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If I could sit out on this peaceful veranda, I would feel most thankful. “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the ...
Oct 13
If I could sit out on this peaceful veranda, I would feel most thankful. “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others." (Cicero, Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher and Academic Skeptic (!), d.43 AD) Here’s to that, and imagine what you have to do to be noted across the centuries as an ‘academic skeptic’!
1524 Sixth Avenue, b. 1909, Classic Box style, Colonial Revival, Eclectic period. Heritage plaque reads Honour House (not the same as Honour House for first responders - this one must have had an occupant by that name, but I can’t find details)
#door #doors #honour #gratitude #heritage #newwestminster #newwestminsterbc #veranda #screendoor #wooddoor #woodendoor #gingerbread #woodenscreendoor #heritagenewwest #doorstory360 #architecture #architecturephotography #frontporch #peaceful
“Chamfer: To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute.” Chamfer is a new word to me, used in this home’s heritage ...
Oct 8
“Chamfer: To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute.” Chamfer is a new word to me, used in this home’s heritage description, as in, the way the dormer window and roofline are cut in. Many features of this lovely house have been “modernized” 😣 since it was built in 1927, best of intentions meow meow, but the second photo, despite its graininess, shows it in its glory. Designed by the esteemed Townley & Matheson, who …”designed over 1100 [!!] local structures. Besides [Vancouver] City Hall, other notable still-standing works by them… include the Province Building on West Hastings (c. 1890s), the Gray Block at Homer and Davie (1912), the Vancouver Stock Exchange Building on Howe (1923), the Vancouver Motors building on Seymour (1925), The Royal Vancouver Yacht Club (1926) the Van Arsdel on Oak Street (1928), Vancouver Technical School (1928), Point Grey Secondary (1929), the Dick Building on South Granville (1929), and the original sections of Vancouver General Hospital, Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, and Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria. Thankfully, these are all buildings that are still in use or have been re-adapted for new purposes (some thanks to successful heritage activism). Let’s hope they stay standing for many years to come.” (Scout Magazine)
1927 - Townley & Matheson, architect for S.B. Simpson
Eastern Cottage style - Eclectic Period
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #townleyandmatheson #architect #architects #newwestminster #doorstory360 #heritage #heritagenewwest #architecture #architecturephotography #doorsandwindows #shotoniphone #hoodedporch #curveddoors #roundwindow #newwestminsterbc #chamfer #words
This New Westminster home on a hill was built in 1941, the same year the HMCS New Westminster was built. The New Westminster, a Flower-class (British ...
Sep 28
This New Westminster home on a hill was built in 1941, the same year the HMCS New Westminster was built. The New Westminster, a Flower-class (British anti-submarine convoy escort) corvette (small warship) served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She saw action primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic, and was named for New Westminster, BC. I’m thinking about what the world was like when this home was being constructed, how difficult and frightening the world was, at war. It’s pretty, particularly the door, and nicely-sized (1900sf). The street is so steep there was some serious bend-twist-leaning at an angle to take a level photo.
#door #doorsofinstagram #newwestminster #doorsandwindows #shotoniphone #shotoniphonexs #newwestminsterbc #1941 #ovalwindow #history #wwii #corvetteclass #doorstory360 #newwestminsterhistory #willowtree #reddoor #livingonahill #hillfitness
Here’s the side view of yesterday’s little library (and dog meet-up), with ‘tearable puns’… (the one posted above reads ‘When cannibals ...
Sep 10
Here’s the side view of yesterday’s little library (and dog meet-up), with ‘tearable puns’… (the one posted above reads ‘When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion’. …A similar riddle: Q: Why don’t cannibals eat clowns? A: Because they taste funny.) And here are some from the UK pun awards:
Chris Norton Walker: 'I keep posting about the coronavirus. That’s right, I consider myself a social media influenza.'
Philip Simon: 'I saw on social media my cousin’s a bugler in the Army. I liked his last post.'
Kat Molinari: 'My sister had an orchestra for her wedding but they all had a broken arm. It was a sling quartet.'
#littlelibrary #vancouverbc #door #doors #connection #communityconnection #doorsofinstagram #shotoniphone #verypunny #puns #pun #punfun #tearablepuns #i❤️puns #neighbourhood #fun #doorstory360
Charming little neighbourhood 📚library! 💖 (The vase on the side! 🌸) The tennis-ball dispenser reads: “Bea’s Ball Library - for dogs who ...
Sep 8
Charming little neighbourhood 📚library! 💖 (The vase on the side! 🌸) The tennis-ball dispenser reads: “Bea’s Ball Library - for dogs who don’t read so good” and sports a bag of 🐕🦺 treats.
📷: @calder614 💘
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #library #neighbourhoodlibrary #neighbourhoodlibrarybox #littlelibrary #doglovers #doorstory360 #vancouver #vancouverbc #neighbourhood #bookstagram #bookshelf #booklover #books #tinylibrary #vase #tennisballs #takeabookleaveabook #shotoniphone
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
- Jean Cocteau, writer/filmmaker
People ...
Sep 7
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
- Jean Cocteau, writer/filmmaker
People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.
- Anne Tyler, writer
What a beauty; definitely not just luck. 1921 Shingle style, late Victorian period. Pretty screen door and window, thoughtful plantings, cute mat. 🌺🌿🌸
(I 💕 mats.)
#door #doors #veranda #fuchsia #porch #frontporch #heritage #heritagehome #newwestminster #newwest #newwestminsterbc #doorsofinstagram #mullionedwindows #screendoor #shotoniphone #doorstory360 #luck #🍀
Bold choice: adj. 1 courageous, confident, and fearless; ready to take risks. 2 showing or requiring courage.
(3 [sarcastic] “What were you ...
Aug 25
Bold choice: adj. 1 courageous, confident, and fearless; ready to take risks. 2 showing or requiring courage.
(3 [sarcastic] “What were you thinking?!?”)
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #shotoniphone #standingout #doorsoftheworld #orange #orangedoor #safetyconeorange #aandworange #fordpintoorange #trafficflareorange #bclionsorange #safetyvestorange #marigoldorange #fluorescentpumpkin #boldchoice #doorstory360
“The first and central building, Victoria, was built in 1898 at the time of the great Gold Rush. Built to house prospectors, explorers, and ...
Aug 19
“The first and central building, Victoria, was built in 1898 at the time of the great Gold Rush. Built to house prospectors, explorers, and newcomers searching for gold in our wild and rugged British Columbia. The second building, Victoria Block, was built in 1908 (in only five months) to house the numerous real estate offices for the turn-of-the-century real estate boom. The two buildings comprise the Victorian Hotel, and it stands proudly at the corner of Homer and Pender Streets. One of the more colourful guests to stay at the hotel was Klondike-Kate Rockwell, the queen of the Klondike gold rush in Dawson City.”
#door #doors #history #vancouverhistory #heritagevancouver #victorian #vancouvercanada #doorsworldwide #doorsofinstagram #doorsandwindows #doorsandwindows_greatshots #shotoniphone #vancouver #vancouverbc #vancouverbccanada #goldrush #architecture #architecturephotography #architecturelovers #doorstory360
The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.
- ...
Aug 3
The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.
- Leo Rosten, humourist
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #shotoniphone #doorstory360 #why #happiness #purpose #purposeoflife #reflection #garden #home #woodendoor
Three-cat welcoming committee. Or screening council, more likely. 🐈⬛🐈🐈⬛
📷: @susybousan 😘
#welcome ...
Jul 27
Three-cat welcoming committee. Or screening council, more likely. 🐈⬛🐈🐈⬛
📷: @susybousan 😘
#welcome #welcomingcommittee #cats #catsofinstagram #catsofinsta #catsofig #cats_of_instagram #catstagram #catart #folkart #folkartcat #door #doors #doorsofinstagram #doorstory360 #porchart #whiskers
1961 is the last year that the majority of films released were in black and white. But this home knew that. 🤍🖤
#blackandwhite #contrast...
Jul 18
1961 is the last year that the majority of films released were in black and white. But this home knew that. 🤍🖤
#blackandwhite #contrast #whiteandblack #blacktrim #tuxedocolours #tuxedo #shotoniphone #tudor #tudorstyle #tudorstylehouse #doorstory360 #architecture #architecturephotography #newwestminster
Thank you for celebrating #pridemonth with us! #rainbowdoors
📷: @Susybousan😘
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 ...
Jun 30
Thank you for celebrating #pridemonth with us! #rainbowdoors
📷: @Susybousan😘
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins #loveislove #loveislove🏳️🌈 #love #loveislove🌈 #door #doors #doorstory360 #architecture #architecturephotography #doorsofinstagram #shotoniphone #doorsandwindows #doorsofvancouver #reddoor #abitwesanderson #accidentallywesanderson
Reflection… Honouring A DAY TO LISTEN - the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) is a charity dedicated to improving the lives of ...
Jun 30
Reflection… Honouring A DAY TO LISTEN - the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) is a charity dedicated to improving the lives of Indigenous people by building cultural understanding and creating connections between all Canadians. Today, media outlets will share stories from Indigenous leaders, residential school survivors, elders, musicians, and teachers throughout the day. Text DWF to 20222 to donate $10 or go to https://downiewenjack.ca/support-us/ to support the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, reconciliation by way of programs and events.
@downiewenjack https://downiewenjack.ca/
#adaytolisten #downiewenjack #dosomething #reconciliaction #indigenousday #history #indigenoushistorymonth #wearorange #door #orange #orangedoor #reflection #doorsofnewwestminster #architecture #architectureforgood #doorstory360 #
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors!
📷: @Susybousan 🤩
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins ...
Jun 29
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors!
📷: @Susybousan 🤩
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins #loveislove #loveislove🏳️🌈 #love #loveislove🌈 #door #doors #lgbtq #lodemarcos #mexico #doorstory360 #love #architecture #archway #architecturephotography #red #reddoor #❤️🔥 #❤️ #🇲🇽 #doorsofinstagram #doorsofmexico #rainbowdoors #colour #colours #color #colors
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! #purpleormaroon
📷: @Susybousan 🥰
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 ...
