Spring Garden Street in Mint Condition, Site of the U.S. Mint, SW Corner Spring Garden and 17th Street, Philadelphia, Penna.
Posted by admin on March 24, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Spring Garden Street in Mint Condition
Site of the U.S. Mint
SW Corner Spring Garden and 17th Street
Philadelphia, Penna.
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Commercial Architecture, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Most Recent, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Urban Landscape · Tags Federal Period Buildings, Historic Preservation, Philadelphia Architecture, Philadelphia History, Spring Garden Street Philadelphia, US Mint Philadelphia, US Mint Spring Garden Street
Elegant Laundry Facilities, U.S. Marine Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky
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Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Colonial Revival, Commercial Architecture, Louisville, Medical Buildings, Most Recent · Tags Colonial Revival Architecture, Fairbanks Standard, Historic Preservation, Hospital Architecture, Kentucky Architecture, Laundry Facilities, Louisville Architecture, US Marine Hosptial Louisville, Washateria
James E. Mitchell Had An Axe To Grind In York Avenue, 300 York Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posted by admin on November 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment
James E. Mitchell Had An Axe To Grind In York Avenue
Mitchell’s Grind Stone Yard and Stone Saw Mill
300 York Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
If you had an axe to grind! Or needed a grind stone in old Philadelphia, James E. Mitchell’s Grind Stone Yard and Stone Saw Mill, in the 300 block of York Avenue, was the [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Historical Humanity, Industrial Architecture, Most Recent, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Techologies in Buildings and Structures · Tags Architectural History, Grind Stone, Grind Stone Manufacturing, Grind Stones Philadelphia, Grindstones, Historic Preservation, JE Mitchell, Mitchell Grind Stone, Philadelphia Industrial Architecture, Vine Street Expressway, York Avenue Philadelphia
The Mellons and The Quaker City National Bank Were Once Neighbors in Philadelphia, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posted by admin on November 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The Mellons and The Quaker City National Bank Were Neighbors in Philadelphia
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Italianate, Most Recent, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia · Tags Architectural History, Chestnut Street, Chestnut Street Banks, Historic Preservation, Philadelphia Architecture, Quaker City National Bank, Thomas J. Mellon, Victorian Architecture, Victorian Philadelphia, Willis G. Hale
Last Chance To Save Face, Italianate Warehouse Buildings, Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky
Posted by admin on November 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Last Chance To Save Face
Italianate Warehouse Buildings, Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky
Located between North First and Second Streets in the downtown section of Louisville, Kentucky, these 19th and early 20th century commercial and warehouse buildings comprise one of the few intact blocks of a once dense and vibrant 19th century urban environment. This largely intact block [...]
Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Industrial Architecture, Italianate, Kentucky, Louisville, Most Recent, New Buildings, Public Architecture · Tags Architectural History, Facade Easement, Facades, Facadism, Historic Facade, Historic Preservation, Italianate Architecture, Kentucky Architecture, Louisville Architecture, Louisville History, Louisville Kentucky
R.I.P. Astrodome: Houston to Demolish Eighth Wonder of the World
Posted by admin on November 6, 2013 · Leave a Comment
R.I.P. Astrodome: Houston to Demolish the Eighth Wonder of the World
Houston, Texas
By: Oscar Beisert
While the Astrodome is not exactly to our precise taste, one cannot help but realize that it is an incredible specimen of architecture and structural engineering, not to mention a symbol of Houston’s eminence on the international scene in the 1960s. Since all of that [...]
Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Houston, International, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New York City, Public Architecture, Techologies in Buildings and Structures, Urban Landscape · Tags Astrodome, Astrodome Houston, Astrodome Preservation, Curator of Shit, Eighth Wonder of the World, Historic Preservation, Houston Architecture, Penn Station, Reliant Astrodome, Throwaway society, Turd Palace, Waste
Turd Palace: Jefferson County Judicial Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Posted by admin on November 5, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Turd Palace: Jefferson County Judicial Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Not every Glass Box achieves the distinction of “Turd Palace,” just as not every Turd Palace embodies a Glass Box. However, one of the feathers in the modern cap of Louisville, Kentucky is the formerly “new” Jefferson County Judicial Center—a crown jewel of Louisville’s place in the modern [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Louisville, Modern (?), Most Recent · Tags Architectural Turds of America, Commericial Architecture, Downtown Louisville, Glass Box, Glass Boxes, Jefferson County Judicial Center, Jefferson Street, Louisville Architecture, Louisville HIstoric District, Modern Architecture, Turd Palace
The Hairport, Pembroke, Virginia–A Fun Re-Use of An Early 20th Century Commercial Building
Posted by admin on August 23, 2013 · 1 Comment
Special to the Curator of Shit from The Meanest Bitch in Water Street.
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Most Recent, Oldie But Goodie, Vernacular, Virginia · Tags adaptive Reuse, Commericial Buildings Reused, Curator of Shit, Funny Advertising. Architectural History, Odd Signs, Pembroke VA, Roadside Architecture, The Hairport, The Hairpot Pembroke, Unusual Signage
Pocahontas Coal Miners Were Eternally Warm In Their Butt Coffins, Butt & Co. Coffins, Pocahontas, Virginia
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Pocahontas Coal Miners Were Eternally Warm In Their Butt Coffin
Butt & Co. Coffins, Pocahontas, Virginia
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Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Memorial Architectural and Art, Most Recent, Virginia · Tags Architectural History, Butt & Co, Butt Coffins, Coal Region Virginia, Coffin Factory, Curator of Shit, Pocahontas Coal Town, Pocahontas Fields, Pocahontas Ghost Town, Pocahontas Virginia, Wood Frame Buildings
A Classic Storefront Never Dies, All She Needs Is Some Paint…Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Posted by admin on March 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment
A Classic Storefront Never Dies, All She Needs Is Some Paint…Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Pennsyltucky, Philadelphia, Queen Anne Revival, Style Section... · Tags Curator of Shit, Historic District Design Advise, Historic Storefront, Historic Storefront examples, Old Storefront, Pennsylvania Architecture, Period Storefront, Philadelphia Architecture, Storefront
