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Curves, cornices and circles - and roof finials, too. Mining magnate James L. Bush’s pretty Queen Anne-style mansion was built with St. Louis brick,...
Jul 20 Boise, Idaho
Curves, cornices and circles - and roof finials, too. Mining magnate James L. Bush’s pretty Queen Anne-style mansion was built with St. Louis brick, zinc-plated sheet metal and Idaho sandstone. It’s survived pretty much intact, due to good construction, good luck and good people taking care of it. Today it houses a teacher’s apartment and various office spaces, including a spa/massage therapist.
1020 West Franklin - Bush Mansion (1892, $6,000) Queen Anne style. No architect listed.
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #doorphotography #boise #boiseidaho #boiseid #queenanne #queenannestyle #architecture #architecturephotography #cornice #finials #brick #brickhouse #doorstory360 #housedetails #heritage #idaho #idahohistory
Quirks and multiple details abound - including a secret passageway - in this one-of-a-kind heritage home, The dentil trim, six-over-six upper windows,...
Jul 13 Boise, Idaho
Quirks and multiple details abound - including a secret passageway - in this one-of-a-kind heritage home, The dentil trim, six-over-six upper windows, and panelled wooden door with elaborate sidelights and Palladian windows are just the start. The house walls are “3 bricks thick” so water, gas and electrical are all visible inside and the basement is a labyrinth of pipes and wires. The main and second floor layouts are identical🤔. Most of the house’s details are original and imaginative (e.g. light fixtures). Doors and archways inside are all different sizes and designs, as though the architect was randomly trying things out, and some doors have fanciful windows: a star, flowers, and so on. There are remnants of bygone times, like servants’ quarters and a special kitchen door so that the grocery delivery boy could put away your order. The gardens are still beautifully kept, and the occupants, descendants of the original family, have made quite an effort to honour the home’s legacy. And yes, if you lean on an upstairs wall just right, a hidden passageway opens up.
Peter Sonna House, 121 Main Street (1902) - Federal style, which was considered patriotic at the time as it builds on the British Georgian style and leans toward Greek and Roman influences.
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #architecture #columns #dentil #boise #boiseidaho #sonna #secretpassageway #petersonna #originalcharacter #originaldetails #characterhome #idaho #boiseid #architecturephotography #georgian #federalstyle #federalstylearchitecture #georgianarchitecture #brick #georgianhouse #palladian #palladianwindow #garden #history #doorstory360
Sunday best👒, dressed to impress🕶 or maybe a tuxedo🎩. ‘Tuxedo’ comes from Tuxedo Park, a posh NY area (~1888). Thought-out touches on ...
Jul 7 Chicago, Illinois
Sunday best👒, dressed to impress🕶 or maybe a tuxedo🎩. ‘Tuxedo’ comes from Tuxedo Park, a posh NY area (~1888). Thought-out touches on this entryway: centre-mounted doorknob, consistency of accessories and ❤️the scalloping on the door and window frames.
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #doorsofchicago #architecture #architecturephotography #sundaybest #tuxedo #tuxedopark scallops #scalloping #ironwork #doorknob #doorknocker #handrail #doorknobinthemiddleofdoor #doorstory360 #doorlove #chicagoil #goldcoastchicago #fancy #dressedup #dresstoimpress #formaldoor
How to collect mail from tall buildings in a “zippy”* way? The first mail chute with a letter box at the bottom was in 1884, Rochester NY. In the ...
Jul 6 Boise, Idaho
How to collect mail from tall buildings in a “zippy”* way? The first mail chute with a letter box at the bottom was in 1884, Rochester NY. In the beginning, mail chutes were only in railroad stations and public buildings. By 1905, the postal service allowed mail chutes to be placed in hotels with 5+ storeys and in apartments with 50+ units, and the patent had specifications too: over two storeys’ drop, the bottom of the box had to have an “elastic cushion” to "prevent injury to the mail." (No word on what an ‘elastic cushion’ looks like.) This lovely mail box is from the gorgeous Empire Building, named after its original tenant, Empire Hardware. (That’s the Idaho state flag on the right.) *pun alert
Empire Building 205 N. 10th Street (1912) Nisbet and Paradice, notable Idaho architects - Greek Revival and Art Deco. Mail info: Smithsonian National Postal Museum
#door #doors #mail #mailbox #artdeco #greekrevival #greekrevivalarchitecture #artdecoarchitecture #architecture #idaho #boise #goldendoor #letterbox #doorstory360 #doorsofinstagram #doorsofboise #heritage #history #postalservice #postalhistory #mailchute #nisbetamdparadice
Beautiful boulevards! 🌸🌿🌺
This is how it’s done! 💚The greenery we have in our yards, patios and decks makes a big difference toward ...
Beautiful boulevards! 🌸🌿🌺
This is how it’s done! 💚The greenery we have in our yards, patios and decks makes a big difference toward helping the planet. 🌎
And [3rd photo] ❌🚫🛑- the fully-asphalt-and-gravel-covered monstrosity just a block away. 😠😧 EarthDay.org: “Trees... filter the air and help stave off the effects of climate change. In just one year, a mature leafy tree produces as much oxygen as 10 people inhale!” 🌳
#door #doors #climatecrisis #climateemergency #backyard #frontyard #frontyardgarden #frontyardgardening #boulevardgardens #savedontpave #gogreen #gogreen💚 #neighbourhood #neighborhood #neighbourhoods #neighborhoods #flowers #flowerstagram #happybees #thingswecando #helpthebees #flowersofinstagram #wildflowers #wildgarden #englishgarden #beautiful #doorstory360
Architect Alfred Mullett seemed to spend his life burning bridges. The New York Sun called him "the most arrogant, pretentious, and ...
Jul 4 Pioneer Courthouse
Architect Alfred Mullett seemed to spend his life burning bridges. The New York Sun called him "the most arrogant, pretentious, and preposterous little humbug in the United States”.❗️He had feuds with most everyone he worked with, and developed a reputation as a “micromanaging authoritarian” with an explosive temper. He was shadowed by accusations of extreme extravagance and five separate investigations of corruption. He designed ~40 government buildings over his career; eventually he was forced to resign. The original magistrate of Pioneer Courthouse, Portland’s beautiful de facto town center, was Judge Matthew Deady, with his flaming red hair. Judge Deady was ahead of his time in some ways, denouncing racist violence against Chinese Americans in the late 1800s. The Oregon Land Fraud Scandal trial (public officials illegally obtaining U.S. gov’t land grants) was held here in 1904. Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸 Pioneer Couthouse 700 SW 6th Avenue (1869) Italianate style. Architect: Alfred B. Mullett. USNRHP, USNHL, Portland Historic Landmark
#door #doors #portlandoregon #pioneercourthouse #4thofJuly #independenceday #usa #🇺🇸 #courthouse #italianate #judge #noracism #architecture #oregon #architect #portlandslivingroom #pioneercourthousesquare #architecturephotography #nrhp #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces #nationalhistoriclandmark #portlandhistoriclandmark #heritage #history #doorsofinstagram #doorstory360 #happy4thofjuly
Happy Canada Day! “Designed by a prominent Vancouver architect, Archibald Campbell Hope, and constructed in 1931, Fort Langley Community Hall is ...
Jul 1
Happy Canada Day! “Designed by a prominent Vancouver architect, Archibald Campbell Hope, and constructed in 1931, Fort Langley Community Hall is recognized for its landmark status as well as its historic, social and aesthetic significance to the Township. Fort Langley played a pivotal role in the creation of British Columbia.” (historicplaces.ca)
And, because “If your fun isn’t fun for everyone, it’s not fun for anyone“: “The Canadian Native Flag was designed by Kwakwaka'wakw artist Curtis Wilson. His design for the flag is meant to represent First Nations in Canada to the public. We hope this flag brings a better understanding of the First Nations of our country and a vision for a unified Canada that still revels in its diversity.” Fort Langley Town Hall previously posted on DoorStory360 6 May 2018. Archibald Campbell Hope also designed the Heritage Hall (aka Postal Station C) at Main and 15th, posted on DoorStory360 16 Feb. 2017 if you want to have a look at it. http://stellagram.ca/doorstory360 First Nations flag designed by Kwakwaka'wakw artist Curtis Wilson.
#door #doors #canada #canadaday #canadaday2019
#canadastrong #ocanada #gloriousandfree #firstnations #firstnationsart #fortlangley #fortlangleybc #canadaday🇨🇦 #mapleleaf #bc #together #celebrate #unifiedcanada #doorstory360
🇨🇦Happy Canada Day!🇨🇦 Here’s the Parliament Building Peace Tower playing O Canada 🇨🇦 (sorry for the vertigo-inducing dip - still ...
Jul 1 Parliament of Canada
🇨🇦Happy Canada Day!🇨🇦 Here’s the Parliament Building Peace Tower playing O Canada 🇨🇦 (sorry for the vertigo-inducing dip - still patriotic😀) Parliament Building Centre Block (1927) Gothic Revival style, Thomas Fuller and Chilion Jones, architects
#door #doors #ocanada #canadaday #canadaday2019 #canadaday🇨🇦 #happycanadaday #i❤️canada #architecture #canada #architecturephotography #ottawa #ottawatourism #capitalofcanada #doorstory360 #peacetower #parliamentbuilding #canadapride #parliamentbuildings #bells #mapleleafforever #mapleleaf #sohappytobecanadian #🇨🇦
Just in time for the New Moon / solar eclipse, we have a half-moon Palladian and two matching 🌓 door toplites. Tuesday’s dramatic celestial ...
Jun 30 Chicago, Illinois
Just in time for the New Moon / solar eclipse, we have a half-moon Palladian and two matching 🌓 door toplites. Tuesday’s dramatic celestial activity will apparently focus us on family, food, comfort and security, because it is in the sign of Cancer, the sweet home-lover. Eclipses are said to bring news of big events in one’s life - startling and unexpected where something ends and something else begins. 🌞🌚 (The beautiful ironwork is all around in the fence and a pretty gate.) #door #doors #moon #halfmoon #wooddoor #wooddoors #woodendoor #woodendoors #palladian #palladianwindow #ironwork #newmoon #newmoonincancer #astrology #cancernewmoon #solareclipse #chicago #chicagoillinois #chicagoil #doorsofchicago #doorstory360 #architecture #doorsofinstagram #architecturephotography
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." But it’s not...
Jun 30 Boise, Idaho
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." But it’s not actually the motto of the post office; it’s a fella named Herodotus, talking about Persian couriers, in 500BC. Nowadays, the U.S. Post Office processes and delivers 187.8m pieces of mail per day😮. The fella I spoke with at this post office (didn’t ask if his name was Herodotus) was terrific - he found pretty stamps to stick on postcards to send to my grandkids.
Post Office and federal building (1902), 312 N. 8 Street. Architect: James Knox Taylor. Beaux Arts style. NRHP.
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #postoffice #boise #boiseidaho #boiseid #federalbuilding #usps #architecture #planter #heritage #architecturephotography #beauxarts #doorstory360 #sandstone #ironwork #nrhp #jamesknoxtaylor #postcards #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces
“If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I bet they’d live a lot differently.”
- Bill Watterson, ‘Calvin and ...
Jun 29 Chicago, Illinois
“If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I bet they’d live a lot differently.”
