Beaux Arts or Bozarts? Who cares? Just give us art. Bozarts Gallery, Toledo, Ohio

Posted by on October 11, 2010 · 95 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")); Bozarts, Art Gallery, Toledo, Ohio Beaux Arts or Bozarts?  Who cares, we say? As long as its art… At 151 S. St. Clair Street, within the urban decay of the formerly industrial... Read More

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Avant Guard Flamboyance in a Plastic House, Fremont, Ohio

Posted by on October 11, 2010 · 3 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")); Flamboyant Plastic House, Fremont, Ohio Rather off the beat and path is a quaint little town in the mid-western state of Ohio–Fremont.  Fortunately, for Fremont, it is... Read More

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Oldest Knickerbocker Yacht Club Already Demolished…….Port Washington, New York

Posted by on October 8, 2010 · 3 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 are sad to hear that the Knickerbocker Yacht Club building in Port Washington, New York is going to be demolished, as the organization, itself, folded in 2009 after 135... Read More

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Third Ward Home is Not For Sale, Palmer Street, Houston, Texas

Posted by on October 7, 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")); Between 2005 and 2006 anti-development signage began cropping up in certain residential yards of the various wards of Houston, Texas.  The development taking place involved... Read More

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The Amish Barn, Old Town Spring, Texas

Posted by on October 4, 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")); Amidst the charm of Old Town Spring are several buildings that not only do not contribute to the historic charm, but largely detract from the integrity of the built environment. ... Read More

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Wondrous Detached Row Houses Circa 1930, Project Row Houses, Houston, Texas

Posted by on October 4, 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")); Built in 1930s for those of the lower, working class African American population of Houston, Texas, these absolutely wondrous detached row houses or bungalows certainly invoke... Read More

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