Jun 29
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! #purpleormaroon
📷: @Susybousan 🥰
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins #loveislove #loveislove🏳️🌈 #love #loveislove🌈 #door #doors #lgbtq #garden #purpledoor #maroon #doorstory360 #love #architecture #architecturephotography ##doorsofinstagram #doorsofvancouver #rainbowdoors #colour #colours #color #colors
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! “Zona Romántica is a trendy area filled with lively expat and LGBT bars, plus restaurants serving ...
Jun 29
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! “Zona Romántica is a trendy area filled with lively expat and LGBT bars, plus restaurants serving global fare. Quaint courtyard cafes and contemporary art galleries sit alongside boutique hotels on cobblestone streets. The popular Los Muertos Beach draws locals and visitors to its broad, curved pier, which lights up at night.” (Google)
📷: @Susybousan 😘
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins #loveislove #loveislove🏳️🌈 #love #loveislove🌈 #💚💛💗❤️💙 #door #doors #lgbtq #puertovallarta #zonaromantica #mexico #doorstory360 #love #architecture #architecturephotography ##doorsofinstagram #doorsofmexico #rainbowdoors #colour #colours #color #colors
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors. Red door in the pouring rain.
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins ...
Jun 28
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors. Red door in the pouring rain.
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins #loveislove #loveislove🏳️🌈 #loveislove🌈 #door #doors #doorstory360 #love #architecture #rain #i❤️rain #architecturephotography #doorsofinstagram #doorsofvancouver #rainbowdoors #red #reddoor
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! “Beware of the wife”? I don’t take offense to that. Go ahead, underestimate me. That’ll be ...
Jun 25
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! “Beware of the wife”? I don’t take offense to that. Go ahead, underestimate me. That’ll be fun.
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins #loveislove #loveislove🏳️🌈 #loveislove🌈 #door #doors #doorstory360 #love #architecture #blue #bluedoor #garden #beautifulglass #architecturephotography #doorsofinstagram #doorsofvancouver #rainbowdoors #frontdoordecor #bewareofwife #strongwomen #strongwomenrock #queenspark #newwestminster #newwest #newwestminsterbc #goaheadunderestimateme
History of same-sex marriage in Canada: https://youtu.be/G5uNtYy3ayc (Canadian
Encyclopedia)
📷: Maggie H. 🥰
#pride #pridemonth ...
Jun 24
History of same-sex marriage in Canada: https://youtu.be/G5uNtYy3ayc (Canadian
Encyclopedia)
📷: Maggie H. 🥰
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins #loveislove #love #loveislove🏳️🌈 #loveislove🌈 #door #doors #doorstory360 #architecture #harrisonmills #architecturephotography #doorsofinstagram #samesexmarriage #doorsoftheworld #rainbowdoors
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! 2/2…”However, a survey conducted by Research Co. in 2019 found that overall support in Canada had ...
Jun 21
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! 2/2…”However, a survey conducted by Research Co. in 2019 found that overall support in Canada had slipped to 64%; 15% believed gay couples should be limited to civil unions, while 10% felt they should not have ‘any kind of legal recognition’.” (Macleans magazine) So let’s keep working. 🏳️🌈
p.s. 🤩 this home!
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins #love #loveislove #loveislove🏳️🌈 #loveislove🌈 #door #doors #doorstory360 #architecture #architecturephotography #doorsofinstagram #doorsofnewwestminster #newwestminster #queenspark #rainbowdoors #yellow #yellowdoor #💛
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! 1 of 2: Public support for same-sex marriage in Canada increased from 41% in 1997 to 74% in 2017, ...
Jun 21
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! 1 of 2: Public support for same-sex marriage in Canada increased from 41% in 1997 to 74% in 2017, according to the polling firm CROP Inc. As of 2017, support was highest in Quebec (80%) and lowest in Alberta (68%). However… (see 2 of 2)
(p.s. What is that whatsit on the stair riser, do you think? And what do you call a whatsit? A deelybob? A jahn? A doodah?)
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins #love #loveislove #loveislove🏳️🌈 #loveislove🌈 #door #doors #doorstory360 #architecture #architecturephotography #doorsofinstagram #doorsofnewwestminster #rainbowdoors #reddoor #red #❤️ #whatsit #queenspark #newwestminster
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! Gay pride or LGBT pride is the promotion of the self-affirmation, dignity, equality, and increased ...
Jun 20
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! Gay pride or LGBT pride is the promotion of the self-affirmation, dignity, equality, and increased visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people as a social group. Pride, as opposed to shame and social stigma, is the predominant outlook that bolsters most LGBT rights movements. (Wikipedia)
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins #loveislove #loveislove🏳️🌈 #loveislove🌈 #door #doors #doorstory360 #architecture #architecturephotography #💙 #doorsofinstagram #blue #bluedoor #doorsandwindows #rainbowdoors
In honour of Juneteenth, here is the most beautiful black door I have a photo of. Juneteenth is June 19th, a day to commemorate the emancipation of ...
Jun 20
In honour of Juneteenth, here is the most beautiful black door I have a photo of. Juneteenth is June 19th, a day to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the U.S., and to celebrate Black culture. Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth: https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/17/us/iyw-juneteenth-activist-opal-lee/index.html
The Old Church in Portland, OR is an inclusive, non-profit, non-religious, all-ages arts venue.
#juneteenth #door #doors #black #blackdoor #theoldchurch #portlandor #architecture #gothic #highgothic #june19th
1882, Gothic/High Victorian Gothic style. Slated for demolition and saved with a 1969 campaign by actress Lannie Hurst.
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! 🏳️🌈
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins #loveislove ...
Jun 19
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! 🏳️🌈
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins #loveislove #loveislove🏳️🌈 #loveislove🌈 #door #doors #doorstory360 #architecture #architecturephotography #reddoorgreenwindows #doorsofinstagram #red #reddoor #doorsofvancouver #rainbowdoors
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! 🤩 Two brave people fight for equality: https://youtu.be/a3e5jC7yZeo (Canadian Encyclopedia) So pretty! ...
Jun 18
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! 🤩 Two brave people fight for equality: https://youtu.be/a3e5jC7yZeo (Canadian Encyclopedia) So pretty! 🤩📷: @susybousan💛
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins #loveislove #loveislove🏳️🌈 #loveislove🌈 #door #doors #doorstory360 #architecture #architecturephotography #doorsofinstagram #💛 #yellow #yellowdoor #curveddoor #yellowdoorpinkhouse #doorsofvancouver #rainbowdoors
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! This lovely dwelling is home to an adorable chickadee family. The owner’s 10-year-old made it with her ...
Jun 17
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! This lovely dwelling is home to an adorable chickadee family. The owner’s 10-year-old made it with her Grandma last year. Grandma has since passed away. 💚💙
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins #loveislove #loveislove🏳️🌈 #loveislove🌈 #door #doors #doorstory360 #architecture #birdhousearchitecture #architecturephotography #doorsofinstagram #doorsofvancouver #rainbowdoors #family #grandma #birdhouse #chickadee
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! Taylor Swift lends her support to the Equality Act: https://tinyurl.com/43m7b3ys
📷: ...
Jun 17
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! Taylor Swift lends her support to the Equality Act: https://tinyurl.com/43m7b3ys
📷: @susybousan 🤩
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins #loveislove #loveislove🏳️🌈 #loveislove🌈 #door #doors #doorstory360 #architecture #architecturephotography #doorsofinstagram #doorsofvancouver #rainbowdoors #accidentallywesanderson #facesindoors #green #greendoor #doorshavepersonality #thisonedoes #💚
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! In 2003, Ontario and BC became the first two 🇨🇦provinces to legalize same-sex marriage. On 20 ...
Jun 17
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! In 2003, Ontario and BC became the first two 🇨🇦provinces to legalize same-sex marriage. On 20 July 2005, the federal Civil Marriage Act came into force, making same-sex marriage legal across Canada. This made Canada the fourth country to permit same-sex marriages, after the Netherlands (2000), Belgium (2003) and Spain (2005). (Canadian Encyclopedia)
📷: Maggie H. 😘
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins #love #loveislove #loveislove🏳️🌈 #loveislove🌈 #door #doors #doorstory360 #architecture #architecturephotography #doorsofinstagram #doorsofvancouver #rainbowdoors #bluedoor #blue #statueofwho
Celebrating #pride with rainbow doors! #pridemonth for LGBTQ2+ (written various ways, intended to be inclusive of all the ways that people ...
Jun 16
Celebrating #pride with rainbow doors! #pridemonth for LGBTQ2+ (written various ways, intended to be inclusive of all the ways that people self-identify) is celebrated in June, originally in the U.S. to honour the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. These are the rainbow doors of The Duke. A Duchess: https://twitter.com/duchessgoldblat?s=21 Duchess Goldblatt, 📕Becoming Duchess Goldblatt, highly recommended.
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins #lgbtq2s #loveislove #love🌈 #loveislove🏳️🌈 #loveislove🌈 #door #doors #doorstory360 #architecture #architecturephotography #doorsofinstagram #doorsofvancouver #rainbowdoors #theduke #duchessgoldblatt #duchessgoldblattisagoddess #becomingduchessgoldblatt #duchessgoldblatt❤️
Ways to celebrate #pridemonth: 1. Be an ally and speak up when you encounter homophobia 2. Wear the colours 3. Volunteer or donate to worthy ...
Jun 16
Ways to celebrate #pridemonth: 1. Be an ally and speak up when you encounter homophobia 2. Wear the colours 3. Volunteer or donate to worthy organizations 4. ‘Vote’ with your feet/wallet: support gay-friendly organizations, don’t those that aren’t 5. Educate yourself.
https://tinyurl.com/2fsccc4c
📷: Janice F. 🥰
#pride #pridemonth #pride🌈 #pride🏳️🌈 #lovewins #lgbtq #loveislove #loveislove🏳️🌈 #loveislove🌈 #door #doors #doorstory360 #architecture #architecturephotography #doorsofinstagram #doorsofvancouver #pink #pinkdoor #pinkdoors #pinkdoorsofinstagram #hotpink #twins
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! PRIDE = Personal Rights in Defense and Education, an organization formed in Los Angeles in 1966 by Steve ...
Jun 14
Celebrating #pridemonth with rainbow doors! PRIDE = Personal Rights in Defense and Education, an organization formed in Los Angeles in 1966 by Steve Ginsburg.