- Bill Watterson, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’
Crisp and clean, with a space-age door knocker. 🚀 🌎
#door #doors #spaceage #architecture #modern #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #billwattersonisagenius #architecturephotography #doorsofinstagram #doorsofchicago #brick #doorknocker #doorknockers #angles #doorstory360
The mayor’s wife, Helena, saw a picture of an ornate house and fell in love, so her husband Moses Alexander rounded up two carpenters to build one -...
Jun 27 Boise, Idaho
The mayor’s wife, Helena, saw a picture of an ornate house and fell in love, so her husband Moses Alexander rounded up two carpenters to build one - and isn’t it marvellous. 💝 In 1891, Alexander, originally from Bavaria, left Chillicothe, Illinois (where he was mayor) on his way to Alaska. On his journey, he decided instead to stay in Boise and open his clothing store; he eventually became Idaho’s 11th governor. He led efforts to build Idaho’s first synagogue in 1895, the Ahavath Beth Israel (still in use), and was the country’s first practicing Jewish governor. The house is now used as office space, house museum, and a place for the current governor to entertain. I just 💕how much personality this house has, with its bay windows, turrets, scalloped siding, balconies, gingerbread and fancy windows.😍 304 West State Street - Moses Alexander house (1897). Queen Anne/Victorian. NRHP, 1972. Cost to build: $3,200.
#door #doors #queenanne #victorian #gingerbread #turret #turrets #leadedglass #fancy #leadedglasswindow #baywindow #baywindows #boise #boiseidaho #boiseid #doorsofinstagram #gable #gables #mosesalexander #governorofidaho #architecture #architecturephotography #ahavathbethisrael #jewish #doorstory360 #helena
Frank Lloyd Wright was working as a draftsman for Louis Sullivan when they designed this house. Originally owned by lumberman James Charnley, it was ...
Jun 26 James Charnley House
Frank Lloyd Wright was working as a draftsman for Louis Sullivan when they designed this house. Originally owned by lumberman James Charnley, it was acquired and restored by Seymour Persky in 1995. Its simple exterior belies a sumptuous interior, with elaborate mahogany woodwork throughout and an African rose marble fireplace in the library. ”This home, designed in 1891 by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, is an important work in the development of modern residential architecture, and possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.” (plaque)
Now a historic house museum and HQ of The Society of Architectural Historians, in whose presence I would utterly nerd out. 🤓
Charnley-Persky House (aka the James Charnley House) 1365 North Astor (1892) National Landmark, National Register of Historic Places.
#door #doors #chicago #chicagoil #chicagoillinois #nrhp #architecture #architecturephotography #architect #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces #doorsofinstagram #doorsofchicago #goldcoastchicago #franklloydwright #societyofarchitecturalhistorians #nationalhistoriclandmark #historichousemuseum #seymourpersky #charnleyhouse #woodendoor #wooddoor #louissullivan #nationallandmark #doorstory360
“You can't make anything go anywhere. It just happens.”
- jazz musician Thelonious Monk
So many qualifiers and “But what ...
Jun 25 Chicago, Illinois
“You can't make anything go anywhere. It just happens.”
- jazz musician Thelonious Monk
So many qualifiers and “But what about...?”s. Maybe it’s about one’s attitude toward what we can’t control, or maybe he’s just talking about music.
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #doorsofchicago #architecture ##architecturephotography #heritage #goldcoastchicago #chicago #chicagoillinois #chicagoil #doorstory360 #brickwork #ironwork #springinchicago
“No matter where you are from, we’re glad you’re our neighbor.” 💖 The sign shows their purpose of “sharing God’s gift of love with ...
Jun 23 Boise, Idaho
“No matter where you are from, we’re glad you’re our neighbor.” 💖 The sign shows their purpose of “sharing God’s gift of love with all”. Built by Scandinavian immigrants, Immanuel’s services were held in Swedish until 1918, when the congregation adjusted course - again, to be more inclusive - and switched to English. As with many buildings in the area, the beautiful base is built with local sandstone. Also: The current pastor and her husband named their dog Guido, which I think is “meraviglioso!” or possibly “wunderbar!”. 🐕
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church (1908). Late Gothic Revival style. Architect: Charles F. Hummel I. NRHP 1976
#door #doors #church #churches #pastor #evangelical #lutheran #immanuel #inclusive #architecture #charleshummel #sandstone #boise #idaho #lategothicrevival #nrhp #gothicarchitecture #gothicarch #stainedglass #stainedglasswindow #stainedglasswindows #stainedglasswork #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces #gothic #lovethyneighbor #immigrants #immigrantsmakeamericagreat #doorstory360 #guido
Part of the Oregon Trail, the historic Ninth Street Bridge started out with travellers on foot, horses and wagons, through Model Ts and sleek cars ...
Jun 21
Part of the Oregon Trail, the historic Ninth Street Bridge started out with travellers on foot, horses and wagons, through Model Ts and sleek cars with fins; since 1960 it’s a pretty, pedestrian walkway through the forest. Its wooden planks link the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial and the Boise River walkway (beside Boise State University). Right now the river is very high, fast and dangerous.
Ninth Street Bridge (1911) Architect: LaPointe & Fox. Pratt through-truss style, built by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron, Leavenworth Kansas. NHRP, 2001.
#door #doors #bridge #oregontrail #boise #idaho #architecture #architecturephotography #bridges #truss #walkway #footbridge #nhrp #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces #bsu #forest #doorstory360 #lapointeandfox #architect #missourivalleybridge #iron #boiseriver
Thousands of excited people gathered here in 1925 to see the first transcontinental railroad train arrive. For 72 years, the Portland Rose 🌹 ...
Jun 21 Boise Union Pacific Depot
Thousands of excited people gathered here in 1925 to see the first transcontinental railroad train arrive. For 72 years, the Portland Rose 🌹 service (from Chicago to Portland, Oregon) passed through this pretty Boise station. Union Pacific ran it ‘til Amtrak took over the route in 1974. The local MK-Morrison Knudsen Foundation acquired and carefully restored the station👏🏼 in 1990. The City bought it in 1996, the last passenger trains stopped by in 1997, and since then it’s been a special event venue. 🎩 Also here, the impressive historical 2-8-2 Mikado (Big Mike, 267,850 lbs.) steam locomotive, which was built in 1920 and served valiantly through WWII until 1959. 🚂
Boise Depot (1925) Spanish Colonial. New York architects Carrere, Hastings, Shreve and Lando. NRHP 1974. Locomotive #2295 built by the American Locomotive Co. (1920)
#door #doors #train #trainstation #boise #steamlocomotive #history #heritage #WWII #bigmike #mike #morrisonknudsen #whataplacetogetmarried #portlandrose #unionpacific #amtrak #steamtrain #trainhistory #portlandrose #boisedepot #282mikado #locomotive #locomotives #traindepot #depot #spanishcolonial #portlandrose #doorstory360
Built in 1889, this 4,086 sq. ft. house was recently listed for sale at $1.95m. Beautiful brickwork, ironwork and a Palladian transom.😍 #door ...
Jun 16 Chicago, Illinois
Built in 1889, this 4,086 sq. ft. house was recently listed for sale at $1.95m. Beautiful brickwork, ironwork and a Palladian transom.😍 #door #doors #doorsofinstagram #brick #brickwork #doorsofinstagram #doorsofchicago #chicago #chicagoil #chicagoillinois #palladianwindow #architecture #architecturechicago #architecturephotography #doorstory360
Beautiful filigreed stonework and 🌷 Filigree: Latin "filum" (thread) + "granum" (grain/small bead). #door #doors ...
Jun 16 Chicago, Illinois
Beautiful filigreed stonework and 🌷 Filigree: Latin "filum" (thread) + "granum" (grain/small bead). #door #doors #doorsofinstagram #doorsofchicago #architecture #architecturephotography #chicago #doorstory360 #tulips #stonework #filigree
Quite the high school, eh?! The auditorium seats 1,800; Bing Crosby and Duke Ellington played here. The architect’s design: a sparkling white ...
Jun 15 Boise High School
Quite the high school, eh?! The auditorium seats 1,800; Bing Crosby and Duke Ellington played here. The architect’s design: a sparkling white institution of learning with a grand staircase flanked by classical columns, topped by a bust of Plato, surrounded (in Greek) with his Civic Virtues: Wisdom, Courage, Justice and Moderation. That’s a lot of grandeur to live up to. Also, the first Idaho radio station broadcast from the basement until 1923.
Boise High School (1010 W. Washington St.: 1921) - Classical Revival, Modern Movement, Neo-Classical-Art Deco. Architect: John E. Toutellotte & Co.; Tourtellote & Hummel
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #doorsofboise #boise #boiseidaho #highschool #heritage #architecture #architecturephotography #wow #classicalrevival #neoclassical #artdeco #modernmovement #brick #columns #whitecolumns #idaho #grandstaircase #staircase #downtownboise #bingcrosby #plato #dukeellington #radiostation #doorstory360
This charmer (scalloped gable! gingerbread fascia! rose arbour!) is a home (front and side) that’s been transformed - by a fairy godmother? - into a...
Jun 14 Boise, Idaho
This charmer (scalloped gable! gingerbread fascia! rose arbour!) is a home (front and side) that’s been transformed - by a fairy godmother? - into a curio shop. With housing in such demand in many cities, the trend is to take shopping areas/malls and convert them into housing, so they’re either on the opposite flow of a trend, starting a new one, or the housing shortage is mainly in big, ridiculous cities. 🤔
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #cottage #boise #boiseidaho #boisehomes #pretty #gingerbreadhouse #gingerbread #gable #scallopedgable #scalloped #picketfence #roses #garden #rosearbor #rosearbour #shop #curioshop #doorstory360
“In memory of Robert S. Gibb, 1912-1977... whose life personified the motto ‘Service Before Self’”. Bob Gibb Friendship Bridge, between Boise ...
Jun 14 Boise River
“In memory of Robert S. Gibb, 1912-1977... whose life personified the motto ‘Service Before Self’”. Bob Gibb Friendship Bridge, between Boise State University and Julia Davis Park, over the fast-running Boise River. A tranquil legacy. 💚
#door #doors #bridge #boise #service #rotary #friendship #legacy #idaho #bridges #trees #juliadavispark #boisestate #walkingpath #bicycling #cyclingpath #boisestateuniversity #boiseriver #footbridge #park #doorstory360
“I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.” - Anne Frank ‘In 1995, a travelling exhibit on Anne frank drew...
“I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.” - Anne Frank ‘In 1995, a travelling exhibit on Anne frank drew tens of thousands of visitors from across Idaho. This overwhelming interest sparked the idea for a more permanent tribute... Though inspired by Anne Frank, the Memorial is not simply a static space to reflect upon her short life or even the horrors of the Holocaust. It was instead designed to actively engage us to think, to talk to one another and to respond to the human rights issues we face in our community, our country and our world.’
The Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial is an exhibit, an open-air classroom, and a beautiful, thought-provoking tribute. Abundant and relevant information including quotes from Maya Angelou, Malala Yousafzai, local human rights activist Bill Wasmuth, Albert Einstein and others, the UN Declaration of Human Rights, a human rights timeline along with a touching depiction of Anne peeking out a window. Today would have been Anne Frank’s 90th Birthday. Info from exhibit.
#door #doors #annefrank #humanrights #memorial #exhibit #billwasmuth #mayaangelou #garden #downtownboise #malalayousafzai #idaho #boise #doorstory360 #otd #onthisday #anne90 #humanrightsactivist #humanrightswatch
Condos in this lakefront heritage building are selling for ~$1m. Front entrance; swipe to see lobby, car entrance, all with original 1919 ...
