DON’T DEMOLISH the Church of the Assumption, Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

DON’T DEMOLISH the Church of the Assumption, Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Perhaps the oldest building on Spring Garden Street, this 1848-49 brownstone and copper Catholic Church (formerly), the Church of the Annunciation, is facing the wrecking ball. Siloam, a not-for-profit, recently sold the complex to a developer–John Wei, who purports that there is no way to reuse the building, thus [...]

Observatory Geogetown University’s Astronomical Dedication to American History….the Second Oldest Astronomical Observatory in America, Washington, D.C.

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Observatory Georgetown University’s Astronomical Dedication to Historic Preservation….One of the Oldest Astronomical Observatory in America
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While the second, or at least one of the oldest, Astronomical Observatories in America sits at Georgetown University with peeling paint, bricked-in windows, rotting wood, and, overall, is in a general state of disrepair, we are not surprised at such priorities, [...]

Respect D.C.: The Washington Seventh Day Baptist Church Has NONE, As They Defile Another Historic Mansion of Upper Sixteenth Street, 4700 16th Street NW, Washington, D.C.

Respect D.C.: The Washington Seventh Day Baptist Church Has NONE, As They Defile Another Historic Mansion of Upper Sixteenth Street, 4700 16th Street NW, Washington, D.C.

Located at 4700 16th Street, NW, the Washington Seventh Day Baptist Church joins the ranks of our “In The Name of God” series, a group of articles recognizing the outstanding [...]

Our Orthodoxy Feels A Certain Religious Expressionism Embodied In Ohev Sholom…Or…Is It…Talmud Torah.!?

Our Orthodoxy Feels A Certain Religious Expressionism Embodied In Ohev Sholom…Or…Is It…Talmud Torah.!?
Ohev Sholom Talmud Torah, 16th Street at Jonquil, NW, Washington, D.C.
In the upper part of our nation’s 16th Street NW, at the Federal City, there is a built context representing American architectural history; however, largely encompassing styles derivative of Colonial Revival and Victorian [...]

Rural Methodist Church Represents Extinct Community, Avery, Avery Road, Derwood, Montgomery County, Maryland

Rural Methodist Church Represents Extinct Community, Avery, Avery Road, Derwood, Montgomery County, Maryland 

While many maps and “cross roads” in rural America bear the name of some long lost community of the early twentieth or some earlier century, there is often nothing left to remind one of the former settlement.  And on the rare occasion that [...]

No Hope in Hell for this “In the Name of God”

We stumbled upon this sad religious edifice in Hope, Arkansas just after touring the birthplace of our former leader, William Jefferson Clinton (at which location I think he was William Jefferson Blythe).  While we hate to see these churches gone wrong, we hope someone is at least escaping religious persecution.  In DC they’d turn that [...]

Jewish or Pooish? WTF?

Is this building a synagogue or a Pig Pin?  Perhaps its a former synagogue operating piggy back rides for the immobile… Either Way, we were mystified by this architectural turd.  The main operations of  Phase Piggy Back, Inc., a Harlem-based not-for-profit, is housed in this horrible hole within walking distance from both Riverside Drive/Park and Jackie Robinson Park  on [...]

In the Name of God: Trinidad Baptist Church, NE DC

We know it seems that we are picking on the Baptists, but we do understand that some baptists, somehow…somewhere, do have good taste…just not the Baptists in DC…well, so far…

Within the general misery hole that the District of Columbia calls Benning Road, N.E. is a true architectural wonder.  The Glory of God came into this [...]

Forgive Them Father They Know Not What They Do…

Once upon a time…in Monroe Street, NW of the Columbia Heights Section, Washington, D.C…

…there was an out-of-date Victorian detached dwelling with mixed wood and barge board siding, porches most probably with Eastlake or Queen Anne Revival details, and wood doors and windows.  There was probably even a paint scheme to the madness.  Then along came the Southern Bethany [...]

In the Name of God: Movable Monument to Jesus…

We understand a bumper sticker or decal as a declaration of faith or perhaps as a subtle missionary jab, but this message is on the scale of a full on mobile monument.  Something tells me that this Honda has lost its physical integrity in that the “Jesus is Lord” across the bumper is most probably not original.  We’d [...]