The Old Chimney of William Christian, Claytor Lake State Park, Dublin, Virginia
Posted by admin on November 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Cultural Landscapes, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Residential Architecture, Tree, Vernacular, Virginia · Tags American Ruins, Claytor Lake State Park, Colonial History, Colonial Virginia, Curator of Shit, Oxmoor Farm, William Christian, William Christian Bullitt
Posted by admin on August 30, 2012 · 1 Comment
The LOADING DOCK in Front of This House is NOT just any “Parking Space”…Washington, D.C.
A Comment on Public Space in the District of Columbia
One of the most misunderstood laws in the District of Columbia is regarding the public space that comprises the front and side yards of our houses. In the last years of the 19th [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, District of Columbia, Green, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Public Architecture, Residential Architecture, Style Section..., Tree, Urban Landscape · Tags Columbia Heights, Curator of Shit, DC History, DC Public Space, DCRA Public Space, Front Yards in Cities, Green Space, Historic DC, History of Zoning, LEnfants Plan, Park Space, Public Space, row houses in washington dc, Townhouse design, Townhouse yards, Washington DC Public Space, Zoning Public Space
The Washington, D.C. Townhouse & Its Old Cloth Awning
Posted by admin on July 17, 2012 · 2 Comments
The Washington, D.C. Townhouse & Its Old Cloth Awning
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, District of Columbia, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Queen Anne Revival, Residential Architecture, Style Section..., Techologies in Buildings and Structures, Tree, Urban Landscape · Tags Architectural History, Circular Flower Bed, Curator of Shit, Dupont Circle History, Logan Circle History, Queen Anne Revival Architecture, townhouse washington dc, Victorian Flower Beds, Victorian Gardens, Washington DC History
A Row House With The Right Kind Of Awnings. Probably Pennsylvania.
Posted by admin on June 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
A Row House With The Right Kind Of Awnings. Probably Pennsylvania.
A youngish couple, proud of their arrival to the solidly middle class, pose with their self-propelled conveyance (a bi-cycle) before their brick and stone masonry dwelling-a fanciful row house, no doubt two or three stories tall. While images of people and their houses are common [...]
Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Oldie But Goodie, Pennsyltucky, Philadelphia, Residential Architecture, Techologies in Buildings and Structures, Tree, Urban Landscape · Tags Architectural Style, Brick Row House, Cloth Awnings, Collapsable Awning, Curator of Shit, Double Doors Row House, Iron Grates, Philadelphia Architecture, Philadelphia Row House, Row House Period View, Row House Restoration, Stripped Awning, Town Houses Philadelphia, Tree Box
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
Real Reason for Raised Beds, Ocean City, MD
Posted by admin on June 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Real Reason for Raised Beds, Ocean City, MD
1926 View of Raised Gardens and Lawns Along the Boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland
While “raised beds” have their reasons, here and there, they are largely a fashion trend among the those of the “Green” trend in today’s morally correct environmentally concious… Yet there was a time when such [...]
Category Built Environment, Colonial Revival, Craftsman (Early Twenieth...), Green, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, Location Location Location, Maryland, Most Recent, Residential Architecture, Stick, Style Section..., Tree · Tags Architectural History, Beach Gardens, Curator of Shit, Flower Beds, Historic Gardens, Historic Planting, Historic Preservation, Historic Raised Beds, Real Reason Raised Beds?, Social History
Historically Green: Sidewalk Diversion Saves Trees
Posted by admin on June 16, 2011 · 1 Comment
Historically Green: Sidewalk Diversion To Save Matured Trees
734 & 740 North State Street, Jackson, Mississippi
Taken: August 15, 1913
Observer: F.L.M.
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Category Architectural History, Cultural Landscapes, Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, Most Recent, Tree, Urban Landscape · Tags Architectural History, City Trees, Cultural Landscape, Curator of Shit, Environmental HIstory, Historic Preservastion, Historic Sidewalks, Jackson Mississippi, Landscape History, Mississippi Retrofit, Save Trees History, Trees Department of Agriculture
