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NOLITA HALL
The design aesthetic at Nolita Hall is inspired by classic European beer halls. Luckily, they have the lovely Southern California weather on their side, conducive to the amazing open-air layout. The beer hall has a variety of outdoor seating and patio space available. It’s an ideal spot for catching up with friends over a specialty cocktail or cheering on a big sporting event.
Most people saw the abandoned building directly in the flight path of the San Diego airport as a lost cause. Planes fly so close to the top of this building – the clearance is minimal. In fact, pilots must get a special certification to fly in and out. The Nolita Hall team saw an opportunity to bring a unique experience to Little Italy. They turned that “bug” of loud planes flying overhead into a core feature.
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A skylight runs across the middle of Nolita Hall’s ceiling, so you can watch the planes go by above. To enhance the experience, they wanted to add a traditional departures board centerpiece, displaying the flight information for each plane passing overhead. This vision is exactly in-line with what our team is able to offer.
Oat Foundry built a 10 Row and 32 Column Split Flap display. Extensive shelving with some touches of green frame the sign, housing a variety of liquors. Our standard Split Flap font fits perfectly with the modern elements of the beer hall. Guests can read the sign from anywhere in the venue.
One of the most exciting parts of this project was building a custom software package to feed Flight Tracker data to the Nolita Hall sign. The Split Flap pulls data about planes landing in San Diego posting the flight information on the board at the precise moment that plane is flying overhead. They pair the to-the-minute data with hilarious one-liners at the top of the sign, completing the photographable centerpiece. 64
While not one of our newest installations, Nolita Hall is an Oat Foundry all-time favorite.
