Repulsive Dryvit Covered Second Empire Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Posted by on March 26, 2013 · 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")); Among crimes committed in Callowhill and North Philadelphia, this building is definitely eligible for Architectural Turds of America on a local... Read More

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Desecrated Old House, Brigantine, New Jersey

Posted by on March 14, 2013 · 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")); Once a beautiful house, this revival period house has been overhauled to the point of utter futility. Note, all of the changes to the poor thing... Read More

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If Everything Is Thrown Away, What’s Garbage?

Posted by on April 20, 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")); If Everything Is Thrown Away, What’s Garbage?  Desda, Clinton County, Kentucky Early 20th Century Commericial Building, Desda-Wells Bottom Road... Read More

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Apparently A Shit House Can Be Built On Trust.?. Federal Buildings, Telfair Square, Savannah, Georgia

Posted by on January 5, 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")); Apparently A Shit House Can Be Built On Trust.?. Federal Buildings, Telfair Square, Savannah, Georgia Looking West at the SW Corner of Telfair Square... Read More

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Apparently the Blind Card Was Pulled at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Schermerhorn Pavilion, 310 East 14th Street, New York, New York

Posted by on December 7, 2010 · 3 Comments 

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What Happened to the Grecian Taste in Greek Astoria???…Bilquis Mansion, Greek Revival Edifice, 25-37 and 25-39 14th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York

Posted by on November 30, 2010 · 4 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")); What Happened to the Grecian Taste in Greek Astoria???…Bilquis Mansion, Greek Revival Edifice, 25-37 and 25-39 14th Street, Astoria, Queens,... Read More

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Please Help: Florida Avenue Art Gallery Needs Sophistication, Home Depot Horrors at 1704 V Street, NW, Washington, DC

Posted by on November 24, 2010 · 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")); Please Help: Florida Avenue Art Gallery Needs Sophistication, Home Depot Horrors at 1704 V Street, NW, Washington, DC One of our favorite residential streets in... Read More

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Duplex of Garish Grecian Splendor at Astoria, Queens, New York City

Posted by on October 25, 2010 · 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")); Duplex of Garish Grecian Splendor at Astoria, Queens, New York City Astoria’s architectural heritage dates back to the 17thcentury; however, there... Read More

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Avant Guard Flamboyance in a Plastic House, Fremont, Ohio

Posted by on October 11, 2010 · 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")); Flamboyant Plastic House, Fremont, Ohio Rather off the beat and path is a quaint little town in the mid-western state of Ohio–Fremont. ... Read More

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Hells, Bells, Who’s Wishing the Building Well? – The Wishing Well Restaurant, Philadelphia, Pa

Posted by on September 27, 2010 · 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")); The Wishing Well is a prominently disgusting example of how ignorant, tasteless people destroy the built environment.  Note the plastic siding... Read More

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