The National Trust for Historic Preservation Needs a Modernized Office Building, McCormick Apartments, Washington, D.C.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation Needs a Modernized Office Building, McCormick Apartments, Washington, D.C.
We have it on good authority, from one of our inside sources, that America’s National Trust for Historic Preservation is in the midst of selling their old headquarters with hope of one day occupying a modernized office building. It is possible [...]
McKinley Hall, American University, Washington, D.C.
McKinley Hall, American University, Washington, D.C.
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Late 19th Century Wall Street, New York, New York
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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Maybe It Was More Than A McKim, Meade, & ‘White House’.!?
After a little digging we found that the palatial residence at No. 15 Dupont Circle was more than the stunning Beaux Arts pile known as Patterson House. On February 4, 1927, the White House announced that the President and Mrs. Coolidge were to take up residence at Patterson House for a period of roughly [...]
All Thats Left Is Louis Quinze. No Bootleggers (or Gardeners) At The Cuban Embassy Today, Washington, D.C.
Within the once untouchable stomping grounds of Mary Foote Henderson, the Cuban Legation (now the Cuban Embassy) took root in Meridian Hill between 1916 and 1917 as their lavish, Louis XV headquarters building was designed and constructed between Euclid and Fuller Streets on Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
Tid bits about the building were reported in [...]
Parking Lots Over Gayety Symbolize Birmingham Today!
Parking Lots Over Gayety Symbolize Birmingham Today!
Gayety Hotel and Theater, 1st Avenue and 19th Street, Birmingham, Alabama
Perhaps a clever Valentine, a young actress named Viola wrote a letter to whom she addressed “My Dear Mother,” on February 14, 1909. The correspondence informed “the family” of Viola’s new developments, traveling with an unnamed theater company. Rather [...]
Forgive We Not The Ugly Home Depot Doors Galore!!!
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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Much Older than Garfield Place, Piatt Park is Cincinnati’s First Open Public Space
Much Older than Garfield Place, Piatt Park is Cincinnati’s First Open Public Space
Extending to the west of Vine Street in what is now known as downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, Eighth Street looses its identity in its first two westward blocks where a slight jog occurs and the thoroughfare is bisected by a park. Today we know [...]
Unexpected Breath of Fresh Air: Cleveland Museum of Art Anew
Unexpected Breath of Fresh Air: Cleveland Museum of Art Anew
Cleveland, Ohio
There are certain of our American cities that are largely unpopular, they are given a bad wrap. Perhaps they are old and crusty? Or maybe they endure terrible crimes? An absence of industry or just plain ole’ bad publicity… Situated on the southern shore of Lake [...]
SAVE THE DEPOT, Detroit Central Station, Detroit, Michigan
After the disastrous fire that destroyed the former Michigan Central Station, the Michigan Central Railroad constructed the tallest railway terminal in the world–the Michigan Central Station (aka the Michigan Central Depot) in Detroit, Michigan. Opening before its completion in 1913, the 500,000 square foot building was designed in the Beaux Arts taste by the architectural [...]
