Posted by admin on February 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Vanishing from the scene, as the photographer was surely aware, Bob’s of New York is a canal boat–an occupation that by 1900 had already deceased dramatically due to advanced technologies in transportation. Yet in the early 20th century, lumber merchants often still employed the “not very seaworthy” boat. Even as late as 1911, the Canal [...]
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Category Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New York City, New York State, Residential Architecture, Vernacular · Tags American History, Architectural History, Bobs of New York, Building Technology, Canal Boat, Curator of Shit, New York City Maritime History, River Architecture, River Boat
Posted by admin on January 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Late 19th Century Wall Street, Press Photograph. Note the great piles of 19th century architectural progress centered on the early 19th Century, Greek Revival Sub-Treasury building, appearing almost as the street premier Temple of Finance.
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Category Beaux Arts (1880-1940ish), Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Georgian, Greek Revival, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, History, Location Location Location, Memorial Architectural and Art, Most Recent, Neoclassical (1880-1940ish), New York City, New York State, Public Architecture, Second Empire (1860-1900ish), Style Section..., Urban Landscape · Tags 19th Century New York, Architectural History, Curator of Shit, Federal Reserve Wall Street, Historic Wall Street, Landmarks Preservation Board NYC, New York City Architecture, New York City History, NYC then and now, Sub Treasury Building Wall Street, Sub Treasury NYC, Wall Street 1800s, Wall Street History
Posted by admin on November 18, 2011 · 1 Comment
Among the types of pavement used in America, the employment of wood blocks began prior to 1840. From that time forward many different design and construction techniques developed in the realm of wooden streets. The first wood pavement of London actually began in 1839 and were hexagonal blocks of fir, six of eight inches in [...]
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Category Architectural History, Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New York City, New York State, Pennsyltucky, Philadelphia, Public Architecture, Urban Landscape · Tags Architectural History, Curator of Shit, Pavement History, Pavement Types, Urban History, Wood Block Pavement, Wood Block Pavers, Wood Streets, Wood Streets Philadelphia
Posted by admin on July 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Sleigh Bed Or Is It Sleigh Desk?..Alice Austen Moorish Interior…
Moorish Interior Featuring Sleigh Desk, Alice Austen Photograph
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Category Historic Context, Historic Preservation, History, Interior, Location Location Location, Moorish Revival, Most Recent, New York City, New York State, Residential Architecture, Style Section... · Tags Alice Austen, Architectural History, Curator of Shit, Historic Interior, Historic Preservation, Moorish Architecture, Sleigh Bed, Sleigh Desk
Posted by admin on May 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Susie Leonard (Circa 1884-1965/66):
An Art Students’ Model In A League Of Her Own
“Though you’ve probably never met Susie in the flesh, which is ample, there’s a better than even chance that you have seen her image one place or another.”
-Meyer Berger, New York Times, March 19, 1958
Proudly heralded by the Art Student’s League of New [...]
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Category Art (all inclusive), Historic Context, Most Recent, New York City, New York State · Tags Architectural History, Art History, Art Students League of New York, Artists Models, Curator of Shit, GI Bill, New York City Art Scene, Robert Gage Artist, Robert Gage Austin, Susie Leonard, Susie the old league model
Posted by admin on April 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Is It Good Shepherds Who Denigrate Our Wooden Greek Revival Houses?…Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York
Carpenter’s Wooden Residence Obscured by Good Shepherds
262 9th Street, Brooklyn, New York at Park Slope
Naturally, the good shepherds at 262 9th Street in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, New York have no regard for the history and honor “of place” [...]
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Category Built Environment, Gothic Revival (1820-1880), Historic Context, Historical Humanity, Italianate, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New York City, New York State, Occupancy and Building = Personal Feeling, Turds · Tags Architectural History, Brooklyn History, Greek Revival, low income, social problems, Wood Row House, Wooden Houses
Posted by admin on March 31, 2011 · 2 Comments
Apparently, Hell’s Kitchen Was Always On The Rocks!!!
Early History of Hell’s Kitchen, Mid-town West, New York City
In a world where the historic terms such as “heaven” and “hell” are slowly vanishing from our common lexicon of moral understanding, the term “Hell’s Kitchen” is not so commonplace in modern usage as it once was…unless, of course, [...]
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Posted by admin on March 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment
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 – Washington DC
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Category Absurd Mansard, Baltimore, Beaux Arts (1880-1940ish), Built Environment, Chateauesque (1880-1940ish), Collegiate Gothic, Colonial Revival, Craftsman (Early Twenieth...), Delaware, District of Columbia, Federal (Urban), Georgian, Gothic Revival (1820-1880), HOME DEPOT Doors, Italianate, Location Location Location, Maryland, Massachusetts, Most Recent, Neoclassical (1880-1940ish), New Jersey, New York City, New York State, Pennsyltucky, Philadelphia, Public Architecture, Queen Anne Revival, Residential Architecture, Romanesque Revival (1860-1900ish), Second Empire (1860-1900ish), Style Section..., Turds, Virginia · Tags Architectural History, Fogotten Architecture, Historic Buildings, Home Depot Doors, Mistreatment of Buildings, New York City, Old Buildings, Philadelphia, Ugly Doors, Washington DC
Posted by admin on March 17, 2011 · 2 Comments
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 Island, New York City
No doubt there will be no more douches of this sort in the hospitals of Staten Island today…
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Category Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Industrial Architecture, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New York City, New York State, Oldie But Goodie, Public Architecture, Residential Architecture · Tags Antique Fixtures, Architectural History, Bathroom Restoration, New York City History, Porcelaine Fixtures, Sanitary Earthenware, Sanitary Products, Staten Island History
Posted by admin on February 25, 2011 · 1 Comment
Gothic Revival Is Put To Bed
Gothic Revival Style Goes From Buildings to Furniture
In the early 19th century the Gothic Revival aesthetic was popularized in America by early arbiters of taste such as Andrew Jackson Davis and Andrew Jackson Downing. While first brought to fore in England as a revival, A.J. Davis, the eminent architect, designed buildings [...]
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Category Art (all inclusive), Built Environment, Gothic Revival (1820-1880), Interior, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New York City, New York State, Residential Architecture, Style Section..., Tudor Revival (1880-1940ish) · Tags Andrew Jackson Davis, Andrew Jackson Downing, Antique Furniture, Architectural History, Gothic Architecture, Gothic Furniture, Gothic Revival Architecture, Gothic Tudor, Old Buildings
