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Marywood IV

A sullen little mushroom is the least of the wonderful things I saw at Marywood today.

Posted bygsb03632August 11, 2020August 16, 2020Posted inarchitecture, Marywood, photographyTags: Corinthian capital, Marywood University, Rotunda, Scranton PA1 Comment on Marywood IV

The most wonderful mausoleum in the world

I experience elegiac emotions while falling into this picture as I view it—as the designer no doubt intended.

Posted bygsb03632August 11, 2020August 11, 2020Posted inAmerican funerary portraits, architecture, cemeteries, photographyTags: Bethlehem PA, funerary portrait, Nisky Hill Cemetery, pastoral, photographic funerary art5 Comments on The most wonderful mausoleum in the world

Marywood III

Marywood University never lets me down! Come for the cherubs, stay for the Japanese maples.

Posted bygsb03632August 10, 2020August 16, 2020Posted inarchitecture, Marywood, photography, public artTags: Marywood University, Scranton PA1 Comment on Marywood III

I am no Julius Shulman!

Marywood’s Learning Commons needs a Julius Shulman to do it justice, but it’ll have to settle for me today.

Posted bygsb03632August 10, 2020August 16, 2020Posted inarchitecture, landscape architecture, Marywood, photography, ScrantonTags: architectural photography, Julius Shulman, Marywood University, Scranton PA2 Comments on I am no Julius Shulman!

Centralia, Pennsylvania

A super-intriguing abandoned town in East-Central Pennsylvania.

Posted bygsb03632August 10, 2020August 13, 2020Posted inarchitecture, cemeteries, photography, UncategorizedTags: abandoned town, Centralia PA, mining disaster, underground coal fireLeave a comment on Centralia, Pennsylvania

Her Courageous Spirit Lives On

A masterpiece by Oronzio Maldarelli in Spring Forest Cemetery.

Posted bygsb03632August 9, 2020Posted inAmerican funerary portraits, architecture, cemeteries, landscape architecture, photography, public artTags: Binghamton N.Y., Oronzio Maldarelli, Spring Forest Cemetery1 Comment on Her Courageous Spirit Lives On

Moldy

Luck was with me: I found a splendid bit of classical molding in a reclaimed architecture warehouse.

Posted bygsb03632August 9, 2020Posted inarchitectureTags: dentils, egg and dart, Ionic moldings, reclaimed architecture1 Comment on Moldy

Old Forge War Memorial

The War Memorial in Old Forge, PA, features wonderful art of a bygone era.

Posted bygsb03632August 6, 2020August 7, 2020Posted inarchitecture, cemeteries, photography, public artTags: Old Forge PA, War Memorial2 Comments on Old Forge War Memorial

About Marywood

Some intriguing sights around the attractive campus of Marywood University.

Posted bygsb03632August 3, 2020August 16, 2020Posted inarchitecture, Marywood, photographyTags: Marywood University, Scranton PA3 Comments on About Marywood

Salvage

I was looking at a total loss till I noticed where the sun was.

Posted bygsb03632August 2, 2020Posted inarchitecture, cemeteries, photographyTags: Binghamton N.Y., Egyptian Revival, Spring Forest Cemetery, stained glass2 Comments on Salvage

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