Posted by admin on April 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment
We show an early twentieth century image of a typical working to lower middle class row house in the dense urban street scape of a then burgeoning and vibrant, yet prosperous and safe Baltimore, Maryland. The wife of Arthur Crambitt, a carpenter, Molly Moore Crambitt poses with her newly born daughter Hilda in the open [...]
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Category Architectural History, Baltimore, Built Environment, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Italianate · Tags American Architecture, Baltimore Architecture, City Architecture, Curator of Shit, Maryland History, Row House, row house architecture, Urban Decay, Urban History, Wilkens Avenue Baltimore
Posted by admin on April 3, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The Widener Mansion, North Broad Street and Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Widener Mansion, NW Corner of Broad Street and Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
See more at http://www.phillyhistory.org/blog/index.php/2009/03/the-widener-mansion/.
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Most Recent, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia · Tags Curator of Shit, Girard Avenue, North Broad Street, Philadelphia Architecture, Philadelphia History, Phillyhistory, Widener Mansion
Posted by admin on March 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Most Recent, Philadelphia, Residential Architecture, Second Empire (1860-1900ish) · Tags Architectural History, Architectural Turds of America, Architecture, Art, Brick Buildings, Curator of Shit, Design, Dryvit, Dryvit Covered, German Architecture, German Architecture in America, Mansard Roof, Philadelphia Architecture, Ugly Buildings
Posted by admin on March 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment
DON’T DEMOLISH the Church of the Assumption, Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Perhaps the oldest building on Spring Garden Street, this 1848-49 brownstone and copper Catholic Church (formerly), the Church of the Annunciation, is facing the wrecking ball. Siloam, a not-for-profit, recently sold the complex to a developer–John Wei, who purports that there is no way to reuse the building, thus [...]
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Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Gothic Revival (1820-1880), Historic Context, Historic Preservation, In the Name of God, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Public Architecture · Tags Catholic Church Philadelphia, Church Demo, Church Demolition, Church of the Assumption Philadelphia, Curator of Shit, Gothic Architecture, Gothic Revival Philadelphia, Landmark Demolition, Mayor of Philadlephia, Philadelphia Architecture, Philadelphia Landmarks Commission, Work of the Philadelphia Landmarks Commission
Posted by admin on March 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New Jersey · Tags Atlantic County, brownstone, brownstone houses, brownstone mansion, Curator of Shit, Do Not Enter: The New Brownstone Mansion at Longport, Jersey Shore Mansion, Longport Developer, longport new jersey, Mansions, Modern Mansions, New Jersey
Posted by admin on March 4, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Anton Frank’s Odd Little Room, Self-Portrait, 1897, Mobile, Alabama
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Category Absurd Mansard, Alabama, Architectural History, Historic Context, Interior, Location Location Location, Most Recent · Tags 19th Century Interior, 19th Century Photography, antique photographs, Curator of Shit, Historic Interior, MObile Alabama, Old photos, photography equipment, Salvage, Victorian Interiors
Posted by admin on February 10, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Folk House (Bumpkinastic Revival), Location Location Location, Most Recent, Texas · Tags Christ Lutheran Church, Curator of Shit, John Schulze, Lee County, Loebau, Loebau Church, Lutheran Church Architecture, Selma Beisert, Texas, Texas German Architecture, The Last Wendish Wedding: John Schulze and Thereasa Moerbe, Theresa Moerbe, Wendish Church, Wendish Museum, Wendish Wedding
Posted by admin on February 5, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New Jersey, Residential Architecture · Tags Dutch Architecture, Gambrel Roof, Gambrel Roof Cottages, New Jersey Architecture, Ocean Grove New Jersey, Ocean Grove NJ, the Jersey Shore
Posted by admin on February 4, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Not to be confused with the Essex County Penitentiary or any of the state correctional facilities, these photographs depict the ruins of one of the oldest penal complexes in the State of New Jersey in February 2013. Fairly new in the history of Newark, New Jersey, the Essex County Jail was established in 1832 on [...]
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Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Built Environment, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Industrial Architecture, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New Jersey, Public Architecture · Tags Curator of Shit, Essex County History, Essex County Jail, Essex County Prison, Jail Architecture, Jail HIstory, New Jersey Architecture, Newark Architecture, Newark Jail, Prison Architecture
Posted by admin on January 28, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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Category Architectural History, Built Environment, District of Columbia, Greek Revival, Historic Preservation, Most Recent, Public Architecture · Tags Aimee B. Young, Curator of Shit, Georgetown Custom House and Post Office Georgetown, Georgetown History, Greek Revival Architecture, Post Office Georgetown, Sorg Architects, Washington DC History
