Romanesque Row House, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Posted by admin on July 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Romanesque Row House, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Post Card Image of Romanesque Row House in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Until after the Second World War, this might have been thought of as a dream house. Even though most of America has thrown away its urban centers for suburbia–among other less paramount representations of prosperity, the fact was that living in the [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Pennsyltucky, Residential Architecture, Romanesque Revival (1860-1900ish), Style Section..., Tree, Urban Landscape · Tags Allentown Architecture, Allentown History, Architectural History, City Architecture, Curator of Shit, Historic Preservation, Pennsylvania Architecture, Pennsylvania Urban History, Post Cards, Richardsonian Romanesque, Romanesque Revival Architecture, row house architecture
Perhaps New Buildings Are Better In Philadelphia.!? WTF?
Posted by admin on April 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Perhaps New Buildings Are Better In Philadelphia.!? WTF?
Then and Now, S.E. Corner of 22nd and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Category Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Furness Electic, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Pennsyltucky, Philadelphia, Residential Architecture, Romanesque Revival (1860-1900ish), Second Empire (1860-1900ish), Style Section... · Tags
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
Not Just Hewitt Took a Bullitt in Philly at 131-145 S. Fourth
Posted by admin on March 8, 2011 · 2 Comments
Not Just Hewitt Took a Bullitt in Philly at 131-145 South Fourth
The Bullitt Building, 131-145 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia
John Christian’s bill wasn’t the only the only thing in Philadelphia to bear the name Bullitt. In 1882, G.W. and W.D. Hewitt designed the house to the far left of the above photograph for Thomas Cochran in [...]
Category Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Pennsyltucky, Philadelphia, Romanesque Revival (1860-1900ish), Style Section... · Tags Bullitt Building, Hewitt Architects, John Christian Bullitt, Lost Buildings, Office Building, Philadelphia History, Richardsonian Romanesque Philadelphia, Romanesque Revival Architecture
One Fry, One Coke, and One Aperture Grilled with a Wrought Iron Window Treatment and/or Security Door…and that’s for here, not to go…
Posted by admin on February 28, 2011 · 3 Comments
One Fry, One Coke, and One Aperture Grilled with a Wrought Iron Window Treatment and/or Security Door…and that’s for here, not to go…
The Modern Application of Wrought Iron Grills for Apertures Including Doors (Security Doors) , Windows (bars), or Even Alone the Glazed Openings Among Them!?.
We feel as though the application of security doors and [...]
Category Built Environment, Colonial Revival, Craftsman (Early Twenieth...), District of Columbia, Eastlake (in houses), Federal (Urban), HOME DEPOT Doors, Italianate, Location Location Location, Moorish Revival, Most Recent, Neoclassical, Queen Anne Revival, Residential Architecture, Romanesque Revival (1860-1900ish), Second Empire (1860-1900ish), Spanish Colonial (1880-1940ish), Style Section... · Tags Architectural History, Architectural Style, Asethetic Taste, Bars, Cast Iron, Iron Grill Door, Iron Grill Window, Iron Grill Work, Moorish Revival, New Options for Security Doors, Prison Door, Queen Anne Revival, Security Doors, Taste, Wrought Iron
Imagine the New City Water Works…Montgomery, Alabama
Posted by admin on February 4, 2011 · 2 Comments
Imagine the New City Water Works…Montgomery, Alabama
608 North Court Street, Montgomery Alabama
While this specimen of ornate municipal buildings is not uncommon in cities that were eminent in the late nineteenth century, we often don’t expect to see such a great architectural work in such a miserable stateof disrepair. And, no matter how many crusty, but great, buildings we see [...]
Category Alabama, Built Environment, Industrial Architecture, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Public Architecture, Romanesque Revival (1860-1900ish), Style Section... · Tags City Water Works, Henry Hobson Richardson, Montgomery Alabama, Romanesque Revival Architecture
Best Damn Building in Wetzel County
Posted by admin on January 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Best Damn Building in Wetzel County
County Courthouse, New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia
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Dying? In the Family? Too Bad. NO VANCY: Egyptian Revival Crypt Over Capacity for a Certain Progeny of Glenwood Cemetery, NW Washington DC
Posted by admin on January 6, 2011 · 2 Comments
Dying? In the Family? Too Bad.
NO VANCY: Egyptian Revival Crypt Over Capacity for a Certain Progeny of Glenwood Cemetery, NW Washington DC
A Row of Old Family Crypts of Various Architectural Styles (3rd or 4th Quarter of the 19th Century)
It went something like this: just after DC became DC in 1790, Dr. Phineas Bradley fomerly [...]
Category Absurd Mansard, Built Environment, District of Columbia, Eygptian Revival, Georgian, Gothic Revival (1820-1880), Greek Revival, Italianate, Location Location Location, Memorial Architectural and Art, Most Recent, Oldie But Goodie, Queen Anne Revival, Residential Architecture, Romanesque Revival (1860-1900ish), Style Section... · Tags Architectural History, Cemetery Architecture, Egyptian Revival Architecture
Apparently the Blind Card Was Pulled at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Schermerhorn Pavilion, 310 East 14th Street, New York, New York
Posted by admin on December 7, 2010 · 3 Comments
AApparently the Blind Card Was Pulled at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
Schermerhorn Pavilion, 310 East 14th Street, New York, New York
With all due respect, we must call your attention to the drastic different between the two buildings that represent The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary.
Above: Looking northeast in the second avenue, this [...]
Category Absurd Mansard, Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New York City, New York State, Public Architecture, Romanesque Revival (1860-1900ish), Style Section..., Turds · Tags Aesthetics, Architectural History, Architectural Turds of America, Architecture, History, McKim Mead and White, New York City History, Old Buildings Taste, Ugly Buildings
We Wouldn’t Want Mud In Our House Either…The Once Ubiquitous Balustrade Boot Scraper in New York City
Posted by admin on December 6, 2010 · 4 Comments
We Wouldn’t Want Mud In Our House Either…
The Once Ubiquitous Balustrade Boot Scraper in New York City
Above: Note the Greek Revival balustrade with the open baluster without the prevalent base detail block that is replaced with an opening for the said tool. In this case, the actual band is stylized such as a fillet with [...]
Category Absurd Mansard, Built Environment, Greek Revival, Italianate, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New York City, New York State, Queen Anne Revival, Residential Architecture, Romanesque Revival (1860-1900ish), Second Empire (1860-1900ish), Style Section... · Tags Architectural Details, Architectural History, Boot Scraper, historic pavement types, New York City History