📷: @susybousan 😘
#pride #pride🌈 #pride2021 #lovewins #loveislove #loveislove🌈 #lovewins🌈 #door #doors #doorstory360 #blue #aqua #bluedoor #bluedoors #architecture #doorsofinstagram #bluestairs #doorsofvancouver
Celebrating #pride with rainbow doors! LEED Gold standards factor in indoor air quality, thus this atrium instead of endless-usual-apartment-building ...
Jun 13
Celebrating #pride with rainbow doors! LEED Gold standards factor in indoor air quality, thus this atrium instead of endless-usual-apartment-building hallways. The building is triangular, and a vertical slot in the ‘base of the triangle’ with a vibrant artistic fuchsia rectangle suspended over it bathes the opening with striking soft pink glow from the south, even on a rainy day. Last chance to see this: https://tinyurl.com/38fz8syv 3 of 3
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #pride #pride🌈 #🏳️🌈 #pride2021 #lovewins #loveislove #loveislove🌈 #pridevancouver #rainbowdoors #doorstory360 #vancouverbc #pridemonth #pridevancouver #architecture #architecturephotography
Celebrating #pride with rainbow doors! Atrium: an open-roofed entrance hall or central court in an ancient Roman house. A translucent fabric canopy ...
Jun 13
Celebrating #pride with rainbow doors! Atrium: an open-roofed entrance hall or central court in an ancient Roman house. A translucent fabric canopy shields the Duke’s circulation space… just in case it ever rains… There’s also a rooftop deck with planters. Check out the Duke’s namesake: https://tinyurl.com/38fz8syv 2 of 3 📷: Acton Ostry
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #pride #pride🌈 #🏳️🌈 #pride2021 #loveislove #lovewins #doorstory360 #vancouverbc #pridemonth #pridevancouver #architecture #actonostryarchitects #architecturephotography #doorsofmanycolours #doorsofmanycolors
Celebrating #pride with rainbow doors! I hope/presume that The Duke building was named after jazz great Eve Duke https://tinyurl.com/38fz8syv The Duke...
Jun 12
Celebrating #pride with rainbow doors! I hope/presume that The Duke building was named after jazz great Eve Duke https://tinyurl.com/38fz8syv The Duke rental apartments’ LEED gold rating means eco-forward building materials/practices, water efficiency, a bicycle maintenance area, and car sharing. LEED = Leadership in Environmental Energy and Design. (Actin Ostry: 2018) 1 of 3 📷: Acton Ostry
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #pride #pride🌈 #🏳️🌈 #pride2021 #doorstory360 #pridevancouver #architecture #doorsofmanycolours #loveislove #lovewins #loveislove🌈 #lovewins🌈 #lovewins🏳️🌈 #architecturephotography #architecturevancouver
#pridemonth
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #pride #beproud #pride🌈 #pride2021 #doorstory360 #chss #highschool #🌈 #🏳️🌈 ...
Jun 10
#pridemonth
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #pride #beproud #pride🌈 #pride2021 #doorstory360 #chss #highschool #🌈 #🏳️🌈 #cariboohill
A turret!❤️ And a heritage house restored from neglect to grandeur and purpose.❤️❤️“This prominent house with its characteristic corner ...
Jun 6
A turret!❤️ And a heritage house restored from neglect to grandeur and purpose.❤️❤️“This prominent house with its characteristic corner turret was commissioned in 1908 by real estate agent George N. Jordan, and completed as one of the earlier stately residences in this part of Grandview. From 1921-1948 it was owned and occupied by Albert and Jessie Brookhouse. ...Albert operated a successful printing and publishing enterprise, Cowan & Brookhouse. He was a staff member of the Vancouver Sun newspaper...” It looked neglected in photos taken just prior to a complete overhaul/makeover in 2018 that combined it with a semi-attached structure to create 6 suites in the renewed house plus 4 rowhouses. You can see how it sparkles today, with its gorgeous sidelights, and here it is in 1932. Do you think that’s the same tree near the turret in the 1932/2021 pictures?
Brookhouse residence, Vancouver heritage building plaque, City of Vancouver archives (1909)
#door #doors #doorsandwindows #vancouverbc #vancouverhistory #heritagevancouver #architecture #queenanne #restoration ##queenannestyle #winwinwin #architecturephotography #shotoniphone #doorstory360 #grandviewwoodlands #veranda #verandah #turret #sidelights #sidelightwindows #wood #beautyofwood #doorsofinstagram
This was a multi-windowed bakery, and in 1919, the site of a raid by the Royal North West Mounted Police. Some of the men arrested lived here, ...
Jun 4
This was a multi-windowed bakery, and in 1919, the site of a raid by the Royal North West Mounted Police. Some of the men arrested lived here, deported due to their allegiance to the Union of Russian Workers, a political-social group dedicated to “the unification of Russian workers [displaced Russian Revolutionites] in the United States and Canada so that they might do battle against capitalism and the forces of authority”.😳 The bakery is long gone; now it’s carved up into 4 condo slices. 🍰
City of Vancouver archives, The Province newspaper 21 July 1919, Wikipedia
#door #doors #formerbakery #bakery #strathcona #vancouver #policeraid #vancouverhistory #squarewindows #1905house #doorstory360 #transom #balcony #transomwindow #transomwindows #priorstreet #coolwindows #architecture #architecturephotography #architecturelovers #shotoniphone #doorsofinstagram #makeminechocolate #🍰
For sale: This Edwardian Arts and Crafts gem. Presently a B&B, it has suites on levels 1 and 4, with another 4-bedroom living space on levels 2-3....
Jun 1
For sale: This Edwardian Arts and Crafts gem. Presently a B&B, it has suites on levels 1 and 4, with another 4-bedroom living space on levels 2-3. Impeccably finished, with kitchens that made me weep into my apron with envy, it’s yours for only $3m*. Queue to the left.
*or so, given today’s market. 1909.
#door #doors #veranda #verandah #porch #porches #porchesgalore #thatview #grandviewwoodlands #vancouver #littleitaly #vancouverbc #vancouverhistory #1909house #doorstory360 #ovalwindow #edwardian #edwardianhouse #doorsandwindows #doorsoftheworld #artsandcrafts #bnb #architecture #beeandthistle #architecturelovers #architecturephotography #shotoniphone #doorsofinstagram
Fire Hall #15 was part of the sparsely-populated Hastings Townsite, which amalgamated with Vancouver in 1911. The firehall’s setting on a hill ...
May 31
Fire Hall #15 was part of the sparsely-populated Hastings Townsite, which amalgamated with Vancouver in 1911. The firehall’s setting on a hill allowed crews to see fire before it was reported. Mechanized fire engines were used in Vancouver as early as 1912, but this building housed two horse-drawn fire steam engines: horses were better in dirt and mud. …After being on the Heritage Vancouver Top 10 Endangered list five times, happily, Fire Hall #15 was beautifully restored, including the tin ceiling and brass pole, and incorporated into the well-equipped new facility. It re-opened May 12, 2012, just before its 100th birthday.
Captain Rob Hall, who “played a prominent role in advocating the importance of Fire Hall #15, both within Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services and the broader community” passed away in 2007 and is honoured in the original building with expanded services, including a community meeting room and integrated fire prevention services. And, the day I was here, I got a friendly wave from a (female) firefighter who was on duty. 👋🏻👩🏼🚒🧑🏻🚒👨🏾🚒
Info: Vancouver Firefighters’ Historical Society, historical plaques, Vancouver City Archives
3003 East 22nd Avenue (1914) New: LEED Gold Certified.
#door #doors #leedgold #vancouverfirerescue #firedepartment #firstresponder #firefighter #firehall #firefighters #vancouverbc #heritagevancouver #vancouverhistory #hastings #hastingstownsite #vanfirerescue #horsedrawnsteamengine #architecture #restored #restoredfirehall #fireprevention #vancouverfirefighters #doorstory360 #firehall15 #firstresponders #friendlywave #brasspole #tinceiling #shotoniphone
This has been a grocery store, in one fashion or another, since 1911. Jackson Apartments was designed by E.E. Blackmore, the same man behind the ...
May 27
This has been a grocery store, in one fashion or another, since 1911. Jackson Apartments was designed by E.E. Blackmore, the same man behind the storied Pantages Theatre on East Hastings. Georgia Street (then Harris Street) had been poised to be a direct streetcar route to downtown via the original Georgia Viaduct, but when those plans fell through (the viaduct couldn’t support trams), the neighbourhood still had the BC Electric line, which not only guaranteed its popularity as a residential spot but also gave it enough commercial viability to attract some trade. The first recorded main-floor business at the Jackson Apartments was the Costalas Costa Grocery in 1911. Much toil has gone into the latest update to transform this space into the hip Finch’s Market, with all its authentic touches: floors, table, weigh-scale... And I hear the sandwiches are divine. 🥪
501 East Georgia Street (1910), Italianate-style. Info: city of Vancouver archives; Wikipedia; Stevie Wilson, Scout e-magazine
#vancouver #vancouverhistory #vancouverbc #vancouverheritage #georgiastreet #strathcona #architect #architecture #door #doors #restored #restoration #pantagestheatre #finchsmarket #eeblackmore #shotoniphone #cityofvancouver #doorsofinstagram #oldwood #antique #antiqueweighscale #oldvancouver #oldgrocerystore #oldmarket #sandwiches #doorstory360
Door 1: Slab of wood. Reluctant addition of plain black handle, but let’s not get crazy and start talking peepholes👀. Get ahold of yourself! ...
May 25
Door 1: Slab of wood. Reluctant addition of plain black handle, but let’s not get crazy and start talking peepholes👀. Get ahold of yourself! (We’ve already got a fancy weathervane.)
Door 2/3: Here we are! Windows galore! And RED! Woohoo!!!
...Two approaches, side-by-side neighbours.
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #doortraits #woodendoor #doorswithwindows #doorsthatarebigwindows #vancouver #architecture #architecturephotography #shotoniphone #craftsman #sturdydoor #craftsmanhome #doorstory360 #reddoor #doorsandwindows #wooddoor #reddoors #weathervane #grandviewwoodlands #nopeephole #nopeepholenoproblem #nopeepholewerebritishorsomething
This beauty was built in 1905 for the manager of Hastings Sawmill Co. The mill was on the south shore of Burrard Inlet and was the very beginning of ...