Jun 10 229 E Lake Shore DR Bldg
Condos in this lakefront heritage building are selling for ~$1m. Front entrance; swipe to see lobby, car entrance, all with original 1919 embellishments. In the suite that’s for sale, the dressing room is larger than my apartment, and beautiful.
#door #doors #heritage #doorsofinstagram #chicago #doorsofchicago #architecture #architecturephotography #chicagoil #chicagoillinois #goldcoastchicago #lakeshoredrive #doorstory360 #lakeshoredrivechicago #1919
A Sunday morning sort of door: dressed up, but welcoming.
#door #doors #brick #brickhouse #chicago #chicagoillinois #chicagoil #planter ...
Jun 9 Chicago, Illinois
A Sunday morning sort of door: dressed up, but welcoming.
#door #doors #brick #brickhouse #chicago #chicagoillinois #chicagoil #planter #doorstory360 #sunday
Ooh, a ‘dangerous‘ Saturday night. And whatever’s going on is guarded by lions. Maybe they’re making something out of Lego. The world’s ...
Jun 9 Chicago, Illinois
Ooh, a ‘dangerous‘ Saturday night. And whatever’s going on is guarded by lions. Maybe they’re making something out of Lego. The world’s largest Lego structure is a 13-metre high Lego version of London’s Tower Bridge (created with 5,805,846 bricks) in Warwickshire, UK for Land Rover, as an ad. Gotta start somewhere, right.
#door #doors #danger #red #lego #construction #chicago #chicagoil #chicagoillinois #architecture #architecturephotography #lions #stonelions #stonelionsofinstagram #doorsofinstagram #doorstory360 #thinkbig
“Sometimes the only place to find your song, is home.” - Chris Cummings, For the Music
The ironwork, especially that Juliet balcony, ...
Jun 7 Chicago, Illinois
“Sometimes the only place to find your song, is home.” - Chris Cummings, For the Music
The ironwork, especially that Juliet balcony, harmonizes with this beautiful door. Right down to the lamps. And what did I tell you about how hydrangeas can play country or classical.
#door #doors #woodendoor #ironwork #ironworks #planter #home #open #stonework #julietbalcony #julietsbalcony #carvedwood #country #chriscummings #hydrangea #hydrangeas #chicago #chicagoillinois #chicagoil #architecture #forthemusic #architecturephotography #doorsofchicago #doorstory360
The largest building in the world when it opened (four million square feet!), the Merchandise Mart hosts 20,000+ people every day and had its own zip ...
Jun 6 Merchandise Mart
The largest building in the world when it opened (four million square feet!), the Merchandise Mart hosts 20,000+ people every day and had its own zip code (until the boundaries were re-drawn 😉). Lower left, you can see four of the eight bronze busts on tall pedestals: the Mart’s Hall of Fame (to locals, The Pez Dispensers), essentially Big Department Store Guys. There are fifty-six, 7’ tall terra cotta statues of Native American chiefs all around the tower’s crown, intended to be viewed from the upper floors of nearby skyscrapers. Built by retail giant Marshall Field, the Mart centralized and consolidated Chicago’s architectural and interior design wholesale goods business.
Graham, Anderson Probst and White (1930) - Alfred P. Shaw, chief architect. Art Deco. LEED-EB Silver. Owned by the Kennedy family for 50+ years.
#door #doors #worldslargest #worldslargestbuilding #leed #artdeco #architecture #merchandisemart #retail #wholesale #nativeamerican #architecturephotography #themerch #merchmart #doorstory360 #kennedy #giantsofindustry #grahamandersonprobstwhite #grahamandersonprobstandwhite #chicago #chicagoillinois #chicagoil #chicagoriver #chicagoriverwalk #statues #pez
“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.” [or woman, obviously]
- ...
Jun 5 Chicago, Illinois
“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.” [or woman, obviously]
- writer/publisher Elbert Hubbard
Rounded-top door-lights and transom, fancy spindled ironwork, trim, lantern and stonework, all surrounding the beautiful wood door.
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #woodendoor #woodendoors #stonework #ironwork #transom #transomwindow #architecture #architecturephotography #chicago #chicagoil #chicagoillinois #spindles #twistedspindles #curves #doorstory360
Holding its head(s) up high with this gorgeous golden door and accompanying adornment are the elegant pink potted hydrangeas. Hydrangeas are like that...
Jun 2 Chicago, Illinois
Holding its head(s) up high with this gorgeous golden door and accompanying adornment are the elegant pink potted hydrangeas. Hydrangeas are like that wonderful guest who is always welcome - gracious, fun and amiable, classy and unpretentious. (DYK? It’s possible to change the bloom colour on some hydrangeas by adjusting the pH of the soil.) #door #doors #doorsofinstagram #doorsofchicago #chicago #chicagoillinois #chicagoil #golddoor #goldendoor #hydrangea #hydrangeas #architecture #adornment #planter #planters #architecturephotography #awning #brick #apartment #treelinedstreets #doorstory360
Looking south over a space containing a freeway and interchange, this side of 235 Van Buren represents vehicles viewed from above. It sits on the edge...
Looking south over a space containing a freeway and interchange, this side of 235 Van Buren represents vehicles viewed from above. It sits on the edge of Chicago’s busy Loop district. The opposite side looks completely different, with recessed balconies in horizontal swaths of glass. The top part outlines the penthouse.
The architect Perkins+Will has designed many notable structures around the world, including Vancouver’s beautiful Van Dusen Gardens building.
235 West Van Buren (2010) - Perkins+Will, founded in 1935.
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #chicago #chicagoillinois #chicagoil #doorsofchicago #automobiles #art #vehicles #architecture #architecturephotography #perkinsandwill #architect #balcony #chicagoarchitecture #architect #condo #doorstory360
Shishi (architectural Chinese stone lions) come in pairs, to protect the building from spiritual or physical harm. This one, the male, has a ball, ...
May 31 Chicago, Illinois
Shishi (architectural Chinese stone lions) come in pairs, to protect the building from spiritual or physical harm. This one, the male, has a ball, representing dominance over the world, and out of view is a female with a cub, signifying nurturing. Originally used in palaces and tombs, they now guard anyone who fancies their smooshy stone faces.
#door #doors #chicago #chicagoillinois #chicagoil #shishi #chineselions #chineselion #stonelions #stonelionsofinstagram #foodogs #architecture #architecturephotography #doorsofchicago #doorsofinstagram #doorstory360 #onepersonsgarden
Begijnhof, one of the Netherlands’ oldest hofjes (charity housing for religious women, built around a courtyard). Dating from the late 1300s, ...
May 31 Begijnhof, Amsterdam
Begijnhof, one of the Netherlands’ oldest hofjes (charity housing for religious women, built around a courtyard). Dating from the late 1300s, originally surrounded by water with a small bridge for access, it is at medieval street level: 1m below the rest of the city centre. It’s the site of two churches, the English Reformed Church (first photo) and the wall outside the hidden Catholic Houten Huys. Following my recent post on a Belgian beguinage, serendipity: another friend gave me these photos from her recent trip. 📷by Melissa Muir
#door #doors #beguinage #amsterdam #netherlands #begijnhof #architecture #middleages #hofje #hofjes #europe #europetravel #netherlandstourism #amsterdamtour #amsterdamtourism #housingforwomen #doorstory360 #doorsofinstagram #church #churches #englishreformedchurchinamsterdam #englishreformedchurch #catholichurch #romancatholicchurch #hiddencatholicchurch
- ‘Number 43’ is one of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's most famous poems
- Richard Petty won 200 NASCAR races in his career, 95% of them in...
May 31 Chicago, Illinois
- ‘Number 43’ is one of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's most famous poems
- Richard Petty won 200 NASCAR races in his career, 95% of them in car #43
- 43 is the phone code for Austria, if you were trying to reach Hedy Lamarr (actress/inventor of Bluetooth) or Mozart
- ‘43’ is a song by metal band Mushroomhead*
Note lion door-knocker, pretty carved detailing and spring greenery..
*whom I have not previously heard of, which is okay since they probably aren’t familiar with me either
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #doortraits #doorsofchicago #chicago #chicagoillinois #architecture #stone #doorknocker #doorknockers #architecturephotography #hedylamarr #austria #richardpetty #mushroomhead #43 #elizabethbarrettbrowning #allinoneplace #spring
Wrigley Field, home of baseball’s Chicago Cubs since 1916, is known for “its ivy-covered brick outfield wall, the unusual wind patterns off Lake ...
May 27 Wrigley Field
Wrigley Field, home of baseball’s Chicago Cubs since 1916, is known for “its ivy-covered brick outfield wall, the unusual wind patterns off Lake Michigan, the iconic red marquee over the main entrance, the hand-turned scoreboard, its location in a primarily residential neighborhood with no parking lots, views from rooftops behind the outfield, and for being the last Major League park to have lights installed for play after dark, in 1988.” At Wrigley Field, if a baseball gets stuck in the ivy, the batter is awarded a ground rule double*. It’s the second-oldest ballpark in major league baseball after Fenway Park (Boston, 1912), and one of the most unpredictable 💨 to play. Other tenants have included football and soccer as well as baseball, and there’s been Whales🐳, Tigers🐅, Pros👓, Bears 🐻, Cardinals🏈, Feds 💼 and Sting🦂. Architect: Zachary Taylor Davis, ‘jewel box’ style, 1914. Quote: Wikipedia *other runners move two bases from their time of pitch location
#door #doors #baseball #mlb #ballpark #chicago #northsiders #chicagocubs #majorleaguebaseball #doorsofinstagram #wrigleyfield #wrigley #cubs #zacharytaylordavis #architecture #wind #windy #lakemichigan #batterup #groundruledouble #architecturephotography #ivy #doorstory360 #chicagoillinois #chicagoil #handturnedscoreboard #takemeouttotheballgame #takemeouttotheballgame⚾️
The dungeon towers overlook the drawbridge and viaduct arching over the moat at Groot-Bijgaarden Castle in Brussels, Belgium. Since the early 1900s, ...
May 27 Groot-Bijgaarden Castle
The dungeon towers overlook the drawbridge and viaduct arching over the moat at Groot-Bijgaarden Castle in Brussels, Belgium. Since the early 1900s, it has enjoyed a 14-hectare park and since 2003 has heralded spring with an annual public flower exhibition of tulips from the Netherlands. 🌷🛡🏰 📷 courtesy Matthew Wu
Groot-Bejgaarden Castle - 12th-14th c. Flemish Renaissance style
#door #brussels #belgium #history #castle #arches #drawbridge #moat #groot-bijgaarden #garden #tulips #flowers #doorstory360 #castleswithgiglee #flemishrenaissance #spring #reflection #tower #dilbeek #architecture #architecturephotography #castles #castlesofinstagram #doorsofinstagram
One of the stores in the fancy Oak Street shopping district. 🦁 [rawr].
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#door #doors #chicago #chitown #chicagoillinois #chicagoil ...
May 26 Athleta
One of the stores in the fancy Oak Street shopping district. 🦁 [rawr].
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#door #doors #chicago #chitown #chicagoillinois #chicagoil #architecture #heritage #doorstory360 #athleta #architecturephotography #lion #doorsofinstagram #doorsofchicago
What I know for sure is, scaffolding is necessary from time to time. The door with tulips is the main entrance; the white door beside it is for the ...
