to-hang,Size: 100 mm. Most notably, artist Toby Fraley released his Sinkhole Bus Commemorative Ornament, and followed it up with his 2020 Repaired Sinkhole Ornament, after the massive hole was finally filled in and repaved.
After a Port Authority bus fell into a sinkhole on 10th Street in Downtown Pittsburgh, Sinkhole Bus merchandise quickly became popular. Frick Park Bridge merch from CommonWealth Press and Curated Flame Items inspired by Pittsburgh’s infrastructure failures are becoming as collectible as those bearing the city’s sports teams.
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