May 23
This beauty was built in 1905 for the manager of Hastings Sawmill Co. The mill was on the south shore of Burrard Inlet and was the very beginning of what would become Vancouver. ...The early settlement was in effect a company town. People shopped at the Hastings Mill Store and sent their children to the Hastings Mill School, which included students from Moodyville on the opposite side of the inlet.... Founded in 1865 by Edward Stamp, the sawmill operated until its closure in 1928.
Peek inside: 2020 virtual real estate tour: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=n5EQdrXsrXq
#vancouver #door #doors #history #vancouverbc #vancouverbritishcolumbia #heritagevancouver #history #hastingsmill #hastingssawmill #stampslanding #doorstory360 #shotoniphone #leadedglass #woodendoor #frontporch #springflowers #architecture #vancouverarchitecture
It floats in the middle of the road as one looks up the Magnificent Mile. So much more than the geographic beneficiary of the jog in Michigan Avenue ...
May 20
It floats in the middle of the road as one looks up the Magnificent Mile. So much more than the geographic beneficiary of the jog in Michigan Avenue (where it crosses the Chicago River), this stylish Art Deco skyscraper is one of the four majestic flanks of the Michigan Avenue bridge*. The base of 333 North Michigan Avenue is sheathed in polished granite, in shades of black and purple. The upper storeys are clad in buff-coloured limestone and dark terra cotta, and are dramatically set back in accord with the city’s 1923 zoning ordinance. A great place to wait with flair, like this woman is doing. (Everyone in downtown Chicago dresses *very* stylishly.)
TBT (throwback Thursday/travel) to 😍Chicago
*along with the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower and the London Guarantee Building, seen reflected.
333 North Michigan Avenue. Art Deco, 1928. Designed by John Wellborn Root Jr. of Hollabird & Roche, later Hollabird & Root with John Augur Hollabird, two sons of famous architects who loved this building so much they moved their firm here. The building is long and narrow (so lots of natural light inside), 34 storeys. Chicago Landmark. Info: historic plaque, Wikipedia.
#chicago #door #doors #doorsofinstagram #historicplaces #landmark #chicagolandmark #artdeco #artdecoskyscraper #skyscraper #history #chicagohistory #style #doorstory360 #magnificentmile #michiganavenue #chicagoriver #granite #limestone #terracotta #michiganavenuebridge #johnwellbornrootjr #hollabirdandroche #hollabirdandroot #architecture #architect
“The Charles Sumner School, established in 1872, was one of the earliest schools for African Americans in Washington, D.C. Named for the ...
May 14
“The Charles Sumner School, established in 1872, was one of the earliest schools for African Americans in Washington, D.C. Named for the prominent abolitionist and United States Senator Charles Sumner, the school became the first teachers' college for black citizens in the city and the headquarters of its segregated school system for African American students. It currently houses a small museum, a research room, art exhibits, and the archives of the District of Columbia Public Schools. ...The building was designed by prominent Washington architect Adolf Cluss, a task for which he would receive a design award at the 1873 Vienna Exposition.”
TBT (throwback travel/Thursday) to Washington DC.
1201 17th Street NW, Washington DC - 1872 - architects: Adolph Cluss, Robert Fleming - Romanesque Revival. Info: Wikipedia.
#door #doors #history #heritage #blackhistory #washingtondc #washingtondchistory #romanesquerevival #romanesquerevivalarchitecture #abolitionist #schoolhistory #charlessumner #charlessumnerschool #blackeducationmatters #blackeducation #adolphcluss #architect #architecture #education #doorstory360 #viennaexposition #ushistory #africanamericans #school #doorsofinstagram
In 1888, homesteaders Alexander and Sarah Ann Annand paid a master carpenter $1 a day plus board (!) to build this lovely house. The Annands travelled...
May 9
In 1888, homesteaders Alexander and Sarah Ann Annand paid a master carpenter $1 a day plus board (!) to build this lovely house. The Annands travelled here under the 1872 Dominion Lands Act, which, for $10, gave 160 acres to any male🙄 farmer, provided it was occupied and farmed. It was a difficult, lonely life, requiring a great deal of hard work and self-reliance. Building and quilting bees helped. The one-storey cedar gable-roof barn was built in 1898. Len Rowlatt (who was renowned for his water-divining abilities) leased, then bought the property in 1914. Rowlatt added the two-storey “straight from Central Casting” red gambrel-roof barn (with track and pulleys for hay) in 1939 for his dairy herd, and lived here until he passed away in 1972. “The location of the property close to the Canada/United States border meant that the Annands and the Rowlatts mostly looked south for business, purchases and for their mail service. This was typical of the farmsteads that were built near the border...” (historicplaces.ca) Canadian Encyclopedia.
710 204th Street, Township of Langley
#door #doorsofinstagram #shotoniphone #langley #heritage #history #langleyheritage #langleyhistory #farmhouse #homestead #dominionlandsact #homesteader #redbarn #doorstory360 #restored #barn #farming #supportfarmers #southlangley #gambrel #annand #rowlatt #butteryellow #redtrim
The Biggar family donated the land in 1889 for Langley’s second school; it was called Biggar’s Prairie School. After a bitter dispute between the ...
May 8
The Biggar family donated the land in 1889 for Langley’s second school; it was called Biggar’s Prairie School. After a bitter dispute between the Biggar and Cameron families, the Camerons managed to re-name the school Lochiel after the chief of the Cameron clan in Scotland 🏴. M’anam!* ...On June 30, 1891, the Columbian Newspaper reported that the Lochiel end-of-year was "a great success... After the exams, the teacher, Miss Isaac, gave out prizes, the bagpipes played ‘Gathering of the Clans,’ and the people set up tables and had a feast with ‘all the delicious things that are good for the inner man’. Following the food, there were games, and then more food, waltzing and reels until it was time to return home.”💞 This perfect little schoolhouse was built in 1924; swipe to see the restored interior, where kids today can travel back in time. Wishing you waltzing and reels and all delicious things that are good for your inner person. 😋
Lochiel School - 1924 (in use until 1975) - formerly on North Bluff Road, now part of Campbell Valley Regional Park historic site. Canadian Register of Historic Places. *Yikes/wow in Gaelic.
#door #doorsofinstagram #shotoniphone #langley #heritage #history #langleyheritage #langleyhistory #oneroomschool #oneroomschoolhouse #school #heritageschool #doorstory360 #restored #restoredschoolhouse #cloakroom #littledesks #familydispute #hatfieldsvsmccoys #gaelic #wow #yikes #cloakroom #littleyellowschoolhouse
1939: “Highlights of the 1939 Royal Tour in British Columbia included travel by Royal Train, an engine type ever after called the Royal Hudson. On...
May 5
1939: “Highlights of the 1939 Royal Tour in British Columbia included travel by Royal Train, an engine type ever after called the Royal Hudson. On May 29th they left Banff, stopping briefly at Kamloops and then entered Vancouver, where large enthusiastic crowds greeted them. The King and Queen boarded the Princess Marguerite for Victoria, where they opened the Legislature, lunched at the Empress and presented Colours to the Royal Canadian Navy in Beacon Hill Park before returning across western Canada to New York State.” After the war, my mother worked on the Princess Marguerite.
355 Cumberland Street - 1939 - Mission Revival style, Eclectic Period - Harold Cullerne, architect
Info: Royal B.C. Museum
#door #doors #missionrevival #missionrevivalstyle #eclectic period #myentirelifeiseclecticperiod #newwestminster #royaltour #heritage #architecture #1939 #heritagenewwestminster #history #kinggeorgevi #queenelizabeth #doorstory360 #doorsofinstagram
May 1939: King George VI understood that with war approaching the support of both Canada and the USA would be crucial. It was with this in mind that...
May 5
May 1939: King George VI understood that with war approaching the support of both Canada and the USA would be crucial. It was with this in mind that the 1939 Royal Tour became one of the most carefully-orchestrated in history, unprecedented in scope, covering every Canadian province, the Dominion of Newfoundland, and the U.S. ... George VI was the first British King to tour Canada and the USA. The tour was an enormous event, attracting huge crowds at each new city.
349/51 Cumberland Street (this is half a duplex) - 1939 - Mission Revival style, Eclectic Period
Info: Royal B.C. Museum, Wikipedia
#door #doors #missionrevival #missionrevivalstyle #eclectic period #heritage #shotoniphone #heritagenewwest #myentirelifeiseclecticperiod #newwestminster #royaltour #heritage #architecture #1939 #duplex #duplexhouse #heritagenewwestminster #history #kinggeorgevi #queenelizabeth #doorstory360 #doorsofinstagram
💙#housecrush 💛#doorcrush
“We are family” written in window 💛💙
#door #doorsofinstagram #vancouver #architecture #doortraits ...
May 3
💙#housecrush 💛#doorcrush
“We are family” written in window 💛💙
#door #doorsofinstagram #vancouver #architecture #doortraits #yellow #yellowdoor #yellowdoors #portholewindow #bluehouse #craftsman #roundtopdoors #wearefamily #pandemic #positivevibes #doorstory360
Since 1830, the faith-based Mission to Seafarers (MtoS) Society has been caring for those who provide essential transport of goods to us, coping with ...
May 2
Since 1830, the faith-based Mission to Seafarers (MtoS) Society has been caring for those who provide essential transport of goods to us, coping with difficult, isolated conditions and months at sea. I have such admiration and respect for those who “live their faith” by providing practical support; MtoS has been offering hospitality, companionship and aid in Vancouver since 1903, with 200 centres around the world (all painted the same distinctive blue). This welcoming place, tucked snug between the waterfront, the railway lines, and the massive port cranes, provides safe harbour to those off-ship. .
(‘Flying Angel’ refers to a Bible passage.)
401 Waterfront Road East - Craftsman - Designed in 1905 by Edward Caton Mahoney as a showpiece for the technically-designed, sturdy, weatherproof prefabricated houses, banks, schools and churches manufactured in the finest B.C. lumber by B.C. Mills Timber & Trading. This is the site of the mill and lumber community so prevalent at the time.
