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Change Over Time- a 1920’s Painting of Pennsylvania Avenue

June 12, 2014by gray_o'd Leave a comment

  Today’s gleaning from the Library of Congress is a painting by the artist Susan Brown Chase, done between 1920 and 1930, of the 2200 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. Chase […]

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Photos, The District

Washington DC’s Old Capitol…Prison

May 23, 2014by gray_o'd Leave a comment

Following up on this week’s Libby Prison article, here’s one from the District.   This is the Old Capitol Prison at First and A Sts NE, currently the site of […]

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Photos, The District

Reader Participation Day: Find the Overpass! Anacostia WPA Artwork

May 12, 2014by gray_o'd Leave a comment

Reader participation day! #HistoricHighway This striking image of New-Deal era artwork in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, DC is part of the Library of Congress’ Carol Highsmith collection, taken sometime […]

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Photos, The District

Mother of God! Historic Preservation in Russia

May 9, 2014by gray_o'd Leave a comment

In honor of Mother’s Day, today’s architectural bonbon is the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God (mouthful!) originally from Tokhtarevo, Suksun District, Russia. This seventeenth century log […]

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Photos, Posts

What’s Lurking Under That Overpass? Reader Participation Day!

May 2, 2014by gray_o'd Leave a comment

Hopefully not a troll. Since we’re all about “active preservation”, it’s your turnĀ to share architectural bonbons- see below. Today’s photo is a little further afield than usual, butĀ interesting! This is […]

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History and the Bulldozer, Photos

BEST Products, SITE Architecture, and James Wines

April 30, 2014by gray_o'd 1 Comment

A generous reader sent me this photo yesterday after reading the latest Preservation 101 chapter on plaster- “this is what you CAN do with bricks and plaster”. Exciting! BEST Stores […]

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Photos, Posts

The Young Architect (and other fun with stereographs)

April 23, 2014by gray_o'd 1 Comment

  The latest gleaning from the Library of Congress collections- an 1891 stereograph card depicting a talented young lady and her monumental edifice. I’m all for encouraging women in architecture, […]

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