May 26 199 East Lake Shore Building
What I know for sure is, scaffolding is necessary from time to time. The door with tulips is the main entrance; the white door beside it is for the valet to dash in and out of. Oprah owned a 6th floor, 4,607 sq. ft. co-op apartment here when the O-show was still being filmed, never lived in it, and sold it a few years later for close to the $6m she originally paid.
#chicago #door #doors #doortraits #goldcoastchicago #chicagoillinois #oprah #oprahwinfrey #architecture #architecturephotography #doorstory360 #tulips #doorsofchicago #chitown
Hampshire House was a cooperative apartment building when it was purchased from surprised owners by Wesley Hospital in 1943. Aided by the federal ...
May 25 Raffaello Hotel
Hampshire House was a cooperative apartment building when it was purchased from surprised owners by Wesley Hospital in 1943. Aided by the federal government, it was for an important reason: it became the new home of 210 nurses-in-training, to address the serious shortage of nurses caused by the war.
Hampshire House / Raffaello Hotel (1926) Neo-Renaissance (Chicago) style. Fugard & Knapp, architects.
#door #doors #Chicago #heritage #chicagohistory #wwii #architecture #chicagoarchitecture #raffaello #raffaellohotel #neorenaissance #doorsofchicago #doorsofinstagram #fugardandknapp #historicalbuilding #i❤️chicago #magnificentmile #hotel #worldwartwo #chicagoshots #nurses #chicagoland #doorstory360 #doorsworldwide #goldcoastchicago
“When ground was broken for the Wrigley Building in 1920, there were no major office buildings north of the Chicago River. The Michigan Avenue ...
May 21 The Wrigley Building
“When ground was broken for the Wrigley Building in 1920, there were no major office buildings north of the Chicago River. The Michigan Avenue Bridge, which spans the river just south of the building, was still under construction.” Now it’s at the south end of the famed Magnificent Mile. “If one walks through the center doors, they will find themselves in a secluded park area overlooking the Chicago River.” The pretty white glazed terra cotta was recently washed, every inch, by hand.
(Since we visited last, a Walgreens was added... and it’s still gorgeous.) Info ℅ Wikipedia. Previous #doorstory360 posts on the Wrigley Building: October 4, 2016 (with more info 🤓) and November 23, 2017.
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #chicago #wrigleybuilding #heritage #doorsofchicago #terracotta #magnificentmile #landmark #chicagolandmark #illinois #grahamandersonprobstwhite #frenchrenaissance #doortraits
This is one of 30 small houses in a beguinage or hofje - housing for older, underprivileged, religious women - which have existed since the Middle ...
This is one of 30 small houses in a beguinage or hofje - housing for older, underprivileged, religious women - which have existed since the Middle Ages. The women did not take vows and were free to come and go. There were many advantages: community, protection, support. For security, the homes were usually in a U-shape and sometimes surrounded by a moat. Since 1927 this Bruges, Belgium beguinage has been a Benedictine convent. ✝️ 📷 courtesy Matthew Wu
Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde (16-17-18th centuries) - Bruges, Belgium. UNESCO World Heritage Site.
#door #doors #bruges #belgium #hofje #beguinage #beguin #faith #cloister #beguin #brick #history #doorstory360 #benedictine #heritage #europeanhistory #convent #europe #women #womentogether #nuns #nun #religion #doorsworldwide #doorsofinstagram #doorsofeurope #theoriginalsocialsecurity
A tale of three sets of brothers (starting with Barney Balaban), and Widespread Panic.
When it opened as “The Wonder Theatre of the World”, ...
May 18 The Chicago Theatre
A tale of three sets of brothers (starting with Barney Balaban), and Widespread Panic.
When it opened as “The Wonder Theatre of the World”, the Chicago Theatre was “the first large, lavish movie palace in America and was the prototype for all others… constructed for $4m by theatre owners Barney & Abe Balaban and Sam & Morris Katz and designed by Cornelius & George Rapp… French Baroque style, The Chicago Theatre’s exterior features a miniature replica of Paris’ Arc de Triomphe, sculpted above its State Street marquee… the triumphal arch is sixty feet wide and six stories high. Within the arch is a grand window in which is set a large circular stained-glass panel bearing the coat-of-arms of the Balaban and Katz chain—two horses holding ribbons of 35-mm film in their mouths. 🐴The grand lobby, modeled after the Royal Chapel at Versailles, is five stories high and surrounded by gallery promenades at the mezzanine and balcony levels. The grand staircase is patterned after that of the Paris Opera House and ascends to the various levels of the Great Balcony. The 3,600 seat auditorium is seven stories high, more than one half of a city block wide, and nearly as long… the sign and marquee are landmarks in themselves, as is the 29-rank Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ… An array of the entertainment world’s brightest stars and greatest productions have graced the stage, including Arcade Fire, Kelly Clarkson, Harry Connick Jr, Ellen DeGeneres, Aretha Franklin, Gipsy Kings, Alicia Keys, David Letterman, Dolly Parton, Prince, Robin Williams, Diana Ross, and Widespread Panic.
Opened in 1921, closed in 1985, restored, and reopened 1986 with a gala performance by Frank Sinatra, who played there in the 1950s.
Info quotes from owner Madison Square Garden Co. site. Interior photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons: Jrissman, Murals by Louis Grell (1887-1960). [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]. National Register of Historic Places 1979.
#door #doors #chicago #chicagotheatre #heritage #music #moviepalace #marquee #entertainment #wondertheatre #nrhp #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces #chicagoheritage #architecturephotography #frenchbaroque #🎟 #doorstory360 #neon
A woman waiting for her ride outside her doorway notices me skulking* nearby. She’s imagining tomorrow’s headline: “Woman mugged by hobbit, ...
May 11
A woman waiting for her ride outside her doorway notices me skulking* nearby. She’s imagining tomorrow’s headline: “Woman mugged by hobbit, within sight of Magnificent Mile”. Finally I approach her with my intention: “Can I just take a picture of your beautiful door? The light is so pretty at night” and she was very gracious. *Yeah, I’m dangerous-looking 🤣
#door #doors #doorsofchicago #doorsofinstagram #chicago #architecture #hobbit #architecturechicago #chicagoarchitecture #light #filigree #ironfiligree #heritage #twoflat #chicagotwoflat #brownstone #magnificentmile #nightphotography #doorstory360
875 North Michigan Avenue is a brilliant example of structural expressionism, with its bold giant Xs. It’s 100 storeys/1,128’ plus the 372’ ...
May 11 Chicago, Illinois
875 North Michigan Avenue is a brilliant example of structural expressionism, with its bold giant Xs. It’s 100 storeys/1,128’ plus the 372’ antenna masts. Wikipedia: “From the 95th floor restaurant, diners can look out at Chicago and Lake Michigan. The observatory (360 Chicago)... has a 360° view of the city, up to four states, and a distance of over 80 miles (130 km). 360 Chicago is home to TILT, a moving platform that leans visitors over the edge of the skyscraper to a 30-degree angle... [and] Chicago's only open-air SkyWalk... The 44th-floor sky lobby features America's highest indoor swimming pool.” (The “up to four states” refers to the weather which regularly vacillates among seasons each day, and as for if I have experienced the 360 observatory with tilt etc., that’s a HELL NO.) It was built as and still commonly referred to as the John Hancock Center; last year someother company bought it and the naming rights.
#door #doors #architecture #architecturephotography #chicago #chicagoarchitecture #skyscraper #structuralexpressionism #structuralexpression #architecturechicago #johnhancock #doorstory360 #nofilter
The breathtaking Vista will be the tallest building in the world (1,140 feet / 93 storeys, third tallest in Chicago) by a female architect, the ...
May 9 Chicago, Illinois
The breathtaking Vista will be the tallest building in the world (1,140 feet / 93 storeys, third tallest in Chicago) by a female architect, the incredible Jeanne Gang (who also designed Chicago’s groundbreaking Aqua, which was the tallest female-designed skyscraper at the time [2011]). Gorgeous.
#door #doors #architecture #architecturephotography #chicagoarchitecture #architecturechicago #jeannegang #jeannegangarchitects #aqua #vista #riverfront #chicagoriverfront #architecture_view #architecture_best #water #doorstory360
The Panama-California Exposition was held in 1915-17 in San Diego to highlight the city as a port-of-preference after taking a sharp starboard out of ...
Apr 27 Burnaby, British Columbia
The Panama-California Exposition was held in 1915-17 in San Diego to highlight the city as a port-of-preference after taking a sharp starboard out of the west exit of the new Panama Canal. Architect Bertram Goodhue’s Spanish Colonial style was featured at the Exposition and became a sunny-state classic in e.g. California and Florida.
That is a very odd placement for a light - right in the middle of the walkway. 🤔
#door #doors #spanish #doorsofinstagram #spanishcolonial #spanishcolonialarchitecture #panamacalifornia #sandiego #iwishiwasinsandiego #bertramgoodhue #architecture #burnaby #burnabyheights #heritage #brick #randomwreath #postinthemiddleofthewalkway
This red door probably doesn’t lead to an Elizabeth Arden spa or the Ghostbusters firehouse, but apparently it’s iconic enough to warrant ...
Apr 21 Burnaby, British Columbia
This red door probably doesn’t lead to an Elizabeth Arden spa or the Ghostbusters firehouse, but apparently it’s iconic enough to warrant bodyguards - close protection officers who look pretty much planted at their posts. 💛the chair, 🤔the wreath in April...? #door #doors #doorsofinstagram #reddoor #reddoors #garden #shrubbery #burnaby #burnabyheights #bodyguard #doorstory360 #architecture #architecturephotography #modern #modernhomes #bungalow #modernarchitecture #privacy
Henry Tudor (Henry VII) kicked off the Renaissance with his pet project: building the port and dry dock facilities in Portsmouth 🌊(construction ...
Apr 20 Burnaby, British Columbia
Henry Tudor (Henry VII) kicked off the Renaissance with his pet project: building the port and dry dock facilities in Portsmouth 🌊(construction cost: £193, roughly £2 kajillion today). The infrastructure put England in a favourable position and is still a key sea hub. Tudor homes were popular from the mid-1800s to WWII, a distinctive, upscale look suited to colder climates.
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #tudor #tudorhouse #burnaby #burnabyheights #heritage #brick #bungalow #cottagesandbungalows #bungalowstyle #brickhouse #Portsmouth #henryvii #henrytudor #henrytudorhouse #halftimber #halftimbered #doorsofcanada #doorstory360
Corbels (the little curly brackets under the roof extensions) have been used as supports in architecture since Neolithic times. "Corbel" ...
Apr 20 Burnaby, British Columbia
Corbels (the little curly brackets under the roof extensions) have been used as supports in architecture since Neolithic times. "Corbel" comes from the Latin corbellus - corvus ("raven"), which refers to the beak-like appearance. The French call a corbel a corbeau ("crow"). Research: Wikipedia
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #corbels #corbel #architecture #architecturephotography #raven #burnabyheights #heritage #crow #corbeau #heritageburnaby #doorstory360 #burnabyheritage #burnabyheights
Charming Craftsman with an utomordentlig* veranda, built by Peter Newstrom, bricklayer, and his wife Alma, from Sweden. *extraordinary, outstanding ...
Apr 15 Burnaby, British Columbia
Charming Craftsman with an utomordentlig* veranda, built by Peter Newstrom, bricklayer, and his wife Alma, from Sweden. *extraordinary, outstanding
Craftsman bungalow (1912)
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #craftsman #craftsmanstyle #craftsmanbungalow #utomordentlig #craftsmanhome #craftsmanhouse #burnaby #heritage #swedish #burnabyheights #burnabybc #doorstory360 #veranda #verandah
🌞-yellow Craftsman veranda with dentil detail and scrolled screen door...🌼🌞💛 #door #doors #doorsofinstagram #craftsman #craftsmanhome ...
