Apparently, Hell’s Kitchen Was Always “On The Rocks.?!”

Posted by on March 31, 2011 · 2 Comments 

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Forgive We Not The Ugly Home Depot Doors Galore!!!

Posted by on March 31, 2011 · 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")); Forgive We Not The Ugly Home Depot Doors Galore!!! A Quick Rant On Ugly Home Depot Doors Throughout Various East Coast Cities Baltimore MD – New York City – Philadelphia... Read More

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An Inelegant Sign to Protect An Elegant Building…

Posted by on March 29, 2011 · 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")); An Inelegant Sign to Protect An Elegant Building… No Trespassing in the 3200 Block of S Street NW, Washington, D.C.   When we desire the protection of our more attractive... Read More

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Florence Luling Mansion Is Alive and Well, But Obscured From Esplanade, New Orleans, Louisiana

Posted by on March 29, 2011 · 7 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")); Florence Luling Mansion Is Alive and Well, But Obscured From Esplanade, New Orleans, Louisiana Luling Mansion, 1436 Leda, New Orleans, Louisiana Looking North at the Period... Read More

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Automated Birds That Won’t Shit On Your Parlor

Posted by on March 26, 2011 · 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")); Automated Birds That Won’t Shit On Your Parlor Victorian Bird Cage Automation, 19th Century, Probably French Check Out The Video: Automated Birds That Won\’t Shit... Read More

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Who’s Haunting Fechheimer House, No. 22 Garfield Place?

Posted by on March 25, 2011 · 11 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")); Who’s Haunting Fechheimer House, No. 22 Garfield Place? The Hauntings of No. 22 Garfield Place, Cincinnati, Ohio A Historic Context of Clothier Marcus Fechheimer, His... Read More

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Not So Merry-Go-Round For Saratoga’s Hand Operator

Posted by on March 24, 2011 · 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")); Not So Merry Go Round For Saratoga’s Hand Operator Hand Powered Merry-Go-Round, Luna Park, Rexford, New York Circa 1906 to 1910 Black-and-white image of riders enjoying... Read More

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Columbia’s Specimen of the Early Use of Concrete Block

Posted by on March 18, 2011 · 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")); Columbia’s Specimen of the Early Use of Concrete Block Barn, Concrete Block Construction, Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania When we think generally of barns, carriage... Read More

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Our Own Ignorant Greed Embodied In Department Store?

Posted by on March 18, 2011 · 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")); Is Our Own Ignorant Greed Embodied In The Department Store? Cartoon by Leon Barrit, The Commercial Vampire. Chromo from Vim, New York, July 20, 1898 We saw this satirical cartoon... Read More

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And All Staten Island Has Now Is A Douche Bag!

Posted by on March 17, 2011 · 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")); And All Staten Island Has Now Is A Douche Bag… We Are Mavens Of Sanitary Products Galore…Oh My An Interior View of the Modern Fox Hills Clearing Hospital, Staten... Read More

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