#door #doors #missiontoseafarers #blue #vancouver #anglicanchurch #vancouverhistory #portofvancouver #bcmills #lumberindustry #faith #outreach #liveyourfaith #bchistory #craftsmanstyle #architecture #doorstory360
What an extraordinary welcoming committee! 🐘Elephants are smart, emotional, self-aware and highly social creatures.🐘 They are also in great ...
Apr 29
What an extraordinary welcoming committee! 🐘Elephants are smart, emotional, self-aware and highly social creatures.🐘 They are also in great peril due to humans. Help here: https://tinyurl.com/fu7wb5ch
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #entrances #elephant #elephants #vancouver #statue #pachyderm #extraordinaryelephants #prettypachyderms #doorstory360 #garden #🐘
“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”
- Victor Hugo, French poet/author, Les Miserables, ...
Apr 28
“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”
- Victor Hugo, French poet/author, Les Miserables, Hunchback of Notre Dame and many others. His father Joseph served in Napoleon’s army; mother Sophie was orphaned at age 8 and had an interesting life.
#history #doors #doorstory360 #littlelibrary #tinylibrary #books #doorsofinstagram #vancouver #booklending #victorhugo #quotes #💚
This is the only property in Canada returned to Japanese-Canadians after interment. “The Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall, a ...
Apr 28
This is the only property in Canada returned to Japanese-Canadians after interment. “The Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall, a non-profit organization founded in 1906, was located immediately to the west of the present site, and expanded in 1928 with this Spanish Mission Revival-style building. By 1919, it shifted from broad-based education to focus on Japanese language…”(1) Despite no evidence of problematic behaviour by those of Japanese heritage in B.C., “some 21,000 Japanese-Canadians were taken from their homes on Canada’s West Coast, without any charge or due process [to internment camps]... The federal government stripped them of their property…”(2) “The school re-opened in 1952 and continues to be a focal point for language studies and cross-cultural gatherings. It was the only confiscated property ever returned to the Japanese community during the war.”(1) Because it was owned co-operatively, it was difficult for the government to sell it.
1: Heritage Vancouver plaque 2: Canadian Encyclopedia
Parks Canada heritage status, 2019.
#door #doors #Japanese #Vancouver #vancouverhistory #japanesecanadian #canadaborn #internment #sadhistory #whiteprivilege #spanishmissionrevivalstyle #spanishmissionrevival #architecture #tilework #heritage #history #doorstory360
“Until 1915 [this property] was under the name Dollie Darlington, when this section of Alexander was known as the city’s ‘red light district’,...
Jan 25
“Until 1915 [this property] was under the name Dollie Darlington, when this section of Alexander was known as the city’s ‘red light district’, after public pressure forced it to move eastward from Chinatown. By 1918, the building was known as the Sailor’s Home, a place of refuge for sailors visiting the port. The exterior restoration was completed in 2012, part of its conversion to meet key housing needs of the local area. It was given the name Imouto, Japanese for ‘little sister’, expressing the goals of Atira Women’s Resource Society to provide housing for young women...” Next door at 502 was Vancouver’s second-oldest house, not salvageable, and the perfect spot for Atira’s Oneesan (Japanese: “older sister”) for domestic-violence survivors, women 55+ who mentor and share meals with the young women next door. 💕
Swipe for pre-restoration photo [City of Vancouver Archives] and view of 502 Alexander with vegetable garden 🪴
Quote from Heritage Vancouver plaque.
500 Alexander Street. Architect: W. T. Whiteway, who also designed the Sun Tower at 100 West Pender Street in the same year and the original Woodward’s building on Hastings Street.
502 Alexander, Canada’s first shipping-container housing.
#heritagevancouver #heritage #housing #heritagebuilding #vancouverhistory #vancouver #atira #womenshousing #redlight #sailors #port #doors #doorsofinstagram #doorsoftheworld #doorsofvancouver
David Bain, a local contractor (he also built the New Westminster armoury) and alderman, built this beautiful Queen Anne home for himself in 1894. ...
Oct 1
David Bain, a local contractor (he also built the New Westminster armoury) and alderman, built this beautiful Queen Anne home for himself in 1894. “Ornamentation includes fishscale shingles, drop finials, dentils at cornice line, brackets, bay windows, and patterned brick chimney.” (New Westminster heritage register)
#queenanne #architecture #architecturephotography #heritage #heritagehome #newwestminster #newwestminsterbc #fishscale #baywindow #doorstory360 #queenspark #contractor #queenannevictorian #queenannearchitecture #😍
Pretty door, hipped roofline, gate and colour - is that pale teal? Also, 215 is the area code for Pennsylvania, home of most of the USA’s chocolate...
Feb 17
Pretty door, hipped roofline, gate and colour - is that pale teal? Also, 215 is the area code for Pennsylvania, home of most of the USA’s chocolate companies. 🍫😋 #door #doors #hippedroof #teal #architecture #heritage #architecturephotography #architecturelovers #vancouver #vancouverbc #gable #doorstory360 #hersheys #chocolate
💜for Valentine’s Day: fancy gable with a delicious little gingerbread morsel at the peak, stained glass, and that beautiful six-paned door. ...
Feb 14
💜for Valentine’s Day: fancy gable with a delicious little gingerbread morsel at the peak, stained glass, and that beautiful six-paned door. Valentine’s Day is an opportunity to 💜 those in your life who fill your heart, lift you up and make you smile. Happy 💜 Day!
#valentinesday2020 #valentinesday #💜 #door #doors #stainedglass #gable #fishscalegable #baywindow #vancouver #architecture #architecturephotography #architecturelovers #doorstory360 #gingerbread #purple #purplehouse #doorsofinstagram #doorsofvancouver
Uncommon 🔺window in 🐟-scale gable, dentil trim and those chili-pepper-red twin doors! ❤️❤️ #door #doors #reddoor #reddoors #chilipepper ...
Feb 12
Uncommon 🔺window in 🐟-scale gable, dentil trim and those chili-pepper-red twin doors! ❤️❤️ #door #doors #reddoor #reddoors #chilipepper #chilipepperred #doubledoors #fancygables #gable #fishscalegable #fishscaleshingles #triangle #trianglewindow #popyacolor #dentiltrim #triangularwindow #fishscale #fishscales #doorstory360 #vancouver #architecture #architecturephotography #architecturelovers #doorsofinstagram
Another pretty set of stained glass sidelights, this time arced, and matching the porch flowers.
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram ...
Feb 11
Another pretty set of stained glass sidelights, this time arced, and matching the porch flowers.
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #doorsandwindows #wood #doorsoftheworld #sidelight #sidelights #stainedglass #vancouver #porch #veranda #doorstory360 #architecture #architecturephotography #architecturelovers
Beautiful older home with stained glass sidelights and that tree shading the front porch. 💚
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram ...
Feb 11
Beautiful older home with stained glass sidelights and that tree shading the front porch. 💚
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #doorsandwindows #doorsoftheworld #vancouver #stainedglass #sidelight #sidelights #oldgrowth #architecture #architecturephotography #architecturelovers #doorstory360 #tree #leafy #frontporch
Archangel Michael is prominent in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Quran; in Judaism, Christianity, Catholicism and Islam as advocate and ...
Feb 6
Archangel Michael is prominent in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Quran; in Judaism, Christianity, Catholicism and Islam as advocate and defender, and defeater of evil. This is a lovely, welcoming place of worship, so beautiful inside.
#door #doors #church #stmichael #archangel #architecture #stainedglass #architecturephotography #architecturelovers #arches #doorstory360
The Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, “beloved first-century BC Galilean Jewish woman of Nazareth”, St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic ...
Feb 1
The Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, “beloved first-century BC Galilean Jewish woman of Nazareth”, St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic congregation began in 1911. Its various locations have progressed to these striking Byzantine golden domes. The parish continues as “the centre of religious and Ukrainian community activities” in the Vancouver area, with a community centre, parish hall, seniors’ housing and a preschool. Swipe to see interior.
1982, Byzantine. Quote: Wikipedia. Interior 📷: parish Facebook
#door #doors #stmarys #ukrainian #church #ukrainianchurch #architecture #byzantine #architecturephotography #architecturelovers #byzantinearchitecture #vancouverheritage #heritagevancouver #doorsofinstagram #gold #golden #goldendomes #doorstory360
All the details! - dentils, multi-paned windows, diamond stair risers, even a birdhouse. The interior is preserved but livable, 3,665 sq. ft., full of...
Feb 1
All the details! - dentils, multi-paned windows, diamond stair risers, even a birdhouse. The interior is preserved but livable, 3,665 sq. ft., full of original old-growth hardwood, with a large stained-glass window in the kitchen😍. And check out the pretty radiator. (interior 📷: vancouversbestlistings.com)
#door #doors #craftsmanhome #craftsmanstyle #craftsman #craftsmanarchitecture #heritagevancouver #vancouverheritage #1910 #architecture #doorstory360 #architecturephotography #architecturelovers #dentils #hardwood #radiator
The Jewelers’ Building originally had parking on the first 23 floors with a car lift (swipe to see) so ”Jewelers carrying thousands of dollars ...
Jan 29
The Jewelers’ Building originally had parking on the first 23 floors with a car lift (swipe to see) so ”Jewelers carrying thousands of dollars worth of diamonds and justifiably concerned about robbery could drive their cars into the building from Lower Wacker, where elevators would spirit them—still in their cars—up to their offices”*.😲 The spectacular dome on the top of the building (3rd photo) used to be The Stratosphere Lounge (frequented by Al Capone… possibly the owner?🤔) and is now the jaw-dropping showroom of award-winning architect Helmut Jahn. At 40 storeys, it was considered the tallest building in the world (praeter NYC). Swipe again to see the swoonworthy lobby.😍 This beauty faces the Chicago River.
Jewelers’ Building - 35 East Wacker (1927). Neoclassical. Architects: Joachim G. Giaver and Frederick P. Dinkelberg (who assisted Daniel Burnham in designing NYC’s iconic Flatiron Building). 40 storeys. Chicago Landmark (1994) and NRHP. *Chicago Reader, Aimee Levitt. Historical photos Wikimedia.
#door #doors #jewelers #💍 #diamonds #jewelersbuilding #chicago #heritage #chicagoheritage #1927 #helmutjahn #marble #carlift #architecture #architecturephotography #architecturelovers #neoclassical #neoclassicalarchitecture #dome #lobby #doorstory360 #rainydayinchicago
Robin’s egg blue with scarlet trim and welcoming Muskoka chair. Swipe to see beautiful stained-glass scene window. Built in 1925.
