The Grand Review

History

Conceived originally as a way to transform amazing images from the vast collection at Lost Highways Archive & Research Library so the public could enjoy large format prints of historic transportation imagery, images otherwise stuck in obscurity, the mission expanded and changed over the years. The Grand Review now works with both public and private collections in the Delaware Valley and Mid Atlantic, serving as a revenue stream for libraries and museums while serving as treasure hunter and story teller, bringing moments and characters from history back to life in a uniquely engaging and compelling way, enriching and transforming living and working spaces with an always evolving catalogue of visual delights.

Specialties

Large format historic prints crafted from carefully restored and often entirely unlikely obscure original images. Delightful, unusual, made in Philadelphia. Owned and operated by historian, digital alchemist and jovial wiseacre Todd Kimmell, The Grand Review sources and acquires unique, obscure, compelling and engaging historic images, puts them through a sometimes gentle and sometimes ferocious restoration process, then reintroduces the now reborn imagery as handsomely crafted large format prints. The Grand Review is a dynamic working art studio with a small yet delightfully vibrant gallery located at the western edge of Philadelphia in the charming and historic Overbrook Farms neighborhood. First of the original planned communities along what was to be known as the Pennsylvania Railroad's Main Line, Overbrook Farms is a quietly unsung gem of stately homes designed by some of the preeminent architects of the late 19th century. We've transformed a particularly handsome period carriage house into our permanent workspace. Old wood lined walls are covered with finished prints, antique showcases throughout displaying smaller, raw originals