Apr 14 Burnaby, British Columbia
🌞-yellow Craftsman veranda with dentil detail and scrolled screen door...🌼🌞💛 #door #doors #doorsofinstagram #craftsman #craftsmanhome #craftsmanstyle #architecture #architecturephotography #craftsmanarchitecture #burnaby #doorstory360 #heritage #screendoor #scroll #yellow #veranda #verandah #frontporch #💛
Remember when most homes had a screen door?
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #screendoor #stormdoor #screendoors #goodolddays #olddays #burnaby...
Apr 12 Burnaby, British Columbia
Remember when most homes had a screen door?
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #screendoor #stormdoor #screendoors #goodolddays #olddays #burnaby #architecture #architecturephotography #doorstory360 #growingup #candarlenecomeouttoplay
I didn’t look to see if it said ‘Hi’ on the reverse... #door #doors #doorsofinstagram #burnabyheights #gate #architecture ...
I didn’t look to see if it said ‘Hi’ on the reverse... #door #doors #doorsofinstagram #burnabyheights #gate #architecture #architecturephotography #garden #Doorstory360
“A highly-sophisticated mix of fashionable Arts and Crafts elements” says Heritage Burnaby - so much to enjoy. All those verandas! I ❤️ the ...
“A highly-sophisticated mix of fashionable Arts and Crafts elements” says Heritage Burnaby - so much to enjoy. All those verandas! I ❤️ the “lunette” window too. It looks like the garage used to be where you can see bottom right, when cars were smaller. (1912) - J. R. & Frances Abigail Dawson home, who lived here until Frances’ death in 1938.
#door #doors #architecture #architecturephotography #burnaby #history #artsandcrafts #heritage #verandah #verandas #verandah #verandahs #lunette #1912 #halfmoonwindow #lunettewindows #burnabyheights #yellowhose #random #doorstory360
This interesting home resembles the library at the University of Duesto, Spain (2008). I would like to say that I knew that already but, being the ...
This interesting home resembles the library at the University of Duesto, Spain (2008). I would like to say that I knew that already but, being the world’s worst liar, I cannot.
Modern glass block was developed in the early 1900s to provide natural light in manufacturing plants.
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #glass #glassblock #glassblocks #glassbricks #heritage #light #glam #windows #architecture #modern #architecturephotography #curves #curvedwindows #towerofglass #glasstower #nothrowingstones #nostones #doorstory360
“The shortest distance between two points is often unbearable.”
Poet/author/sourpuss Charles Bukowski
#straightline #straightlines ...
“The shortest distance between two points is often unbearable.”
Poet/author/sourpuss Charles Bukowski
#straightline #straightlines #door #doors #reddoor #modern #architecture #burnabyheights #architecturephotograpy #design #homes #doorsofinstagram #homedesign #doorstory360
A roof gable of stones, a driftwood bench and I wonder what that vine on the trellis will blossom into?
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram ...
Mar 31 Burnaby, British Columbia
A roof gable of stones, a driftwood bench and I wonder what that vine on the trellis will blossom into?
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #oldhouse #oldhouses #veranda #verandah #frontporch #architecture #architecturephotography #wooddoor #burnaby #burnabyheights #doorstory360 #relax
“Be present in all things and thankful for all things.”
writer Maya Angelou
Restful and watchful, i 💕 this face on her/his eclectic ...
Mar 31 Burnaby, British Columbia
“Be present in all things and thankful for all things.”
writer Maya Angelou
Restful and watchful, i 💕 this face on her/his eclectic front veranda.
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #cat #catsofinstagram #catstagram #cats_of_instagram #catonaporch #burnaby #architecture #architecturephotography #weekend #veranda #verandah #reddoor #isthatthescreambehindhim
“It’s Friday… any plan of being a productive member of society is officially thrown out the window.“
- Unknown
This dapper door on ...
Mar 29 Burnaby, British Columbia
“It’s Friday… any plan of being a productive member of society is officially thrown out the window.“
- Unknown
This dapper door on this happy home wishes you a happy snappy Friday, everyone!
#door #doors #architecture #architecturephotography #burnaby #history #snappy #grey #greyandwhite #greyandwhitehome #grayandwhite #contrast #curvesandlines #heritage #doorstory360 #friday #fridayquotes #burnabyheights
“Gardening is the slowest of the performing arts” - Mac Griswold - acclaimed cultural landscape historian (aka landscape archaeology, the study of...
Mar 28 Burnaby, British Columbia
“Gardening is the slowest of the performing arts” - Mac Griswold - acclaimed cultural landscape historian (aka landscape archaeology, the study of how humanity has changed the physical appearance of the environment) and writer. A Guggenheim fellow, she has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Travel + Leisure (an eclectic mix). Educated at McGill University, Griswold now lives in eastern U. S. She has a great smile, and looks like someone I would love to have a lively conversation with. www.macgriswold.com 🌿
Anna’s Garden
#door #doors #architecture #architecturephotography #burnaby #history #spring #garden #landscapearchaeology #landscapehistory #gardening #sarahlawrence #landscapedesign #landscapephotography #sarahlawrencecollege #housing #doorstory360 #guggenheim #travelleisure #newyorktimes #wallstreetjournal #macgriswold
Tigh Air A Chnoc is a B&B in northeastern Scotland. The closest airport is Wicks John O’Groats, and the nightly rate (with flatscreen TV, wifi, ...
Mar 25 Burnaby, British Columbia
Tigh Air A Chnoc is a B&B in northeastern Scotland. The closest airport is Wicks John O’Groats, and the nightly rate (with flatscreen TV, wifi, and breakfast) is $168CDN. It’s on the water, right across the North Sea from Norway. I wonder what the connection is to this house, which Nova Scotia-born Dr. James Collins Farish had built in 1912 as an investment rental. Dr. Farish was an ear-nose-throat specialist who retired in 1941 after practicing 50 years. Heritage Burnaby: “A recent restoration project has extensively restored the original appearance and character of this impressive home.” (1912)
#door #doors #architecture #architecturephotography #burnaby #history #bnb #scotland #heritage #bedandbreakfast #housing #doorstory360 #doorsofinstagram
A speech-worthy balcony. “The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.” ...
Mar 24 Burnaby, British Columbia
A speech-worthy balcony. “The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.” – comedian George Jessel “Light travels faster than sound. That’s why certain people appear bright until you hear them speak.” – Albert Einstein. Smart-looking home with wrought-iron scrollwork and balcony suitable for profound public speaking.
#door #doors #architecture #doorsofinstagram #architecturephotography #burnaby #burnabyheights #history #balcony #wroughtiron #scrollwork #vancouver #housing #doorstory360 #friendsromanscountrymen #einstein #georgejessel
Looks harmless, doesn’t it? “The uproar over allowing duplexes [to help address availability/affordability in the local housing crisis] in ...
Mar 22 Burnaby, British Columbia
Looks harmless, doesn’t it? “The uproar over allowing duplexes [to help address availability/affordability in the local housing crisis] in Vancouver resulted in 70 people appearing at city council during two long days of public hearings… One Vancouverite, blowing a gasket: “It will destroy what makes Vancouver such a green and charming city.” Fearing “wholesale demolition of their traditional neighbourhoods, loss of green space, parking chaos and, although no one likes to say it too openly, the arrival of a new kind of resident – the kind that can only afford a duplex.” 🤯😱😳 Dare I say it - a snobby, selfish over-reaction. “Duplexes might not seem like the most revolutionary form of alternative housing. It’s just two homes on a lot, after all, instead of one – all still in one building.” Let’s work together, people.
Quotes: Globe and Mail, Frances Bula, October 4 2018.
#door #doors #architecture #architecturephotography #vancouver #history #duplex #duplexes #housingcrisis #vancouver #housing #twodoors #stucco #doorstory360 #doorsofinstagram
An eyebrow dormer throws a curve into the early-20th-century lines of this meticulously-restored home with its fabulous blue door and stained glass. ...
Mar 22 Vancouver, British Columbia
An eyebrow dormer throws a curve into the early-20th-century lines of this meticulously-restored home with its fabulous blue door and stained glass. Eyebrow dormers were first seen on Medieval thatched-roof cottages to add light, and championed by American architect Henry Hobson Richardson in the late 1800s. Actor Roger Moore: “My acting range has always been something between the two extremes of 'raises left eyebrow' and 'raises right eyebrow.’” Castle Fyfe
#door #doors #architecture #architecturephotography #vancouver #history #eyebrow #eyebrowwindow #eyebrowdormer #restoration #stainedglass #hastingssunrise #bluedoor #doorstory360 #heritagevancouver #heritage
Every dollar spent at a community school (regular schools with special emphasis on community involvement) yields at least $10 in savings to the ...
Mar 20 Gilmore Community School
Every dollar spent at a community school (regular schools with special emphasis on community involvement) yields at least $10 in savings to the community, and the benefits to students, staff, parents and community members are immeasurable. Community schools are dear to my heart: my kids went to a community school and my involvement included producing a video years ago to explain and celebrate community schools. Here’s up-to-date info: https://youtu.be/t9dYeMKGepg Heritage Burnaby says that Gilmore School was named after provincial politician Hugh Gilmour who fell victim to a typo. The school’s site says it’s named after James Gilmore, a Richmond dairy farmer whose Richmond Farms is still in the family. 🤷🏼♀️ 50 North Gilmore Avenue (1915, with additions in 1922 and 1929) - Joseph Bowman, the area school board architect at the time. The interior charm includes classrooms with original thick wood doors, cloakrooms and rounded walls. The first brick school in Burnaby and the only one left.
#door #doors #school #schools #brick #brickbuilding #architecture #burnaby #heritageburnaby #communityschool #community #burnabyschools #burnabyparksrec #architecturephotography #🇨🇦 #doorsofinstagram #schoolbuilding #education #communityeducation
The Columbia Theatre is a rare surviving example of “atmospheric-style”, where the building’s design and fanciful decor is considered integral ...
Mar 10 The Columbia
The Columbia Theatre is a rare surviving example of “atmospheric-style”, where the building’s design and fanciful decor is considered integral to the experience. The interior: “Murals of romantic Mediterranean scenery, lanterns, plaster screens, wrought iron trellis work covered with climbing roses and twinkling stars in a midnight sky gave the patrons the illusion of being seated in an exotic walled garden.” (Canada’s Historic Places) The theatre was re-named in 2000 after Raymond Burr, esteemed actor and philanthropist who was born and buried in New Westminster. Burr, with a commanding (300-350 lb.) presence and basso voice, often played villains (e.g. Rear Window) and had a busy career in movies, radio and Broadway before long-term TV hit series Perry Mason and Ironside. In 2011, after massive renovations, the theatre re-opened as the Columbia once again, housing a comedy club, the Raymond Burr Centre for Performing Arts, and a banquet/concert hall.
Columbia Theatre (1927) 530 Columbia Street (Period Revival) designed by Townley & Matheson, who designed Vancouver City Hall.
#door #doors #architecture #architecturephotography #raymondburr #newwest #newwestminster #theatre #canadashistoricplaces
‘...in ten years’ time there will be little difference between the two cities [Bellingham and New York], that New York lacks coal, timber and ...