#door #doors ...
Jan 29
Robin’s egg blue with scarlet trim and welcoming Muskoka chair. Swipe to see beautiful stained-glass scene window. Built in 1925.
#door #doors #redtrim #stainedglass #stainedglassart #stainedglasswindow #stainedglass #muskokachair #redmuskokachair #1925 #heritage #heritagehouse #heritagehome #heritagevancouver #vancouverheritage #leafystreet #trees #westside #doorstory360
#bestnine2019 #abitlate #life #thankyou #thankyouforthelikes
“Herbert Bell of the Bell & Zoller Coal Company commissioned this 23-storey skyscraper in 1924. When completed, it was one of the first ...
Dec 6
“Herbert Bell of the Bell & Zoller Coal Company commissioned this 23-storey skyscraper in 1924. When completed, it was one of the first generation skyscrapers that sprang up on North Michigan Avenue as a result of Burnham and Bennett’s 1909 ‘Plan of Chicago’. The building’s tripartite* composition and Corinthian columns exemplify the Classical Revival style of architecture, rendered in terra cotta manufactured in Chicago by the Northwestern Terra Cotta Company. In 1956, the building was renamed when it was purchased by the Old Republic Life Insurance Company.“ (building’s Historic Landmark plaque)
* a method of visually organizing the facade of the building by dividing it up into three sections, similar to as found on a Classical column (base, shaft, capital)
307 North Michigan Avenue - Old Republic Building (formerly the Bell Building) (1924) Architect: K. M. Vitzthum & Co.
#architecture #oldrepublic #oldrepublicbuilding #chicago #chicagoarchitecture #terracotta #architecturephotography #chicagoarchitecturalphotography #door #doors #doorsofinstagram #doorsofchicago #tripartite #michiganavenue #michiganavenuebridge #magnificentmile #classicalrevival #classicalrevivalstyle #bellbuilding #classicalrevivalarchitecture #doorstory360 #flag #usa🇺🇸 #🇺🇸 #corinthiancolumns
Dappled gable, interesting gambrel roof, offset square accent windows, and That Yellow Door! 🤩
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram ...
Oct 26
Dappled gable, interesting gambrel roof, offset square accent windows, and That Yellow Door! 🤩
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #doorsworldwide #yellow #yellowdoor #vancouver #vancouverbc #doorsofvancouver #doorstory360
“At 2:00 a.m. [January 1st, 1922] motor vehicles in British Columbia changed from driving on the left to driving on the right hand side of the ...
Oct 25
“At 2:00 a.m. [January 1st, 1922] motor vehicles in British Columbia changed from driving on the left to driving on the right hand side of the street. The change went surprisingly smoothly; there were no accidents.” 🚗🚛🚙
This west side apartment with the starburst window over the front entrance was built in 1922.
(from VancouverHistory.ca)
#door #doors #vancouver #vancouverbc #apartment #heritage #heritagevancouver #history #vancouverhistory #1922 #righthanddrive #westsidevancouver #architecture #architecturelovers #architecturephotography #doorsofinstagram #doorsofinstagram🚪 #doorsofvancouver
This vibrant mosaic-covered apartment was built in 1937, and it’s a looker. In 1937, construction began on the snazzy Lions Gate Bridge. The ...
Oct 14
This vibrant mosaic-covered apartment was built in 1937, and it’s a looker. In 1937, construction began on the snazzy Lions Gate Bridge. The Vancouver Sun newspaper offices were destroyed by fire in March 1937, but the day’s paper still came out on time (!). And, also in 1937, Helena Gutteridge (CCF, precursor to the NDP) kicked down some doors to became the first woman ever elected to Vancouver City Council. What a year! (Remember to vote!)
BTW: Mosaics originated in the Bronze Age of Ancient Greece. The tiny squares are called tesserae.
#door #doors #architecture #mosaic #mosaictile #mosaictiles #vancouver #vancouverbc #history #apartment #apartmentbuilding #1937 #style #tesserae #doorsofinstagram #doorstory360
2908 Oak Street
I 💙 this beautiful home’s snappy teal trim, multi-paned door, and the big tree and greenery, reflected. Teal, first used as a colour in 1917, is ...
Oct 13
I 💙 this beautiful home’s snappy teal trim, multi-paned door, and the big tree and greenery, reflected. Teal, first used as a colour in 1917, is named after the duck-like bird the Common Teal.
#door #doors #architecture #architecturephotography #vancouver #vancouverbc #teal #tealtrim #doorsofinstagram #doorstory360 #treelinedstreets #tree #plantatree #fancyarmbands
Ingenious union of the old and new, showing that a classic structure can be incorporated beautifully into modern higher density. “Built in 1928, ...
Oct 12
Ingenious union of the old and new, showing that a classic structure can be incorporated beautifully into modern higher density. “Built in 1928, Santa Fe was designed by renowned Vancouver-born Architects Townley & Matheson, the same team whose distinguished body of work includes recognizable heritage landmarks like Vancouver’s Art Deco City Hall.
Built by a former marine superintendent with the Canadian Pacific Rail, the building was originally named The Van Arsdel after his wife Eva Van Arsdel, and the family maintained a suite in the building when they were in town between trips back and forth to Asia. This stately building was unique considering the context of where it stood at the time. Back then, it was surrounded by dirt roads and a few single family homes. From Santa Fe’s address at 2975 Oak Street, at the corner of West 14th Avenue, the former city limits at West 16th Avenue were within two blocks. Only a year later this changed in 1929 when Vancouver amalgamated with the separate Municipality of Point Grey adding lands South of 16th Avenue, West of Cambie and included the elite Canadian Pacific Rail-developed Shaughnessy.
Santa Fe answered a need for multifamily housing in the City between the World Wars and was modelled with traditionalism – a response to North American post-war nostalgia and taste.
Santa Fe’s exterior featured poured concrete walls with applied shield and garland decorative plasters, Juliet balconies, deeply recessed windows, and a symmetrical façade that was evocative of the Period Revival movement popular in the 1920’s.
Today it stands with grace as a heritage icon in Fairview, retaining all of its original charm almost 90 years later.” - from the Santa Fe website.
Second photo shows conjoined buildings; last photo is the original building c. 1930
#door #doors #vancouver #vancouverbc #heritagevancouver #architecture #architecturephotography #doorsofinstagram #doorstory360 #oldmeetsnew #preserve #creativesolutions #winwin #julietbalcony #townleyandmatheson #periodrevivalstyle
“Hell yeah!” Not sure what this enthusiastic affirmation is for, but sure! (Maybe it’s for the curlicues?) #door #doors #doorsofvancouver ...
Oct 12
“Hell yeah!” Not sure what this enthusiastic affirmation is for, but sure! (Maybe it’s for the curlicues?) #door #doors #doorsofvancouver #doorsofinstagram #vancouver #porch #doorstory360 #yellow #hellyeah
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true ...
Oct 7
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lots of character here, and I bet it has lots to teach us and many stories to tell. ❤️those windows! 😍
#door #doors #doorsofinstagram #characterdesign #character #vancouver #vancouverbc #doorstory360 #curvedwindows #apartmenthouse #apartment #green
Four variations of grey (I’m sure there are more shades...) Grey’s perceptions range from negative, bland, moody (“a grey day”) to peaceful, ...
Oct 5
Four variations of grey (I’m sure there are more shades...) Grey’s perceptions range from negative, bland, moody (“a grey day”) to peaceful, sophisticated, and timeless, to formal, neutral, conservative and practical. Depends on the interpretation. (‘Eigengrau’, a German word meaning "intrinsic gray", "own gray" “dark light”, or “brain gray”, is a name for the ‘background’ that many people report seeing in the absence of light.) These grey homes are all stylish and unique.
#door #doors #grey #gray #vancouver #vancouverbc #reddoor #yellowdoor #doorsofinstagram #heritagehomes #doorstory360 #veranda #stylish #grayhouse #greyhouse #architecture #architecturephotography
As I was taking a photo of this charmer, a woman opened the front door and shouted at me “What are you *doing*?!?” I briefly explained (“I take ...
Oct 5
As I was taking a photo of this charmer, a woman opened the front door and shouted at me “What are you *doing*?!?” I briefly explained (“I take pictures of pretty houses...”) She did not look convinced, or appeased, or mollified, or placated, or propitiated, or pacified, or soothed. She looked... skeptical. I would have thought, with a gorgeous house like this, she’d be accustomed to admirers. 💚
#misunderstood #door #doors #vancouver #vancouverbc #vancouverwestside #veranda #verandah #details #heritagehouse #heritagehome #doorstory360 #green #craftsmanhome #doorsofinstagram
“In 1948, the French-language Saint-Sacrement Catholic Church was established on Heather Street just north of 16th Avenue. Almost 2,500 francophones...
Oct 4
“In 1948, the French-language Saint-Sacrement Catholic Church was established on Heather Street just north of 16th Avenue. Almost 2,500 francophones - mostly French-Canadians - settled nearby, thus creating a francophone quarter by the early 1950s. A cultural centre, performance hall, credit union, newspaper, associations, café and grocery store all operated side-by-side along 16th Avenue. However, when the new Maison de la Francophonie opened in the late 1980s near Granville Street and 7th Avenue, all of the francophone associations moved to this new cultural hub. Saint-Sacrement church and school, still present and very active, remain the witnesses of that period when ‘joie de vivre’ reigned over the neighbourhood.”
- Vancouver Heritage Foundation Places That Matter historical plaque
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church (1948) 3040 Heather Street #door #doors #francophone #church #catholicchurch #vancouver #vancouverbc #joiedevivre #blessedsacrament #heritage #history #doorstory360 #stainedglass #community #francophonecommunity
“Constructed in 1912, this Craftsman-style house was originally built for a doctor who ran his practice from the coach house. During the 1930s and ...
Oct 2
“Constructed in 1912, this Craftsman-style house was originally built for a doctor who ran his practice from the coach house. During the 1930s and 1940s, the living room of this house was the scene of hundreds of marriage ceremonies when it was the home of Reverend Andrew Roddan, his wife and seven children.
