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Category Archives: landscape architecture
Whalehead bridge
Charming landscape architecture surrounds the old Whalehead estate in Corolla, N.C.
Pueblo-revival house!
An exceptionally fine San Diego house in the pueblo-revival style.
La Bella Villa Mediterraneo
An unpretentious one-storey bungalow in San Diego was remodeled about 20 years ago into a Liliputian Italianate palazzo. Might this have been deliberate camp display?
Dance with Me
The Zehnder mausoleum in Cave Hill is accompanied by bronze portraits envisioning a reunion in the après vie. Updated with a proposed design source from the Mazzone monument in Florence, Italy.
Eisenhower Memorial
I can’t get enthused about the new Eisenhower Memorial.
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!
Late summer 2021 reflections on Marywood
Variations on glazing, mostly reflecting landscaping, at Marywood University.
An Marywood art
Good light plus glass elements in public art = some intriguing shots.
Feel my pain!
I think my friend Beechy could use a couple of ibuprofen.
Betula nigra
Well-done architecture with landscape architecture at Marywood University.
Longwood Gardens
If you love trees and flowers and you live near Wilmington, DE., Longwood Gardens is for you!
Myer Davidow mausoleum
A stunning Japanese maple highlights the landscape architecture of the Myer Davidow mausoleum.
Colbert monument
An Olde Schoole female figure illustrates 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Graftationism
Natural evolution or intelligent design? You decide!
Hell House of Berwick, Pennsylvania
What was once a chapel-undertaker’s-sexton’s house in Berwick, PA is now HELL HOUSE.
Pietas muscoviensis
An original (or rare) take on the traditional scene of the Pietà in Moscow, PA.
Carmel candy
Northeastern PA is very Catholic. But nothing prepared me to find an Our Lady of Fátima statue group!
A very cherry Marywood
I am no expert on cherry cultivars, but there are some fine trees at Marywood.
Late fall at Marywood
Join me on a late-autumn walk around Marywood University.