Mar 9 Bellingham, Washington
‘...in ten years’ time there will be little difference between the two cities [Bellingham and New York], that New York lacks coal, timber and gold, which Bellingham has and that New York's advantage is only that of age, which Bellingham Bay will rapidly overcome.’ (!) #hubris That was the Bellingham Bay ‘Reveille’ in the late 1870s, banking on a rail line joining the Northern Pacific with the Canadian Pacific in British Columbia.
...Finally, the 23-mile B.B. & B.C. line was completed connecting with the transcontinental Canadian Pacific in Sumas. A grand celebration was held on June 22, 1891, for the arrival of the first train. During this, participating rival fire fighters started a water fight. The long-awaited train blundered in between, and the force of water from the firehoses smashed in windows, drenching the dignitaries. Later in the celebration the British flag was accidentally trampled, which further offended the visiting Canadians.”
This 1927 Bellingham station welcomed Great Northern, Burlington Northern and Amtrak passengers until a few years ago; now it’s a BN switching station.
Bellingham Great Northern Passenger Station (1927) George Moon Construction Company, F. Stanley Piper, architect of renown.
#door #doors #trainstation #canadianpacific #bellingham #washingtonstate #northernpacific #train #doorstory360 #1927 #architecture #architecturephotography #railroad #trainstation #trainstations
What a pretty house, with fancy windows, metal scroll-decorations and frosted glass-paned door, on Elizabeth Street.
#door #doors ...
What a pretty house, with fancy windows, metal scroll-decorations and frosted glass-paned door, on Elizabeth Street.
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #doorstory360 #portalberni #vancouverisland #beautifulbc #architecture #architecturephotography #house #prettylittlehouse
For 95 years, the post office was a gathering spot in the town of Alberni, a logging and fishing deep-port town on Vancouver Island. This 1939 Art ...
For 95 years, the post office was a gathering spot in the town of Alberni, a logging and fishing deep-port town on Vancouver Island. This 1939 Art Deco landmark represented the ‘modern federal postal service’, with cross-Canada and trans-Atlantic mail service introduced around that time. ✉️📬Decommissioned in 2009, it retains post office signage, fixtures and counters, although it is now a meat shop. 🐄🐓🐖 4888 Johnston Road, Port Alberni (Alberni and Port Alberni, named for Capt. Don Pedro de Alberni, merged in 1969)
#door #doors #doorstory360 #doorsofinstagram #architecture #architecturephotography #canada #beautifulbc #bc #vancouverisland #artdeco #postoffice #canadapost #brick #brickbuilding #history #heritage #downtown #porttown #portalberni #alberni
Named after the Picketts, most prominently Captain George E. Pickett, who built Fort Bellingham. While posted there, Pickett married a Native American...
Feb 24 Lettered Streets Coffeehouse
Named after the Picketts, most prominently Captain George E. Pickett, who built Fort Bellingham. While posted there, Pickett married a Native American (Haida) woman named Morning Mist, who gave birth to their son, James. Capt. Pickett had a long military career, not without controversy. I think the red and black trim and dentil accents on this 1890 building are snappy. Yelp reviewers rave about the Lettered Streets Coffee House, noteworthy because Yelp reviewers are usually so ruddy grumpy. I wonder: maybe if they had a latte from Lettered Streets they wouldn’t be so irritable.
1001 Dupont at F Street (hence, Lettered Streets Coffee House) (1890) - Pickett arrived in the area in 1856.
#door #doors #architecture #coffee #coffeehouse #history #bellingham #doorstory360 #dentil #architecturephotography
At the grand re-opening, one student said “I just wanted to run down the halls, so I could see all the improvements… I could barely hold it within...
Feb 22 Whatcom Middle School
At the grand re-opening, one student said “I just wanted to run down the halls, so I could see all the improvements… I could barely hold it within me, I was so amazed.” ...A fire destroyed the 1903/1916 Whatcom Middle School in November 2009. With tremendous collaboration, cooperation, and hard work, the school was rebuilt in situ, and opened a full year ahead of schedule. A new shell was constructed right over the old building, to replicate the historic exterior exactly, with a modern, feature-packed new school inside as a wonderful welcome-back reveal for staff and students.
Watch a video with the whole cool story: https://youtu.be/2M4vNHvanPc
810 Halleck Street
#door #doors #school #schools #whatcom #bellingham #bellinghamwa #whatcomcounty #architecture #dykeman #architect #architecture #dawsonconstruction #fire #historic #history #middleschool #collaboration #cooperation #wastenotthyhour #wildcats
The church bell (made from bronze Civil War cannons) tolled for President Lincoln’s death in 1865, and the bells are still rung every day, twice for...
The church bell (made from bronze Civil War cannons) tolled for President Lincoln’s death in 1865, and the bells are still rung every day, twice for good measure. First Presbyterian began in 1854 with just 12 parishioners, and the minister travelled 80 miles there on horseback each week. (That’s commitment!) By 1929 it had grown to one of the ten largest Presbyterian congregations in the country. This building had the first pipe organ in Portland in 1929; the interior (second photo) with its 57’ high ceiling, is all arches and undulating curved cherrywood magnificence framing the 2000 52-rank Jaeckel. The stained glass (third photo) was made locally by Povey Brothers Art Glass. The building is one of the finest examples of High Victorian Gothic architecture in Oregon, made of black basalt with sandstone trim, and features a soaring 185’ spire.
1200 SW Alder Street (1890) William F. McCaw, architect - High Victorian Gothic - Portland Historic Landmark 1970 - National Register of Historic Places 1974 - Interior and stained glass photos: Steve Morgan [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] #door #doors #architecture #architecturephotography #highvictoriangothic #gothic #portland #portlandoregon #doorstory360 #arches #presbyterian #ministeronhorseback #quitethecommute #firstpresbyterian #pipeorgan #bell #church #churchbuilding #cherrywood #sanctuary #churchbell #stainedglass #poveybrothers #portlandarchitecture #cathedral #doorstory360 #churchdoor
This memorial arch has stood here proudly since 1922. Mothers of World War Veterans raised the funds, hired a designer and had this arch, and a ...
Feb 18 Bellingham, Washington
This memorial arch has stood here proudly since 1922. Mothers of World War Veterans raised the funds, hired a designer and had this arch, and a fountain, constructed after the ‘Great War’. Recently, monuments were added to honour local citizens killed in other conflicts, and ceremonies are held here each Memorial Day. Formed as Sunnyland (the neighbourhood name) park in 1903, renamed Memorial Park. Never underestimate mothers.
Memorial Park, Bellingham
#door #doors #architectural #arch #bellingham #memorial #memorialarch #wroughtiron #architecture #mothers #motherslove #mothersloveisforever #motherslove❤️ #thegreatwar #architecturephotography #park #wwi #doorstory360 #1922 #honor #honour #bellingham #bellinghamwa #garden #warmemorial
Legend has it that Little Richard fired Jimmy Hendrix onstage here in 1965, midway through a performance, in a flaming temper🔥- his issue with ...
Feb 16 Crystal Ballroom
Legend has it that Little Richard fired Jimmy Hendrix onstage here in 1965, midway through a performance, in a flaming temper🔥- his issue with Hendrix euphemistically described as “lack of skill” (probably not his exact words). Jimmy. 🎸 Hendrix. ...Opened in 1914 as the Cotillion Hall, a ballroom and dance venue; by the late 1930s it side-stepped to Crystal Ballroom. In the 1960s, it hosted notables such as Ike & Tina Turner, Marvin Gaye, The Grateful Dead, and James Brown. In 1968 it shut down, citing concern for “what such music was doing to the youth of Portland”.🤔 It languished as studio space and residence for “squatters, artists and bohemians” until 1997, when it was bought by local bar/restaurant chain McMenamin’s. It now hops on three floors with a bar/restaurant, a brew pub/dance floor, and the main ballroom (with a mechanical floating dance floor). The basement (2nd picture) is Al’s Den, a music venue “named for Al Winter, Portland's gambling overlord who, in the 1940s, managed his vast empire that spanned the Pacific Northwest and into Las Vegas from this very location”. Busy!
1332 West Burnside Street (1914) Richard F. Tegan, architect - Romanesque Revival. National Register of Historic Places (1979) 🙏Wikipedia/McMenamin’s website.
#door #doors #architecture #architecturephotography #doorstory360 #doortraits #crystalballroom #bar #ballroom #dancehall #musicians #musicvenue #musichistory #music #jimmyhendrix #littlerichard #ikeandtinaturner #marvingaye #gratefuldead #jamesbrown #romanesquerevival #portland #portlandoregon #❤️Portland #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces #nrhp
‘We stand with our Muslim and Jewish neighbors’ declares the bold sign out front.💙 Their byword is “radical hospitality” and they seek to ...
Feb 15 Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
‘We stand with our Muslim and Jewish neighbors’ declares the bold sign out front.💙 Their byword is “radical hospitality” and they seek to practice what they preach. Trinity Episcopal officially welcomed the gay community 22 years ago, an audacious move at the time.🌈 It’s the only emergency food supplier in the area. Street people are welcomed on Wednesdays for a sit-down restaurant-style lunch in the fellowship hall, with tablecloths, flowers and piano music, providing community and nourishment with no obligations. Trinity’s Dean is The Very Rev. Nathan LeRud, a married 35-year-old gay man described as ‘charismatic’ and ‘humble’. If you listen online to sermons, it’s clear this is a faith steeped in inclusiveness, approachability and fun. And I 🥰me a 🌹window! 😍Swipe to see alternate views of this spirited spot.
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (1904) - 147 NW 19th Avenue - Gothic Revival - on the U. S. National Register of Historic Places
#door #doors #doorstory360 #church #churches #cathedral #episcopalian #episcopal #1904 #gothicrevival #portland #portlandoregon #trinityepiscopalian #architecture #nrhp #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces #architecturephotography #architecturelovers #architectures #brick #brickbuilding #❤️Portland #portlandarchitecture #rosewindow #reddoor #reddoors #gothicarch
Archbishop Alexander Christie was gravely ill when he gave the go-ahead for a new cathedral. His parishioners responded swiftly, allowing St. Mary’s...
Archbishop Alexander Christie was gravely ill when he gave the go-ahead for a new cathedral. His parishioners responded swiftly, allowing St. Mary’s Cathedral to be completed less than a year later, on ❤️February 14, 1926. The statue of Mary above the white-oak-and-cast-bronze doors was carved in Switzerland and brought by Benedictine monks. The stained glass (second photo) is from the 1870s, and along with other statuary and windows were brought from the previous church building. There are two impressive pipe organs. For the 150th anniversary of the Portland archdiocese in 1996, the building was restored, including the three tower bells, now equipped with ‘linear ringing motors’ (which I just learned ‘puts a bell gently into swinging motion by means of a magnetic field which allows the bell to start and to swing evenly thus enabling the clapper to strike properly on each inner side of the bell’ 😲. I 💓 the thought of the bells being rung so carefully. 💒 💒St. Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (1926) - 1716 NW Davis Street. Jacobberger & Smith, architects - Twentieth Century Romanesque and Byzantine
#door #doors #church #catholic #cathedral #stainedglass #stmarys #doorsandwindows #doorstory360 #cathedrals #doorsofinstagram #architecture #valentinesday #romanesque #byzantine #romanesquerevival #portland #portlandoregon #columns #mary #❤️ #architecture #romanesque #byzantine #architecturephotography
I think this is on Flanders Street, but I’m not sure... (Did you know that a lot of the Simpsons series details are from Portland, because creator ...