One of the most prominent ministers in Vancouver in the 1930s, Rodden was the outspoken minister of the First United Church at Hastings Street and Gore Avenue. With his fiery Scottish accent, he broadcast a weekly radio program from his church, and became one of Vancouver’s first popular radio personalities. He has been described as ‘the heavyweight champ of the 1930s when it came to battling Sin, Poverty and Strong Drink in his ring’. The home had been converted to a lodging house in 1961, but was restored to its former glory in 1992.”
Looks like there are still little ones about, with the ladybug scooter on the porch. (Quote from house’s historical plaque)
#door #doors #craftsman #craftsmanhome #craftsmanstyle #yellow #vancouver #vancouverbc #vancouverheritage #history #doorstory360 #radio #firstunited #veranda #verandah #arbor #arbour #heritagevancouver #ladybug #goodkarma #weddings
“It is that fundamental belief: I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper, that makes this country work. It’s what allows us to pursue...
Sep 22
“It is that fundamental belief: I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper, that makes this country work. It’s what allows us to pursue our individual dreams and yet still come together as one American family. E pluribus unum. Out of many, one.” - Barack Obama, whose My Brother’s Keeper initiative promotes intervention by civic leaders in the lives of young men of color to address their unique challenges and to promote racial justice.
“The idea that we are our brother's keeper and our sister's keeper. That we should treat others as we would want to be treated. And that we care for the sick... feed the hungry... and welcome the stranger... no matter where they come from, or how they practice their faith.”
- Michelle Obama “The shade tree outside of the church provides a place for birds to nest.”❤️🐦 - Third grade schoolchildren report on Capitol City Church.
Capitol City Christian Church 615 N. 9th Street (1910, the first Christian church in Boise). Architect: George W. Kramer (New York) - Romanesque style
#door #doors #faith #church #christian #christianchurch #brotherskeeper #sisterskeeper #boise #boiseidaho #boiseid #stainedglass #shadetree #birds #noahsark #obama #architecture #values #architecturephotography #sunday #doorstory360 #history #heritage #capitolcity #churchesofinstagram #romanesque #romanesquestyle
“Make no little plans,” architect Daniel Burnham instructed his team, aiming for maximum dazzle at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. ...
Sep 22
“Make no little plans,” architect Daniel Burnham instructed his team, aiming for maximum dazzle at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. took it to heart, had big dreams, and spent $25,000 of his own money to design and build a giant revolving wheel. It measured 250 feet in diameter, and carried 36 cars, each capable of holding 60 people 😲. “More than 100,000 parts went into Ferris’ wheel, notably an 89,320-pound axle that had to be hoisted onto two towers 140 feet in the air. Launched on June 21, 1893, it was a glorious success. Over the next 19 weeks, more than 1.4 million people paid 50 cents for a 20-minute ride and access to an aerial panorama few had ever beheld. ‘It is an indescribable sensation,’ wrote a reporter named Robert Graves, ‘that of revolving through such a vast orbit in a bird cage.’”🎡
(Smithsonian magazine)
#door #doors #ferriswheel #🎡 #ferriswheels #chicago #pne #summerfair #summerfair2019 #georgewashingtongaleferrisjr #architecture #summerfun #summerfun2019 #summer #architecturephotography #worldscolumbianexposition #doorsofinstagram #doorstory360
The Eoff-Brady-Hof House originally had a ballroom in the basement, which in the 1940s was renovated into a bowling alley. Built for Alfred Eoff ...
Sep 21
The Eoff-Brady-Hof House originally had a ballroom in the basement, which in the 1940s was renovated into a bowling alley. Built for Alfred Eoff (listed as a bank cashier [!] but that must be old terminology because his character and demeanour are described in glowing terms, so it seems unlikely that he was carrying home big bags of cash), who married a nice Canadian girl named Victoria Marsh. It’s usually referred to as ‘the Governor’s House’, although Gov. James H. Brady only lived here 1909-1911. The present owner, Bill Hon, stirred up a ruckus last year when he allegedly threatened to demolish the home 😧causing the heritage-wise city council to pass a moratorium until the home could be included in a protected historic downtown district, which was created December 2018. It’s now charming, funky apartments.
Eoff-Brady-Hon house, 140 West Main Street (1898) Queen Anne style. Built for $9,000. Architects: John E. Tourtellotte and Charles Hummel, who designed the incredible Idaho Capitol Building.
#door #doors #boise #boiseidaho #boiseid #heritage #history #queenanne #queenannestyle #queenannearchitecture #architecture #doorsofinstagram #veranda #architecturephotography #doorstory360 #protected #governorshouse
B is for bas-relief, “a sculptural technique where the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material”, as in the ...
Sep 21
B is for bas-relief, “a sculptural technique where the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material”, as in the leaves and flowers on this wall. (Wikipedia)
#door #doors #chicago #chicagoillinois #chicagoil #basrelief #architecture #b #bisfor #beautiful #wroughtiron #doorway #goldcoastchicago #ironwork #doorsofinstagram #doorstory360 #architecturephotography
The Tribune Building (L) and the Wrigley Building (R) reflected in the doors of the London House (aka London Guaranty and Accident Building) - all ...
Sep 19
The Tribune Building (L) and the Wrigley Building (R) reflected in the doors of the London House (aka London Guaranty and Accident Building) - all gorgeous. ❤️❤️❤️ #door #doors #londonhousechicago #wrigleybuilding #londonhouse #tribunebuilding #chicago #chicagoillinois #chicagoil #chicagotribunebuilding #architecture #architecturephotography #downtownchicago #chicagotourism #doorstory360 #reflection #goldenhour #doorsofinstagram
A little girl named Mary Bell was accidentally shot by her brother’s friend here in the 1950s, and has haunted this beautiful house ever since. ...
Sep 15
A little girl named Mary Bell was accidentally shot by her brother’s friend here in the 1950s, and has haunted this beautiful house ever since. Like a mischievous child, she misplaces and hides things. Mary appears as a figure or a ray of light, and often played upstairs with the children of the current owner. As the children got older, she appeared less frequently, and since they have grown and gone, she hardly appears at all. The house is magnificent in its details, with frescoes, a large sunroof, servants’ amenities, a sink in each bedroom, and a fireplace with real gold laced through the tile in a beautiful design. Elaborate wooden interior doors dressed up with exquisite doorknobs are worth as much as surrounding homes. The house was made from local sandstone and is heated geothermally. Built by hotel and mine owner (the fireplace gold came from his mines) businessman Timothy Regan, his family lived in the house for only one generation because sadly, his son was killed in WWI and they moved away. I particularly 💖the front door, 💖the triangular typanum with the oeil-de-boeuf (bull’s eye) window and 💖those column tops. And everything else.
110 Main Street (1905) Neoclassical
#door #doors #boise #boiseidaho #boiseid #mainstreet #mainstreetusa #architecture #architecturephotography #neoclassical #columns #typanum #oeildeboeuf #oeildeboeufwindow #bullseye #geothermal #hauntedmansion #hauntedhouse #haunted #ghostgirl #littlegirlghost #sandstone #doorstory360 #white #widowswalk #balcony #leadedwindows
Architectural firm Graham, Anderson, Probst and White was giant, prolific and most important, brilliant. Their incomparable contributions to Chicago ...
Sep 14
Architectural firm Graham, Anderson, Probst and White was giant, prolific and most important, brilliant. Their incomparable contributions to Chicago architecture include the Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium, the Merchandise Mart, Union Station, Civic Opera House, and...❤️the utterly lovely Wrigley, here at night.🌝 Happy full moon.
#door #doors #chicago #chicagoil #wrigleybuilding #grahamandersonprobstwhite #architect #architecture #architecturephotography #nightphotography #heritage #beautiful #doorstory360 #doorsofinstagram #walkway #fullmoon #harvestmoon #illinoistourism #chicagotourism #chicagotourist #michiganave #magnificentmile
The hub of the rich and elite, scene of speeches, inaugurations, balls and elegant soirées. Presidents stayed here, including W.H. Taft and Theodore ...
Sep 13
The hub of the rich and elite, scene of speeches, inaugurations, balls and elegant soirées. Presidents stayed here, including W.H. Taft and Theodore Roosevelt. A key stop on the Lewis and Clark route by train, the Idanha was the tallest building in Idaho (5 storeys - with the state’s only elevator) when it opened in 1901. Now, it’s haunted by a bell boy who was killed, taking guests riding the elevator to the fourth floor (where he was shot) regardless of which floor is selected. 👻 Now it’s apartments (mostly original), shops, and a bar. It’s a bit shabby compared to its glory days, but it has some marvellous stories to tell.
Idanha Hotel (1901) Architect: W.S. (Walter) Campbell. Built for $125,000.
#door #doors #idaho #boise #idahotourism #statecapital #architecture #boiseidaho #architecturephotography #downtown #doorstory360 #heritage #history #lewisandclark #lewisandclarktrail #hotel #idanha #frenchchâteaustyle #ghost #haunted #hauntedhotel #hauntedelevator
The breathtaking London Guaranty & Accident Building has seen lots of action. Its London House, legendary jazz club/restaurant, was one of the ...
Sep 11
The breathtaking London Guaranty & Accident Building has seen lots of action. Its London House, legendary jazz club/restaurant, was one of the coolest jazz spots in the U.S., hosting a beedoop skee doo bop who’s who: Oscar Peterson, Nancy Wilson, Ramsey Lewis, Dinah Washington, Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck, Marian McPartland, Cannonball Adderley, Bobby Short and on and on. Many live albums were recorded there. Frank Sinatra headlined the London House 20th anniversary bash in 1966 - his Chicago debut. The jazz club closed in the early 1970s, a victim of rock ‘n’ roll. From 1960-1980s, WLS AM radio studios broadcast from here. The London Guaranty Building has housed several businesses and is now London House hotel, as an homage to the jazz club. It’s on the site of Fort Dearborn, one of the four historic skyscrapers surrounding the DuSable (Michigan Ave.) Bridge, (along with the Wrigley, the Tribune, and 333 N. Michigan). p.s. I don’t know skeedly boop about jazz, but may I just say what a kick-ass name “Cannonball Adderley” is?! Just in case this is a goal of yours, get started here: www.wikihow.com/scat
London Guaranty & Accident Building aka the London Guarantee Building - 85 East Wacker Drive, Chicago (1923) Architect: the respected and productive Chicagoan Alfred S. Alschuler. The teardown of Alschuler’s lovely Mercantile Exchange Building (1927-2003) had a silver lining in that it propelled Chicago to create a commission to better protect landmark buildings. Chicago Landmark. NRHP. Second photo: lobby
#door #doors #chicago #chicagoillinois #chicagoil #skyscraper #heritage #heritagebuilding #londonguaranty #londonguarantee #londonhouse #jazz #alfredalschuler #architecture #architecturephotography #chicagohistory #oscarpeterson #nancywilson #cannonballadderley #ramsaylewis #dinahwashington #davebrubeck #bobbyshort #marianmcpartland #jazzclub #franksinatra #wlsradio #fortdearborn #doorstory360
“The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say—because they seemed to me too obvious.”
