What Happened to the Grecian Taste in Greek Astoria???…Bilquis Mansion, Greek Revival Edifice, 25-37 and 25-39 14th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York

Posted by on November 30, 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")); What Happened to the Grecian Taste in Greek Astoria???…Bilquis Mansion, Greek Revival Edifice, 25-37 and 25-39 14th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York In the 19th century... Read More

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Can we not respect the past….New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 122 East 58th Street, New York, New York

Posted by on November 29, 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")); Can we not respect the past….New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 122 East 58th Street, New York, New York We just don’t understand why the hell the... Read More

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Midnight View of Clinical White Glazed Ceramic Tiles in Public Hallway…230 Thompson Street, New York, New York

Posted by on November 25, 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")); Midnight View of Clinical White Glazed Ceramic Tiles in Public Hallway…230 Thompson Street, New York, New York Period Doors, Vestibule, and Simple Treatment in the 200... Read More

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Please Help: Florida Avenue Art Gallery Needs Sophistication, Home Depot Horrors at 1704 V Street, NW, Washington, DC

Posted by on November 24, 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")); Please Help: Florida Avenue Art Gallery Needs Sophistication, Home Depot Horrors at 1704 V Street, NW, Washington, DC One of our favorite residential streets in the Federal... Read More

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The Crimes of Old Chinatown Seem Trivial Compared to How the Place Looks Now…Old Chinatown, 18 Mott Street, New York, New York

Posted by on November 23, 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")); The Crimes of Old Chinatown Seem Trivial Compared to How the Place Looks Now…Old Chinatown, 18 Mott Street, New York, New York In the early 20th century, in a block that... Read More

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Semi Cluttered Interior of the Late Victorian Era

Posted by on November 17, 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")); Far less stylized than the most interesting and exotic of Victorian Interiors, this room, which most of today’s world would interpret as a commercial frame or decorative... Read More

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Home Depot Light Fixtures Lead The Way in Columbia Heights, Washington DC

Posted by on November 15, 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")); Guided by the light of 2 neon nipples, he stumbled up the steps of his colonial revival… Share on Facebook (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; ... Read More

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Apparently, Everything Is Bigger In Texas…Including the Architectural Turds of America…Cox Funeral Home, 1305 13th Street, Huntsville, Texas

Posted by on November 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")); Apparently, Everything Is Bigger In Texas…Including the Architectural Turds of America…Cox Funeral Home, 1305 13th Street, Huntsville, Texas Sorry Tejas, ya’ll... Read More

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Queen Anne Denounced in Downtown Houston, 2011 Leeland Avenue, Houston, Texas

Posted by on November 10, 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")); Queen Anne Denounced in Downtown Houston, 2011 Leeland Avenue, Houston, Texas On the southeast fringe of Downtown Houston, Texas, we see yet another example of the impropriety... Read More

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Where is the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department???

Posted by on November 9, 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")); Where is the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department??? Young Architects and Clerks in the Treasury Department’s Office of the Supervising Architect…We... Read More

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