Feb 14 Portland, Oregon
I think this is on Flanders Street, but I’m not sure... (Did you know that a lot of the Simpsons series details are from Portland, because creator Matt Groening grew up there, on Evergreen Terrace - which he later used as Homer and Marge’s address?)
“Not all those who wander are lost.” J.R.R. Tolkein, who clearly hadn’t met me (directionally-challenged to a mind-bending degree) when he posited that. Partly it’s because I get lost looking at gorgeous entranceways with leaded glass surrounding a butter-yellow door...
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #doorsofportland #portland #portlandoregon #architecture #architecturephotography #leadedglass #simpsons #doorstory360 #doortraits #❤️portland #portlandtourism #northwestportland
The Portland Evening Telegram started publication in 1877, and in 1922 it moved here. The art department was in that little brick base below the clock...
Feb 10 Portland, Oregon
The Portland Evening Telegram started publication in 1877, and in 1922 it moved here. The art department was in that little brick base below the clock tower. The press pits in the basement are now boarded over but I hear there’s a curved staircase with wrought iron railings that is still turning heads. The newspaper’s presses ground to a final halt in 1939, unable to survive the economics of the time. See second photo: bustling Portland Evening Telegram in the 1920s - note transportation. (Matthew Powers/Clio)
The Telegram Building
1101 SW Washington Street
#door #doors #doorstory360 #architecture #oldbuildings #oldbuilding #brickbuilding #archeddoorway #clocktower #newspaperbuilding #newspaper #architecturephotography #history #1922 #portland #portland #i❤️portland #portlandoregon
“Cameron’s Books and Magazines was founded in 1938 by Robert Cameron in downtown Portland, Oregon. His first love was stamp collecting but ...
Feb 9 Portland, Oregon
“Cameron’s Books and Magazines was founded in 1938 by Robert Cameron in downtown Portland, Oregon. His first love was stamp collecting but realized there was more money in the printed word. During WW2 Bob also worked nights at the Kaiser Shipyards... In 1976 an outdoor writer and book scout named Fred Goetz was lamenting to Bob that a deal he had been making to buy a used bookstore on SE 39th Ave had fallen through. Bob promptly asked him if he wanted to buy Cameron’s. Fred accepted and took over the next year. He took flak from some of the long time customers for raising the prices on magazines and paperbacks – they had been priced 10 cents or 3 for a quarter!… In 1982 Fred hired an unshaven reprobate who claimed to have bookstore experience, even though this actually only amounted to filling in a couple of days at The King of Rome Book Shop in Sellwood. That guy was me and I worked for Fred for seven years. He taught me the business and sold it to me in 1989. No one could have asked for a better boss and mentor. Sadly he was killed in a car accident in Feb. 2005.
So since 1989 I have tried to follow the store tradition of selling good used books and magazines at fair prices. We also sell a different selection of titles through ABE and Biblio.
-Jeff Frase, owner”
(from Cameron’s Books and Magazines website)
336 SW 3rd Avenue
#door #doors #ironwork #iron #books #bookstagram #bookworm #bookstore #portland #magazines #shopresponsibly #portlandoregon #portlandia #architecture #keepportlandweird #doorstory360 #downtownportland #funky #character #used #buyused #secondhand #secondhandbooks
Modelled after the 1904 Knickerbocker Trust Company (New York NY), U.S. Bank’s business multiplied, the solution being that after this building was ...
Feb 4 Portland, Oregon
Modelled after the 1904 Knickerbocker Trust Company (New York NY), U.S. Bank’s business multiplied, the solution being that after this building was completed in 1917, its size was doubled with an addition* in 1925. It is impressive inside and out, starting with these swoonworthy Corinthian columns and pilasters. The bronze doors were re-cast in 1931 with “noble concepts of American life” and motifs added inside and out of eagles, the Pacific Northwest, and early Greek, Roman and U. S. coins. The inside is just as grand [swipe for second photo], with a 100’ x 40’ main banking hall, marble and serious-financial-institution-y gorgeousness.
321 SW 6th Avenue (1917, 1925) Roman Classical style by A. E. Doyle, who built the Bank of California building across the street. National Register of Historic Places (1986). Interior photo: Another Believer [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
*bank puns...addition...😆 #architecture #italianate #door #doors #bank #bankbuilding #columns #corinthian #corinthiancolumns #usbank #romanclassical #nrhp #architecturephotography #heritage #history #aedoyle #architect #marble #grandbank #doorstory360 #portland #portlandarchitecture #❤️Portland #portlandoregon #i❤️portland
Above the 28’ high arches, the windowless third floor was a lounge, library and recreational space for the Bank of California’s employees ...
Feb 1 Portland, Oregon
Above the 28’ high arches, the windowless third floor was a lounge, library and recreational space for the Bank of California’s employees 🤓🎉🍷. A drive-up teller window was installed in 1971 on the side, removed when the bank moved out in 1977. It was then occupied by Durham & Bates, marine insurance, which featured in its lobby a pedestal compass rescued from the Oregon coast wreck of the ‘Peter Iredale’, along with many intricate ships’ models. It was renamed the Three Kings Building 🤴🏻🤴🏾🤴🏽 in 2008 for unknown reasons, and is currently for lease, if you’re interested. (I am.)
320 SW 6th Avenue Portland OR - Bank of California Building (1924) Italianate design by A. E. Doyle, who also built the U. S. Bank building directly across the street. National Register of Historic Places (1978)
#architecture #italianate #door #doors #bank #bankbuilding #arch #arched #archedwindows #bankofcalifornia #nrhp #architecturephotography #heritage #history #aedoyle #architect #threekings #doorstory360 #imback #portland #1924 #portlandarchitecture #portlandoregon #we💚Portland
Vancouver City Hall. I love attending Canada Day festivities and singing O Canada and loving my country, now more than ever. Happy Canada Day. ...
Jul 2 Vancouver City Hall
Vancouver City Hall. I love attending Canada Day festivities and singing O Canada and loving my country, now more than ever. Happy Canada Day. 🇨🇦 #canadaday #door #doors #ocanada #architecture #architecturelovers #architecturephotography #architecturelover #townleyandmatheson #heritage #history #georgevancouver #vancouver #architectures #canada🇨🇦 #canada #🇨🇦
“When heritage churches close, Vancouver communities lose more than places of worship; they also lose space for the countless social and cultural ...
Jun 17 St. Stephen's United Church
“When heritage churches close, Vancouver communities lose more than places of worship; they also lose space for the countless social and cultural activities that churches host each week. With fewer places for groups to meet in our ever-denser city, more people will become isolated, diminishing our quality of life. Public places are essential to a healthy community and are a cornerstone of democracy, and our churches represent a very significant amount of the social gathering space available in our city.”* In the 150-seat sanctuary, there are usually ~30 here on Sunday mornings. There are countless imaginative ways to repurpose heritage churches with declining congregations, maintaining architecture and community connections; look at St. James Community, Ryerson United and First Baptist in Vancouver, and Seattle’s Sanctuary [see Doorstory360 post May 3rd]. Far preferable and more beneficial than yet another overpriced condo development. 💚the stylish surprise of stained glass at the apex. (*Heritage Vancouver)
St. Stephen’s United Church (1964) - 7025 Granville Street, designed in trailblazing West Coast Modern style by architect Arthur J. Mudry
#door #doors #architecture #church #heritage #history #community #heritagechurch #architecture #architecturephotography #architecturephotos #vancouver #heritagevancouver #doorstory360 #doorsofinstagrM #instagramdoors #westcoastmodern #doorsandwindowsoftheworld #🇨🇦
Designed by Twizell, Twizell & Birds - worthy of extraordinary preservation measures not just for the firm’s splendid name and its impressive ...
Jun 16 David Lloyd George School
Designed by Twizell, Twizell & Birds - worthy of extraordinary preservation measures not just for the firm’s splendid name and its impressive body of work but specifically this beautiful school, right down to its adorable doorslot (‘packages’). David Lloyd George School is on Heritage Vancouver’s 2018 Top 10 Endangered Watch List because, despite being listed on the Vancouver Heritage Register, it is not protected against demolition. In providing a safe school environment, the school board appears to markedly favour delaying-maintenance-then-tearing-down-and-erecting-new over upgrading-historic, despite other school districts’ success with seismic upgrading of older buildings. VSB bulldozed Sir Sandford Fleming School (1912) in 2016 and there is much concern that this historic landmark will be next.
8370 Cartier Street (1921) Classical Revival style, Twizell, Twizell [brothers] & Birds, architects (who also designed numerous other churches, schools and buildings of note)
#door #doors #heritage #history #heritagevancouver #school #schools #davidlloydgeorgeschool #vancouver #architecture #architecturephotography #doorsofinstagram #instagramdoors #doorstory360 #endangeredbuilding #architecturelover #architecturelovers #twizelltwizellandbirds #noreally #architects #architect #seismicupgrade #mailslot #doorcharm #top10 #🇨🇦
The Heather Street lands are owned by a consortium (three local First Nations bands and the Canada Lands Company). Housing development is planned ...
Jun 14 Vancouver, British Columbia
The Heather Street lands are owned by a consortium (three local First Nations bands and the Canada Lands Company). Housing development is planned here. #ofcourse As Heritage Vancouver notes, the Lands are an “extemely complex site with many layers of history that encompass a wide range of values - cultural, social, historical, architectural, natural and economic. These layers span the physical and the intangible, and some of them are deeply conflicting.” Fairmont Academy (Heritage A, originally a boys’ private school, then a military hospital, then an RCMP facility) is here and the First Nations partnership has asked the building be removed “as an act of reconciliation”, with a First Nations cultural centre replacing it. I wish all the wisdom of Solomon to those sorting this puzzle out. This building and site are on Heritage Vancouver’s 2018 Top 10 Endangered Watch List.
Note “1914” written in white on either side of the top corners of the door. There is a bell in the turret.
Heritage Vancouver information on the Heather Street Lands and Fairmont Academy issue: https://tinyurl.com/y7rk4t3p
Fairmont Academy, 4949 Heather Street (1914) - Tudor Revival, designed by noted architects Maclure & Fox (Hatley Castle et al)
#door #doors #heritage #history #heritagevancouver #fairmontacademy #vancouver #doorstory360 #architecture #architecturephotography #firstnations #heatherstreetlands #architecturelover #architecturelovers #1914 #tudorrevival #tudorrevivalstyle #doorsofinstagram #instagramdoors #doorsandwindowsoftheworld #turret #brick #🇨🇦
In the early boomtown days, the city was full of low-cost housing and innovative ways to house poor and transient labourers. Genya Yada and Rinnosuke ...
Jun 13 Vancouver, British Columbia
In the early boomtown days, the city was full of low-cost housing and innovative ways to house poor and transient labourers. Genya Yada and Rinnosuke Takehara built this charming and interesting tenement building 1912-13 to house Japanese workers (and families) who laboured at the various mills in False Creek. It’s only 18’ wide but covers most of the length of the steep 120’ lot, with two storeys visible on the uphill front streetside, four storeys high at lane side - seven suites Tetrised in - the “Long House”. It stands alone now in this neighbourhood as a reminder of the Japanese-Canadian contribution to the growth of the lumber industry in the Pacific Northwest. Like most Japanese-Canadian property, it was confiscated during the Second World War. It is for sale now, with shiny new strata buildings all around, so it is on Heritage Vancouver’s 2018 Top 10 Endangered Watch List.