- ...
Sep 9
“The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say—because they seemed to me too obvious.”
- writer André Gide
Go ahead and say those obvious, important, wonderful words.
#door #doors #woodendoor #woodendoors #curveddoors #architecture #stone #iron #architecturephotography #chicago #chicagoillinois #chicagoil #goldcoast #goldcoastchicago #doorstory360 #wroughtiron #reflection #multipane #andregide #andrégide #wordsofwisdom #sayit #sayitwithlove #❤️
It’s the place to be in Chicago: 3.1m sq. ft. of luxury retail, restaurants, major media companies, and hotels, lots of gorgeous landmarks, and ...
Sep 7
It’s the place to be in Chicago: 3.1m sq. ft. of luxury retail, restaurants, major media companies, and hotels, lots of gorgeous landmarks, and eight of the world’s 😮 tallest buildings. After the Depression and WWII, real estate big shot Arthur Rubloff reinvented this length of Michigan Avenue as the Magnificent Mile, and it’s lived up to its promise. The Mile is anchored at one end by the original city site of Fort Dearborn (1803), the elegant Wrigley Building, the airy new Apple store and the amazing Tribune Tower where the DuSable Bridge crosses the Chicago River, and, at the North end, the legendary Drake Hotel overseen by the John Hancock Tower. But it’s not just concrete: each season holds something artistic and wonderful on Michigan Avenue. Hundreds of thousands of bulbs in bloom in the spring in special planters everywhere along the Mile.🌷 There’s art, events, free concerts, sculptures, a garden festival in the summer, and more than a million sparkling lights in December.🎄 #door #doors #chicagoil #magnificentmile #chicago #chicagogram #chicagotourism #tulips #spring #fortdearborn #wrigleybuilding #wrigleybuildingchicago #tribunetower #median #magnificentmilechicago #watertowerplace #hancocktower #applestoremichiganavenue #michiganavenue #architecture #architecturephotography #doorstory360
“All means all” - amazing how powerful just three words can be. “We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, LGBTQ+,...
Sep 2
“All means all” - amazing how powerful just three words can be. “We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, LGBTQ+, straight, filthy rich, or dirt poor. We extend a special welcome to crying newborns, those who are skinny as a rail or could afford to lose a few pounds. You’re welcome here if you’re ‘just browsing,’ just woke up or just got out of jail…” .
Cathedral of the Rockies (1960) 771 North 11th Street, Boise ID Architect: Harold E. Wagoner (who only designed churches). Gothic Revival style. Arizona flagstone exterior. Cathedral organ by Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company of Boston, Massachusetts is Idaho’s largest. Stained glass windows by Willet Studios of Philadelphia PA. Quote is from www.cathedraloftherockies.org
#door #doors #cathedral #cathedraloftherockies #church #methodist #boise #boiseidaho #boiseid #ministry #methodist #idaho #history #architecture #gothicrevival #haroldwagoner #architect #pipeorgan #stainedglass #mosaicwindow #willetstudios #allmeansall #doorstory360 #rosewindow #idahotourism
Gold was discovered in Idaho in 1860, and Boise’s first Methodist church was formed in 1872. This beautiful Cathedral opened (to all) just in time ...
Sep 2
Gold was discovered in Idaho in 1860, and Boise’s first Methodist church was formed in 1872. This beautiful Cathedral opened (to all) just in time for Christmas 1960. The $9m addition in 2002 adds capacity (it now comprises a full city block) to this magnificent structure, for all the good work they do serving the surrounding community. I ❤️ the carved doors, the Gothic details, the soaring spire.
1 of 3 photos (to preserve portrait orientation), see next for exterior and interior with mosaic window.
Cathedral of the Rockies (1960) 771 North 11th Street, Boise ID Architect: Harold E. Wagoner (who only designed churches). Gothic Revival style. Arizona flagstone exterior. Cathedral organ by Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company of Boston, Massachusetts is Idaho’s largest. Stained glass windows by Willet Studios of Philadelphia PA. Quote is from www.cathedraloftherockies.org
#door #doors #cathedral #cathedraloftherockies #church #methodist #boise #boiseidaho #boiseid #ministry #methodist #idaho #history #architecture #gothicrevival #haroldwagoner #architect #pipeorgan #stainedglass #willetstudios #allmeansall #doorstory360 #rosewindow #arizonaflagstone #idahotourism
In January 1946, a troop train arrived to reunite the Westminster Regiment with loved ones at a huge homecoming celebration here at Queen’s Park. ...
Aug 30
In January 1946, a troop train arrived to reunite the Westminster Regiment with loved ones at a huge homecoming celebration here at Queen’s Park. “The Westminsters marched into the oval under the moonlight as a faint mist rose from the chilled grass. They tramped to a patch of cold light cast by the floodlights before the platform as, from the dimness of the stands and from the masses that blanketed the corner of the field itself, there rose a roar from 5,000 throats that drowned the trumpets and even the skirl of the pipe band...they swarmed over the field and the khaki ranks were drowned by civvies suits. With laughter and tears of joy, wives, mothers and fathers and sweethearts were gathering to their arms the warriors who had returned.” (Yikes - you know it’s loud when you can’t hear bagpipes.) It was B.C.’s first public park and a barometer of the highs and lows of New Westminster. In 1919, the Prince of Wales opened the Provincial Exhibition, beginning a tradition of celebrations, exhibitions, May Days and public events held here to this day. It was occupied by soldiers during both World Wars. In 1929, the Right Honourable Winston Churchill, here to mark the occasion of the Provincial Exhibition‘s Diamond Jubilee, drew a crowd of 37,000, despite devastating fires at the waterfront paper mill and the park’s buildings just prior. In 1939, an indicator of the end of the Great Depression was a visit from the King and Queen, which swelled the city’s population from 22,000 to an enthusiastic 150,000.
Queen’s Park established 1887. Text from The British Columbian, 1946. This gate was parked 🌲here in 1960, commemorating New Westminster’s centennial.
#door #doors #gate #newwest #newwestminster #homecoming #soldiers #newwestminsterbc #centennial #war #park #doorstory360 #garden #sirwinstonchurchill #kingandqueen #royalcity #westminsterregiment #bc #britishcolumbia #beautifulbritishcolumbia #canada #🇨🇦
Far more convenient than lugging rocks all the way to San Francisco, Boise’s Federal Assay Office is where miners in the area brought their gold to ...
Aug 27
Far more convenient than lugging rocks all the way to San Francisco, Boise’s Federal Assay Office is where miners in the area brought their gold to be separated out and assessed, or “assayed”.⚖️ So it’s understandable that a miner in a plaid shirt haunts the building to this day; it’s said you can hear his boots, too.⛏ One of only seven assay offices in the country, with sandstone rock-solid (ha) two feet thick and barred windows for security, this office received $75 million+ of precious metals in its history (1871-1933). The laboratory, vaults, furnaces, and offices were on the ground floor, the Chief Assayer and his family lived on the top floor, and the basement held staff and guards’ quarters and geothermal. When it opened, the area’s mining production was the third-highest in the U.S., but of course fortunes💰come and go. After closing, the building was Forest Service offices for several years; now it houses the State Historical Preservation Office and the Archaeological Survey of Idaho.
210 Main Street (1871) Possibly Provincial style. Alfred B. Mullett, architect. Land donated by Alexander Rossi (who was appointed Chief Assayer) Builder: John McBride (who became Superintendent)🤔 NRHP, 1961.
#door #doors #boise #boiseidaho #boisehistory #boisestatehistory #history #heritage #sandstone #assay #assayoffice #gold #silver #nrhp #federalbuildings #federalbuildingsofinstagram #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces #haunted #ghost #miner #minerals #mining #doorstory360 #unitedstates #🇺🇸 #idahotourism
Crown-like embellishments... 113 years ago, the Chicago White Sox were crowned World Series champions against the Chicago Cubs in the only all-Chicago...
Aug 25
Crown-like embellishments... 113 years ago, the Chicago White Sox were crowned World Series champions against the Chicago Cubs in the only all-Chicago battle. This weekend in Chicago, you can attend the Bristol Renaissance Faire (at King’s Landing) or the Jazz Festival featuring Nat King Cole’s brother. 👑
#door #doors #architecture #chicago #embellishment #embellishments #crown #king #history #oldchicago #chicagobrick #baseball #chicagowhitesox #chicagocubs #doorstory360 #goldcoastchicago #goldcoast
Sandstone two feet thick from rugged surrounding Idaho made the first Boise City National Bank building (1886) and then was moved piece by piece to ...
Aug 24
Sandstone two feet thick from rugged surrounding Idaho made the first Boise City National Bank building (1886) and then was moved piece by piece to construct the first floor of this version (1890) a few blocks away. In 1904, three more storeys were added. Apparently, just before the bank closed in 1932 (due to the Great Depression), crowds of people rushed to withdraw their savings and left disappointed and broke. In 1913, a renovation brought marble floors, columns and teller cages, which remain, adding charm to a restaurant. The bank vault is still in the basement; the door weighs 16 tons, which is equivalent to four adult hippopotami. 🦛🦛🦛🦛 805 West Idaho Street (1891-1906) Richardsonian Romanesque Revival style (named after famous architect Henry Hobson Richardson), which apparently incorporates a salad of various styles and involves upper windows with eyebrow arches. Architect James King modelled it after the Chicago Marshall Field store (1887). The bank board gave him a budget of $13,000; it cost $40,000.
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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
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.
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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
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.
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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
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.
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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
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
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