The Crambitts were Row House Proud, Wilkens Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland
Posted by admin on April 22, 2013 · 2 Comments
We show an early twentieth century image of a typical working to lower middle class row house in the dense urban street scape of a then burgeoning and vibrant, yet prosperous and safe Baltimore, Maryland. The wife of Arthur Crambitt, a carpenter, Molly Moore Crambitt poses with her newly born daughter Hilda in the open [...]
Category Architectural History, Baltimore, Built Environment, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Italianate · Tags American Architecture, Baltimore Architecture, City Architecture, Curator of Shit, Maryland History, Row House, row house architecture, Urban Decay, Urban History, Wilkens Avenue Baltimore
Piss Pot Row: Modern Bathroom Facilities At The U.S. Post Office-Court House Addition, Baltimore, Maryland
Posted by admin on March 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Piss Pot Row: Modern Bathroom Facilities At The U.S. Post Office-Court House Addition, Baltimore, Maryland
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Category Architectural History, Baltimore, Built Environment, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Maryland, Most Recent, Public Architecture, Techologies in Buildings and Structures · Tags Architectural History, Basement Period, Court House Baltimore, Curator of Shit, Historic Bathroom, Modern Bathroom Facility, Old Post Office Interior, Old Toliets, Post Office Baltimore, US Post Office Baltimore MD
Gross Carriages Have Left The Building, Baltimore, Maryland
Posted by admin on August 25, 2011 · 2 Comments
Occupying both 300 and 302 North Carrollton Avenue at the intersection of 1200-1300 Saratoga Street, in Baltimore, Maryland, a record of past labors stands as a derelict tomb to what once was… Still bearing the cross of its labors, the building was formerly the site of a carriage maker—better known in the early 20th century [...]
Category Architectural History, Baltimore, Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Federal (Urban), Garage Architecture (Outbuildings), Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Maryland, Most Recent, Style Section..., Urban Landscape · Tags Architectural History, August Gross Wagon Maker, Baltimore Architecture, Baltimore History, Carriage History, Curator of Shit, Decayed Buildings, Derelict Buildings, Historic Preservation, History of Vehicles, Horse Drawn Vehicles, Maryland Architecture, Maryland History, Vehicle History, Wagon History, Wagon Makers
A New-Foundland Slut, Circa 1838
Posted by admin on August 5, 2011 · 1 Comment
We think this clipping, A New-Foundland Slut, published in the Farmer & Gardner, and Live-Stock Breeder and Manager in 1838 gives a tid bid on the history of dogs… Need we say more?
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Category Absurd Mansard, Baltimore, Curious Clippings, History, Location Location Location, Most Recent · Tags Architectural History, Bitch For Sale, Curator of Shit, Curious Clippings, Dog Culture, Dog History, Historic Preservation, History of Dogs, Old Newspapers
Forgive We Not The Ugly Home Depot Doors Galore!!!
Posted by admin on March 31, 2011 · 1 Comment
Forgive We Not The Ugly Home Depot Doors Galore!!!
A Quick Rant On Ugly Home Depot Doors Throughout Various East Coast Cities
Baltimore MD – New York City – Philadelphia – Washington DC
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Category Absurd Mansard, Baltimore, Beaux Arts (1880-1940ish), Built Environment, Chateauesque (1880-1940ish), Collegiate Gothic, Colonial Revival, Craftsman (Early Twenieth...), Delaware, District of Columbia, Federal (Urban), Georgian, Gothic Revival (1820-1880), HOME DEPOT Doors, Italianate, Location Location Location, Maryland, Massachusetts, Most Recent, Neoclassical (1880-1940ish), New Jersey, New York City, New York State, Pennsyltucky, Philadelphia, Public Architecture, Queen Anne Revival, Residential Architecture, Romanesque Revival (1860-1900ish), Second Empire (1860-1900ish), Style Section..., Turds, Virginia · Tags Architectural History, Fogotten Architecture, Historic Buildings, Home Depot Doors, Mistreatment of Buildings, New York City, Old Buildings, Philadelphia, Ugly Doors, Washington DC
Baltimore Visionary Art Museum is a Flame Bag!!!
Posted by admin on August 4, 2010 · 4 Comments
We will not try to find words to describe the flames that emit from this cultural resource…
Entrance to the Museum
Gallery Interior
Courtyard View
Five Flames and a Few More…
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Another is Thrown Away in Baltimore, Maryland
Posted by admin on August 2, 2010 · 2 Comments
Taken at the demarcation cross roads of Liberty Heights, Woodbrook, and Druid Hill Park, the photograph shown above depicts a derelict Second Empire style carriage house in the rear of large, formerly upper middle class, row houses. The row houses in this photograph face Swann Drive, overlooking Druid Hill Park in the City of Baltimore. The carriage house is located [...]
