Evolution of the U.S. Assay Office, No. 30 Wall Street, New York, New York

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Evolution of the U.S. Assay Office, No. 30 Wall Street, New York, New York
 
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R.I.P. Astrodome: Houston to Demolish Eighth Wonder of the World

Posted by on November 6, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

At the same time Houston, Texas was constructing one of their greatest buildings, , just a month before the assisination of President Kennedy, when plans for Penn Plaza and Madison Square Garden were announced as a major cost saving for the Pennsylvania Railroad, an organization that it 1962 was reaching for solutions to a greater problem--the demunition of the century old railroad system in America.

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 [...]

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Bob’s of New York’s Last Canal Boat, New York, New York

Posted by on February 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

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Vanishing from the scene, as the photographer was surely aware, Bob’s of New York is a canal boat–an occupation that by 1900 had already deceased dramatically due to advanced technologies in transportation.  Yet in the early 20th century, lumber merchants often still employed the “not very seaworthy” boat.  Even as late as 1911, the Canal [...]

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Late 19th Century Wall Street, New York, New York

Posted by on January 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

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Late 19th Century Wall Street, Press Photograph. Note the great piles of 19th century architectural progress centered on the early 19th Century, Greek Revival Sub-Treasury building, appearing almost as the street premier Temple of Finance.

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The Wood Streets of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Posted by on November 18, 2011 · 1 Comment 

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Among the types of pavement used in America, the employment of wood blocks began prior to 1840.  From that time forward many different design and construction techniques developed in the realm of wooden streets. The first wood pavement of London actually began in 1839 and were hexagonal blocks of fir, six of eight inches in [...]

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Sleigh Bed Or Is It Sleigh Desk?..Alice Austen Moorish Interior…

Posted by on July 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

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Sleigh Bed Or Is It Sleigh Desk?..Alice Austen Moorish Interior…
Moorish Interior Featuring Sleigh Desk, Alice Austen Photograph
 
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Susie Leonard (Circa 1884-1965/66): An Art Students’ Model In A League Of Her Own

Posted by on May 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

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Susie Leonard (Circa 1884-1965/66):
An Art Students’ Model In A League Of Her Own

 

“Though you’ve probably never met Susie in the flesh, which is ample, there’s a better than even chance that you have seen her image one place or another.”
-Meyer Berger, New York Times, March 19, 1958
Proudly heralded by the Art Student’s League of New [...]

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Is It Good Shepherds Who Denigrate Our Wooden Greek Revival Houses?…Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York

Posted by on April 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

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Is It Good Shepherds Who Denigrate Our Wooden Greek Revival Houses?…Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York

Carpenter’s Wooden Residence Obscured by Good Shepherds
262 9th Street, Brooklyn, New York at Park Slope
Naturally, the good shepherds at 262 9th Street in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, New York have no regard for the history and honor “of place” [...]

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Apparently, Hell’s Kitchen Was Always “On The Rocks.?!”

Posted by on March 31, 2011 · 3 Comments 

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Apparently, Hell’s Kitchen Was Always On The Rocks!!!

Early History of Hell’s Kitchen, Mid-town West, New York City
In a world where the historic terms such as “heaven” and “hell” are slowly vanishing from our common lexicon of moral understanding, the term “Hell’s Kitchen” is not so commonplace in modern usage as it once was…unless, of course, [...]

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Forgive We Not The Ugly Home Depot Doors Galore!!!

Posted by on March 31, 2011 · 1 Comment 

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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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