Posted by admin on June 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Real Reason for Raised Beds, Ocean City, MD
1926 View of Raised Gardens and Lawns Along the Boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland
While “raised beds” have their reasons, here and there, they are largely a fashion trend among the those of the “Green” trend in today’s morally correct environmentally concious… Yet there was a time when such [...]
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Category Built Environment, Colonial Revival, Craftsman (Early Twenieth...), Green, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, Location Location Location, Maryland, Most Recent, Residential Architecture, Stick, Style Section..., Tree · Tags Architectural History, Beach Gardens, Curator of Shit, Flower Beds, Historic Gardens, Historic Planting, Historic Preservation, Historic Raised Beds, Real Reason Raised Beds?, Social History
Posted by admin on June 2, 2011 · 3 Comments
Architectural Blueprints Hidden In Antique Office Furniture???
A Vertical Plan File (Circa 1914), Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., Main Factories & Ex. Office, Rochester, N.Y.
While the architectural and engineering plans today are generally stored digitally or in large, antiquated metal cabinets, there were earlier devices that cleverly disguised the plan/blue print file cabinet in an attractive [...]
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Category Art (all inclusive), Commercial Architecture, Craftsman (Early Twenieth...), Curious Clippings, Historic Context, History, Interior, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New York State, Procurement, Public Architecture, Stick, Style Section... · Tags A Vertical Plan File (Circa 1914), American Furniture, American Manufactoring History, Architectural History, Curator of Shit, History, Main Factories and Ex. Office, N.Y., Rochester, Social History, Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co.
Posted by admin on April 4, 2011 · 4 Comments
Money Or Not It’s A Rich House…Wood or Vinyl Siding in York, Penna.
Victorian House, 956 Linden Avenue, York, Pennsylvania
DARE WE SAY IT…
…Peeling Paint Looks Better Than Dirty Plastic…
We prefer the spooky, withered wood Victorian-era dwelling at No. 956 Linden Avenue any-day as opposed to its neighboring and formerly twin-ish residence at No. 936 Linden Avenue.
It is our understanding [...]
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Category Built Environment, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Occupancy and Building = Personal Feeling, Pennsyltucky, Queen Anne Revival, Residential Architecture, Stick, Style Section... · Tags Architectural History, Curator of Shit, Historic Preservation, Linden Avenue York PA, Queen Anne Revival Style, Stick Style, Victorian Houses, Vynil Siding, Wood Siding, York Pennsylvania History