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The New Idea for Old: Industrial Hide-away Grills Need Only A Polish…

Posted by admin on March 3, 2011 · 2 Comments

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Filed under Built Environment, District of Columbia, Garage Architecture (Outbuildings), HOME DEPOT Doors, Industrial Architecture, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Public Architecture, Residential Architecture · Tagged with Architectural History, Asethetics, Basement Doors, Cast Iron, English Basement Entrances, Industrial Buildings, Industrial Loft, Iron Grills, Security Doors, Security Doors for Basements, Taste, Treatment, Wrought Iron

One Fry, One Coke, and One Aperture Grilled with a Wrought Iron Window Treatment and/or Security Door…and that’s for here, not to go…

Posted by admin on February 28, 2011 · 3 Comments

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Filed under Built Environment, Colonial Revival, Craftsman (Early Twenieth...), District of Columbia, Eastlake (in houses), Federal (Urban), HOME DEPOT Doors, Italianate, Location Location Location, Moorish Revival, Most Recent, Neoclassical, Queen Anne Revival, Residential Architecture, Romanesque Revival (1860-1900ish), Second Empire (1860-1900ish), Spanish Colonial (1880-1940ish), Style Section... · Tagged with Architectural History, Architectural Style, Asethetic Taste, Bars, Cast Iron, Iron Grill Door, Iron Grill Window, Iron Grill Work, Moorish Revival, New Options for Security Doors, Prison Door, Queen Anne Revival, Security Doors, Taste, Wrought Iron

Coming Soon…Find of the Week…Theodore Lund…Artist

Posted by admin on January 10, 2011 · 2 Comments

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Filed under Art (all inclusive), Greek Revival, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New York City, New York State, Pennsyltucky, Style Section... · Tagged with Aesthetics, Architectural History, Art, Portraits, Taste, Watercolor on Ivory

The Wealth of the Thrown Away, Brewery Buildings, Warehouse District, St. Clair Street, Toledo, Ohio

Posted by admin on October 18, 2010 · 21 Comments

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Filed under Built Environment, Industrial Architecture, Italianate, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Ohio, Queen Anne Revival, Romanesque Revival (1860-1900ish), Style Section... · Tagged with Aesthetics, Architectural History, Architecture, History, Old Buildings, Taste

Rural Methodist Church Represents Extinct Community, Avery, Avery Road, Derwood, Montgomery County, Maryland

Posted by admin on October 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment

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Filed under Building of the Week, Built Environment, In the Name of God, Location Location Location, Maryland, Most Recent, Style Section..., Vernacular · Tagged with Aesthetics, Architectural History, Architecture, History, Old Buildings, Religious Architecture, Rural Architecture, Taste

Belgravia Court is Perhaps Most Accessible Now, Louisville, Kentucky

Posted by admin on October 13, 2010 · 2 Comments

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Filed under Built Environment, Chateauesque (1880-1940ish), Location Location Location, Louisville, Most Recent, Residential Architecture, Style Section... · Tagged with Aesthetics, Architectural History, Architecture, History, Kentucky, Louisville, Old Buildings, Taste

Beaux Arts or Bozarts? Who cares? Just give us art. Bozarts Gallery, Toledo, Ohio

Posted by admin on October 11, 2010 · 95 Comments

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Filed under Absurd Mansard, Built Environment, Industrial Architecture, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Ohio · Tagged with Aesthetics, Architectural History, Architecture, Art Gallery, Beaux Arts Architecture, History, Old Buildings, Taste

Avant Guard Flamboyance in a Plastic House, Fremont, Ohio

Posted by admin on October 11, 2010 · 3 Comments

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Filed under Built Environment, Folk House (Victorian), Folk Louse (alteration/reuse-gone-wrong), Location Location Location, Most Recent, Ohio, Oldie But Goodie, Style Section..., Turds · Tagged with Aesthetics, Architectural History, Architectural Turds of America, Architecture, Fremont Ohio, History, Old Buildings, Taste

Oldest Knickerbocker Yacht Club Already Demolished…….Port Washington, New York

Posted by admin on October 8, 2010 · 3 Comments

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Filed under Built Environment, Bungalow, Interior, Location Location Location, Most Recent, New York City, New York State, Style Section... · Tagged with Aesthetics, Architectural History, Architecture, History, Long Island History, Old Buildings, Taste

Third Ward Home is Not For Sale, Palmer Street, Houston, Texas

Posted by admin on October 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment

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Filed under Built Environment, Craftsman (Early Twenieth...), Houston, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Style Section..., Texas · Tagged with Aesthetics, Architectural History, Architecture, Craftsman Architecture, History, Houston, Old Buildings, Taste, Texas, Texas History, Third Ward