Change Over Time- a 1920’s Painting of Pennsylvania Avenue
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 […]
Category Archives: Photos
Washington DC’s Old Capitol…Prison
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 […]
Reader Participation Day: Find the Overpass! Anacostia WPA Artwork
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 […]
Mother of God! Historic Preservation in Russia
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 […]
What’s Lurking Under That Overpass? Reader Participation Day!
Hopefully not a troll. Since we’re all about “active preservation”, it’s your turn to share architectural bonbons- see below. Today’s photo is a little further afield than usual, but interesting! This is […]
BEST Products, SITE Architecture, and James Wines
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 […]
The Young Architect (and other fun with stereographs)
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, […]
