Pick Your Paint Color Wisely, But Sooner Rather Than Later…
Posted by admin on September 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
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Category Absurd Mansard, Built Environment, Federal (Urban), Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Louisiana, Most Recent, New Orleans, Residential Architecture, Style Section... · Tags Architectural History, Creole Cottage, Curator of Shit, HIstoric Paint, Historic Paint Colors, Historic Wood Houses, House Paint, House Painters, New Orleans Architecture, Paint Colors, Wood Siding
Its All Downhill After Facadism, New Orleans, Louisiana
Posted by admin on September 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Façadism is actually a phenomena in historic preservation that involves demolition of the entire “historic building” with the preservation of the facade, in front of a new building, as a means of mitigating the loss of the building and the continuity of a historic area and/or neighborhood. The photos in this post are actually just [...]
Category Absurd Mansard, Built Environment, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Louisiana, Most Recent, New Buildings, New Orleans, Residential Architecture · Tags Architectural History, Curator of Shit, Facade Preservation, Facadism, New House Types, New Houses, New Orleans New Construction, Prefabricated Homes
Smallest of the Smallest in Shotgun Houses, New Orleans
Posted by admin on July 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Smallest of the Smallest in Shotgun Houses, New Orleans
Tiny Shotgun Dwelling (Office), 1100 Block of Louisa Street,
St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Smallest of the Small in Context…
This shotgun is truly among the smallest buildings we’ve seen. Perhaps originally built as an office, the building appears to have been converted to a residence at some sad, but [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Folk Culture, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Louisiana, Most Recent, New Orleans, Residential Architecture · Tags Architectural History, Curator of Shit, Historic Preservation, New Orleans Architecture, Old Buildings, Shotgun Architecture, Shotgun House, Small Buildings, Smallest Building
Big Rig Style + Adaptive Reuse = Semi-Mobile Home (Triple Shotgun)
Posted by admin on July 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Big Rig Style + Adaptive Reuse = Semi-Mobile Home
(Triple Shotgun)
Triple Shotgun House/Semi-Mobile Home, Canal Street,
Violet, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
Coming from New Orleans, East St. Bernard Highway leads to more than the glories of Bayou Road. In fact, almost immediately, upon entering the town of Violet, Louisiana, a left turn onto Canal Street, can be quite a treat. In [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Folk House (Bumpkinastic Revival), Garage Architecture (Outbuildings), Location Location Location, Louisiana, Most Recent, Oldie But Goodie, Style Section..., Techologies in Buildings and Structures · Tags adaptive Reuse, Architectural History, Buildings, Curator of Shit, Historic Preservation, mobile homes, odd buildings, trailer house, trailer house siding, Ugly Buildings
A Creole Property of Great Value in Faubourg Tremé
Posted by admin on July 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment
A Creole Property of Great Value in Faubourg Tremé
1200 Block of N. Roman St. at Governor Nicholls. Corner Store and Creole Cottage.
1200 Block of N. Roman St. at Governor Nicholls. Corner Store and Creole Cottage. Not far from the rude interruption of I-10, in the Faubourg Tremé of New Orleans, a combination of neglect and [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, French Colonial, Historic Preservation, History, Location Location Location, Louisiana, Most Recent, New Orleans, Residential Architecture, Spanish Colonial (1880-1940ish), Style Section... · Tags Architectural History, Creole Architecture, Creole Cottage, Curator of Shit, Green Buildings, Historic Preservation, New Orleans Architecture, True Green
Posted by admin on July 18, 2011 · 4 Comments
Omnia Ab Uno: Nicolas Cage’s Tomb Is Not Dumb, You Are!
Nicolas Cage’s Tomb, St. Louis Cemetery, Basin Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
So after only reading ten different rants regarding Nicolas Cage’s bazaar tomb???, we realized that our bloggers and social commentators on celebrities are far dumber than the somewhat defamed actor.
The following quotes prove their idiocy, along [...]
Category Architectural History, Art (all inclusive), Built Environment, Cultural Landscapes, Eygptian Revival, Gothic Revival (1820-1880), Historic Preservation, History, Location Location Location, Louisiana, Memorial Architectural and Art, misery maven, New Orleans, Oldie But Goodie, Public Architecture, Style Section..., Urban Landscape · Tags Curator of Shit, Egyptian Revival Architecture, Historic Preservation, New Orleans Architecture, New Orleans Cemeteries, Nicolas Cage Grave, Nicolas Cage Grave Pyramid, Nicolas Cage Tomb
The Tiniest Two-Story House In America…New Orleans…
Posted by admin on July 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Tiniest Two-Story House In America…New Orleans…
1700 Block of Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
Probably an enlarged shotgun or perhaps an outbuilding, even a servants’ quarters of the nearby corner house? We don’t know, but we do know that it is perhaps the tiniest two story house in America.
Because of the siding, dating the building [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Louisiana, Most Recent, New Orleans, Residential Architecture, Style Section... · Tags Architectural History, Curator of Shit, Historic Preservation, New Orleans Architecture, New Orleans Vernacular Architecture, Shotgun House, Small House, Tiniest House, Treme Architecture
Houmas House Plantation and Gardens, Distinctive Gem of Louisiana Plantations…
Posted by admin on July 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Houmas House Plantation and Gardens, Distinctive Gem of Louisiana Plantations…
Houmas House Plantation and Gardens, 40136 Highway 942, Darrow, Louisiana
Among the jewels of Louisiana’s River Plantation, Houmas House Plantation and Gardens is certainly distinctive. Furthermore, the whole experience is among the most unusual of “house museums” in the United States. Since our agents have been to [...]
Category Architectural History, Building of the Week, Built Environment, Cultural Landscapes, Gothic Revival (1820-1880), Greek Revival, Historic Preservation, Interior, Landscape Architecture, Location Location Location, Louisiana, Residential Architecture, Style Section... · Tags Architectural History, Art Museum Louisiana, Curator of Shit, Greek Revival Archicteture, Historic Preservation, Houmas Plantation, Houmas Plantation and Gardens, Landscape Architecture, Louisiana Plantations, Plantation Houses, Southern Mansions
New Orleans’ Creole Style Parking Garage Beats Vacant Lots…
Posted by admin on July 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment
New Orleans’ Creole Style Parking Garage Beats Vacant Lots…
Creole Cottage is a Parking Lot, French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana
While we always hate to see the interior of anything gutted for modern development or something insensitive and/or inferior to the original, this sort of renovation with preservation of the exterior is optimal to a vacant lot. [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Creole Cottage, Garage Architecture (Outbuildings), Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Louisiana, Most Recent, New Orleans, Residential Architecture, Style Section... · Tags Architectural History, Creole Cottage, Creole Cottage Parking Lot, Curator of Shit, French Quarter Parking, Historic Preservation
Even Vogue Magazine Enjoyed New Orleans Architecture…
Posted by admin on July 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Even Vogue Magazine Appreciates New Orleans Architecture…
Critical Analysis of Buildings/Paint Jobs, Vogue Magazine, 1941
The archivist was coming so its a bit blurry…otherwise we should not share at all…
We also like the folkish quality of the drawing.
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Category Architectural History, Art (all inclusive), Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Curious Clippings, French Colonial, Location Location Location, Louisiana, Most Recent, New Orleans, Public Architecture, Residential Architecture, Style Section... · Tags Architectural History, Cast Iron, Curator of Shit, Historic Preservation, Iron work, New Orleans Architecture, Vogue 1941, Vogue Magazine
