Join me in a nostalgic visit to one of Washington, D.C.’s secular cathedrals.
Category Archives: architecture
Oldest house in the world
No, it’s not the oldest house in the world, or even in European-settled America, but they’d like you to THINK it is!
Savannah Cotton Exchange
Absolutely exceptional terracotta revetments decorate the Savannah Cotton Exchange.
De Soto terracotta
A stunning architectural terracotta from Preston’s Hotel De Soto (1890) brightens the lobby of the 1968 replacement building.
Midday in the garden of evil and good
Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, lends itself to moody, gothic images.
Single-point pilings
The pilings of Jennette’s Pier provide a show of spray in a Thanksgiving Nags Head storm.
U.S. Highway 64 bridge
The U.S. 64 bridge from Nags Head to Manteo lends itself to fine sunset photography.
Overpass!
In which the author (largely) abandons fall colors to appreciate the built environment.
Tunkhannock Viaduct in toto
Got the whole thing AND A CEMETERY in one image!
The calm before the storm
Storm coming!
Late summer 2021 reflections on Marywood
Variations on glazing, mostly reflecting landscaping, at Marywood University.
Williamson Building
Come for the Gothic revival architecture but stay for the Neoclassical portrait busts on the façade!
Marywood arch
Good light allowed for a study of the statue of Mary atop the Marywood University gate.
Betula nigra
Well-done architecture with landscape architecture at Marywood University.
Hawkins’ Zouaves
Julius Langbein’s mausoleum makes aggressive claims on his behalf. See a new appendix with additional evidence for social competition among veterans!
Francis Martin Drexel
Drexel has a handsome neoclassical pile in The Woodlands.
Ladies and Gentlemen, contrary to expectations, Syngrammata brings you a Dull moment.
This is the Dullest mausoleum I’ve ever seen.
A powerful artistic partnership
A lesser-known but still splendid collaboration by French and Bacon. Sounds like a delicious sandwich!
St. Lucy’s Church
Bombings, antifascists, coal-mine collapses, and THE SCRANTONIAN SCULPTOR. Need ye more?
O tempora! O mores!
Even gilded-age figures of grief have picked up bad habits recently!
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