1017 West 7th Avenue (1913) - Takehara/Yada Apartments - info. from Heritage Vancouver
#door #doors #heritage #history #japaneseworkers #tenement #worker #tenementhousing #falsecreek #pnw #mill #doorstory360 #architecture #architecturephotography #architecturelover #architecturelovers #doorsofinstagram #instagramdoors #affordablehousing #whataconcept #greatidea #💡 #vancouver #fairview #heritagevancouver #🇨🇦
It took 27 years to design and build the original San Francisco City Hall; it was completed in 1899 and taken down by the city’s big earthquake ...
Jun 11 San Francisco City Hall
It took 27 years to design and build the original San Francisco City Hall; it was completed in 1899 and taken down by the city’s big earthquake barely 5 years later. This one is more than up to the task of showing that the city was reborn for the 1915 World’s Fair. This City Hall survived the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, although the 307’ dome twisted 4” off its base. Its grand main floor is truly breathtaking (that staircase😍), with multiple weddings held here every day. (Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe wed here in 1954.) 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place (1915) Beaux Arts style. A National Historic Landmark. Architect Arthur Brown Jr. (of Bakewell & Brown) who also designed many San Francisco landmarks, including War Memorial Opera House, Temple Emanu-el, and Coit Tower. Interior📷:City of San Francisco
#door #doors #architecture #history #heritage #architecturephotography #sanfrancisco #california #cityhall #doorsofinstagram #instagramdoors #doorsoftheworld #doorsandwindows #doorsandwindowsoftheworld #architecturelover #architecturelovers #beauxarts #gilt #grandarchitecture #dome #doorstory360 #weddings #staircase #rotunda #🇺🇸
A bewildering explanation of cantatas: “The Italian solo cantata tended, when on a large scale, to become indistinguishable from a scene in an ...
A bewildering explanation of cantatas: “The Italian solo cantata tended, when on a large scale, to become indistinguishable from a scene in an opera, in the same way the church cantata, solo or choral, is indistinguishable from a small oratorio or portion... This is equally evident whether one examines the church cantatas of Bach, of which nearly 200 are extant… or the Chandos Anthems of Handel. In Johann Sebastian Bach's case many of the larger cantatas are actually called oratorios; and the Christmas Oratorio is a collection of six church cantatas actually intended for performance on six different days, though together forming as complete an artistic whole as any classical oratorio.” 🤔The musically beautiful Hodson Manor was built for Capt. James Logan (Vancouver Ice & Cold Storage Co.), then purchased by businessman / alderman William Hodson. It remained with the Hodsons until 1940 and then became a rooming house. In 1974, the mansion was moved here from its original site two blocks away and renovated into a community centre. It is owned by the City; tenants include the Vancouver Cantata Singers, Vancouver Chamber Choir, and Early Music Vancouver. (Wikipedia and Heritage Vancouver)
1254 West 7th Avenue (1894) - Victorian style - 1974 renovation by Rhone and Iredale Architects
#door #doors #details #music #choir #cantata #vancouver #victorian #cityofvancouver #heritage #history #gingerbread #🎼 #architecture #veranda #doorlovers #fairview #architecturelovers #architecturephotography #architecturelover #doorsofinstagram #instagramdoors #doorstory360 #🇨🇦
The Fresnel lens came by steamship from France around Cape Horn to Cape Meares in 1889. A hand-operated crane made from local spruce trees hoisted the...
Jun 7 Cape Meares Light
The Fresnel lens came by steamship from France around Cape Horn to Cape Meares in 1889. A hand-operated crane made from local spruce trees hoisted the crates containing the huge prisms of the one-ton lens up the 200’ cliff to this lighthouse. To turn the lens, the lighthouse keeper had to wind a 200-lb. weight on chariot wheels by hand every two hours. The tower is petite (38’) compared to other lighthouses but its perch high on a solid rock ledge gave it a 21-mile visibility reach. The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1963; per public demand, it was not demolished but it was unstaffed, which left it susceptible to vandalism. The Cape Meares light was extinguished in 2014. It’s in a breathtaking state park, with ‘Big Spruce’ (an 800-year-old Sitka) and a Tillamook Indian ceremonial ‘Octopus tree’. The Three Arch Rocks Wildlife Refuge (est. 1907), just offshore, is brimming with sea lions, puffins, and lots of other seabirds.
Cape Meares Lighthouse (1889) - On the National Register of Historic Places
#door #doors #oregon #oregoncoast #capemeares #history #heritage #keeper #capehorn #doorstory360 #lighthouse #lighthouses #wildliferefuge #oregon #oregoncoast #coastal #statepark #oceanside #pacificcoast #ocean #pacificnorthwest #pacificbeach #pacific #lighthousekeeper #🇺🇸
“History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” ― Mark Twain
Glover Road used to be called Smuggler's Trail. It ran from Fort ...
Jun 4 Fort Langley Village
“History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” ― Mark Twain
Glover Road used to be called Smuggler's Trail. It ran from Fort Langley to what was then known as Langley Prairie, now the City of Langley. This office building, in the heart of historic Fort Langley, looks historic but I can’t find any history on it, rhyming or otherwise. I believe it’s a fairly recent build, very pretty and made to fit in to the neighbourhood, which I think is darn decent of them.
9089 Glover Road, Fort Langley
#door #doors #history #historic #heritage #mansion #fortlangley #langley #doorstory360 #gloverroad #doorsofinstagram #doorlove #instagramdoors #doorsandwindowsoftheworld #🇨🇦
Does anyone else see the 🦓 or 🦒 peeking out behind the curtain of the left-hand window?
“This home is an ‘Edwardian Box’ pattern book ...
Jun 3 Strathcona, Vancouver
Does anyone else see the 🦓 or 🦒 peeking out behind the curtain of the left-hand window?
“This home is an ‘Edwardian Box’ pattern book design, which was popular for its practical layout. The home was probably built in 1905 by John Holmes as a rental property. At that time, the then-called East End was well-located neighbourhood near the port, Hastings Mill and the business district of Gastown. The first resident was Walter Warner, a BC Sugar draftsman.” (Vancouver Heritage Foundation)
630 Keefer Street (1905)
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1913: “The recently paved Vancouver Road was renamed Kingsway and opened with great fanfare and a parade of automobiles. A local newspaper wrote, on...
1913: “The recently paved Vancouver Road was renamed Kingsway and opened with great fanfare and a parade of automobiles. A local newspaper wrote, on October 1: ‘The new highway between Vancouver and New Westminster passing through South Vancouver and Burnaby is now complete . . . It is a broad, magnificent road, and by none will it be more appreciated than motorists, who, to the number of six hundred, made the trip between the two cities on the day the road was opened. There is a famous London highway of this name, and it is thought our Kingsway is named for that one.’ The James and Harriet Atkey residence, built 1913, artfully restored with beautiful door details. I particularly 💖 the verandah.
20 MacDonald Avenue (1913) - Arts and Crafts style - quote: vancouverhistory.ca
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“A photograph of this grand house was often featured in the promotional material for the Vancouver Heights subdivision by realtors and titled ‘A ...
“A photograph of this grand house was often featured in the promotional material for the Vancouver Heights subdivision by realtors and titled ‘A typical Vancouver Heights home.’😲 …With its two monumental, double-height columns terminating in elaborate Iconic capitals, this Neoclassical Revival style house is aptly named The Pillars… This home of was constructed for Angus John MacDonald (1878-1955), VP of A. Linton & Company Ltd. [shipbuilding], and his wife Mabel Jessie MacDonald (née Cummins, 1884-1971).” (City of Burnaby Community Heritage Commission)
3815 Dundas Street (1913) “The Pillars” - Angus and Mabel MacDonald home - Neoclassical Revival style
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“The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”
Eden Phillpotts, writer
Yesterday I noticed a ...
May 31 Burnaby, British Columbia
“The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”
Eden Phillpotts, writer
Yesterday I noticed a rose bush that had fought its way to sunlight from behind a fence and was proudly presenting a perfect bloom. And then, I noticed this nice relaxed family home with flowers and its own pretty rosebush.
8238 12th Avenue
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Half of the financing for the Hotel Utah was through Mormon (LDS) stockholders (including the bishop), but in order to pay off the $2m construction ...
Half of the financing for the Hotel Utah was through Mormon (LDS) stockholders (including the bishop), but in order to pay off the $2m construction tab, it had to have “the largest and finest bar in the West”. The project was groundbreaking in that Mormons and non-Mormons were working together. Another contrast was that until the 1960s, there were black employees, but not black guests; Harry Belafonte and Ella Fitzgerald, among others, were denied rooms; later, Marian Anderson, a stellar black singer, was allowed to stay if she took meals in her room and did not use the elevator. Other guests over the years: Elton John, Denmark's Queen Margrethe II, Jimmy Stewart, Katherine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Helen Hayes, Ed Asner, Raymond Burr, and Liberace, along with every President from Taft to Reagan. In 1987, LDS shareholders were then the majority and converted the hotel to a multi-use LDS social centre, named after Mormon founder Joseph Smith. In the chapel, there is a prestigious Casavant Frères pipe organ (from Ste-Hyacinthe, Quebec), and I’m not sure if we’re having our leg pulled, but in Wiki research it refers to the organ as “characterized by a French accent”. 🤔
15 E. South Temple (1911) Renaissance Revival or Modern Italian Renaissance style Parkinson & Bergstrom (Los Angeles), architects. On the National Register of Historic Places.
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Imagine living here - it’s owned by the City, leased as a private home. “Deerholme was built as the retirement estate of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas...
May 26 Deer Lake
Imagine living here - it’s owned by the City, leased as a private home. “Deerholme was built as the retirement estate of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Owen Townley (1862-1935) and his wife, Frances M. Townley... Built in 1913, this is one of the most significant of the Deer Lake estate houses and was the last of grand Edwardian era mansions built on the lots surrounding the lake. The area had been opened up for development two years earlier by the construction of the British Columbia Electric Railway Interurban Line... Grand in scale, architecturally sophisticated and set in a bucolic landscape, this residence demonstrates the social status of the owner in the privileged classes of the rapidly developing social structure of Burnaby. The house is also significant as one of the earliest designs by the son of Thomas and Frances Townley, architect Fred Laughton Townley (1887-1966), who had graduated in architecture in 1911 from the University of Pennsylvania... F.L. Townley was a founding partner in Townley and Matheson, which achieved significant success as one of the most accomplished local architectural firms, culminating in their best known commission, Vancouver City Hall, 1935-36.”
(City of Burnaby and Canada’s Historic Places)
6110 Price Street (1913) Colonial Revival style
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The area was lush with orchards and strawberry fields when Dr. William and Ruth Baldwin asked their close friend, architect Arthur Erickson to design ...
May 25 Deer Lake
The area was lush with orchards and strawberry fields when Dr. William and Ruth Baldwin asked their close friend, architect Arthur Erickson to design this house, just as Erickson and Geoff Massey won the competition to design Simon Fraser University. Erickson’s design aesthetic of ‘site, light and cadence’ blends glass, wood and right angles here with Japanese features, like the reflecting pool. The house hugs the steep shoreline, blending into the site, highlighting the peaceful water view. The Baldwin home has significant heritage value and is handsomely finished with midcentury décor. Happily, it is a preserved City of Burnaby / Land Conservancy heritage site.
6543 Deer Lake Drive (1965)
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When the cornerstone for St. James Cathedral was placed in November 1905, a record crowd of 5,000 people attended. The design was grand, including a ...
May 21 St. James Cathedral
