The American Viscose Corporation Buildings, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania

Near Chester is the small, but densely built town of Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, which, long since its New Sweden-establishment in the 1640s, became a typical Delaware River industrial town in the 19th century. Like many places in Pennsylvania, and also in the Philadelphia area, Marcus Hook also can claim a “first” in the context of the history of the Union.

The American Viscose Corporation Buildings, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania
Near Chester is the small, but densely built town of Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, which, long since its New Sweden-establishment in the 1640s, became a typical Delaware River industrial town in the 19th century. Like many places in Pennsylvania, and also in the Philadelphia area, Marcus Hook also can [...]

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.

Looking Northwest at 4700 Sixteenth Street, NW at the defaced Spanish Colonial Mansion and contemporary addition of the Washington Seventh Day Baptist Church.

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 [...]

How To Ruin A Beautiful Detached House, Washington, D.C.

1314 Delafield St. NW, Colonial Revival Architectural, Washington DC House, Old House Washington DC, Architectural History, Upper 16th Street NW, Curator of Shit, Historic Preservation, Physical Integrity

How To Ruin A Beautiful Detached House, Washington, D.C.
Spanish Colonial/Colonial Revival House,
Upper 16th Street, N.W., 16th Street Heights, Washington, D.C., NW
We often wonder how people can sleep at night after destroying the beautiful in the built environment???  Beautiful homes, magnificent buildings, and all that is interesting is destroyed more and more everyday whether with wrecking [...]

A Creole Property of Great Value in Faubourg Tremé

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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 [...]

An Inelegant Sign to Protect An Elegant Building…

Georgetown Architecture Washington DC 3200 S Street NW DC No Trespassing Sign

An Inelegant Sign to Protect An Elegant Building…
No Trespassing in the 3200 Block of S Street NW,
Washington, D.C.
 
 
We enjoy the ardent display of incongruity!!!  And we thought it our duty to spread the word regarding the desire that there be NO TRESPASSING in the 3200 Block of S Street, NW, Washington, D.C. Besides, you shouldn’t even [...]

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…

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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 [...]

Spanish Colonial was the Cleveland School, Oakland, Ca.

Cleveland Elementary School Cleveland Heights Oakland California Spanish Colonial

Spanish Colonial was the Cleveland School, Oakland, California
745 Cleveland Street, Oakland, California
Once in character with its middle class residential context, Cleveland Heights exists as a mix of detached residential houses of the Colonial, Spanish and Tudor Revivals that were constructed largely in the first quarter of the twentieth century.  This have been improved at the [...]

American Ice Company Adds to the Polished Industrial Flavor in NW DC

American Ice Company V Street nw Washington DC

American Ice Company Adds to the Polished Industrial Flavor in NW DC
American Ice Company, 917 V Street, NW, Washington DC
Not to be confused with American Ice Company or what was also known as the Knickerbocker Ice Company or even the Ice Trust, a corporation of matters concerning actual ice sales and deliveries of late 19th [...]

Art Enters the District of Columbia, H Street Fair

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A View at the H Street Festival, Atlas District, NE Washington DC

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Jefferson Would Never Stop Throwing Up, NW DC

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Thomas Jefferson would never stop throwing up if he saw the NASTY Home Depot-esque door on this once flaming building at 315 H Street, NW, Washington, DC!  We deplore these types of doors and the absolutely disgusting, landlord-crafted surround, which would have formerly been a more elaborate entrance.
Five Swats from Martha….

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