Livery Stable, Columbia, Pennsylvania

Posted by on July 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); This 19th Century urban livery stable is one of our favorite buildings in Columbia, Pennsylvania–a town, despite being locally known as Scumbia, that has a plethora of... Read More

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Former “Queer” Bath House, 32 W. 28th Street, New York

Posted by on July 30, 2010 · 1 Comment 

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); As you can tell from this early twentieth century post card, it probably didn’t take James Everard long to establish a robust clientele of lifetime bachelors in the day... Read More

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What’s Left of the Mackey School of Mackey Bend Road, Knox County, Kentucky????

Posted by on July 30, 2010 · 2 Comments 

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); Apparently, this early twentieth century school building was called the Mackey School. Long since abandoned as a school, examination of the of interior suggests that at some... Read More

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Hidden Greek Revival Townhouse, Middletown, Pennsylvania

Posted by on July 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); Ever look beyond the primary facades of storefronts in our American cities and towns? This late nineteenth or early twentieth century commercial building obscures the lot’s... Read More

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Carnegie Library, Middlesboro, Kentucky

Posted by on July 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); Ever wonder why your town has a library named after someone named Carnegie? Starting in 1883, the Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919)... Read More

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Rehoboth Beach Vol. Fire Co., Rehoboth Beach, DE

Posted by on July 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); Station 86, the Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company was founded as a reorganization of the Rehoboth Beach Fire Company (founded in 1906), on March 20, 1925.  While we have perused... Read More

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Tickled Pink Plastic, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Posted by on July 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); We are no so Tickled Pink (a Rehoboth (or Rehomo) Beach gift shop) by the way this commercial establishment has managed to do everything possible to make this once charming... Read More

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Victorian Revival McMansion, York County, Pennsylvania

Posted by on July 24, 2010 · 4 Comments 

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); We saw this Victorian Revival McMansion on lovely jaunt through York County, Pennsylvania and were wondering, still wondering, how to stomach this without utter confusion. Since... Read More

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The Taste Police Rest for an Hour at a Basement Door…

Posted by on July 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); Finally, we came upon a basement door in the U Street, NW area that doesn’t make us want to spit nails.  We know you’re probably wondering if we are…”loco”…but,... Read More

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Emery Roth Synagogue at 58 Rivington Street, NYC

Posted by on July 22, 2010 · 2 Comments 

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); This exotic synagogue was designed in 1903 by Emery Roth (1871-1948), the eminent New York architect most famous for his large apartment houses such as the Ritz Hotel Tower. ... Read More

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