Day: June 6, 2010

ARTWORK: Buffalo, Consumerized – FC Buffalo

Jared Mobarak

Continuing the Buffalo, Consumerized series, this entry is the first with a landscape orientation and also to include a logo that is actually in use. The previous four entries portrayed architectural institutions within the city (BECHS, Central Terminal, Richardson Towers, and North Park Theatre), this one expands upon the concept with the depiction of what hopes to be a static fixture in Buffalo’s sports world, FC Buffalo. Due to the horizontal nature of a sport played on a field laterally, going landscape was a no-brainer, (especially since almost all my…

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PHOTOGRAPHY: FC Buffalo’s First Franchise Victory

Jared Mobarak

June 6, 2010 is the day that the FC Buffalo Blitzers soccer team broke free, scored their first goal, added a second, and put up a clean sheet for the first ever victory in franchise history over NJ Blaze. The match was lopsided in Buffalo’s favor right from the get-go, out-shooting and out-playing their opponents. Tied 0-0 going into the half, Andy Tiedt scored in the 64th minute and then Scott Zorn put it away with a strike in the second minute of extra time, cementing the win—the first of…

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