Mister Stanley Wouldn't Be Happy, As Couple Attempts to Tear Down the Historic Marcus House

The Marcus House, as it looked during construction in 1938 Much of what you should know about Stanley Marcus' former house on Nonesuch Road can ... for a demolition permit with the Texas Historic Commission (and not the city, as originally mentioned ... -designated historic structure, the city won't be able to stand in front of the bulldozers [more...]

Date: 2008-08-11 03:07:52

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LPC Grants 5 Designations, Including Hubbard House

Photo of the Hubbard House via Brooklyn Genealogy ... Historic District in Chelsea that consists of a dozen houses built between 1846 and 1847 that were ... Historic District in Williamsburg is still on the table for a designation as well. Add to digg [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:53:32

Late Night Political Humor

“All five living presidents met for a historic lunch at the White House this week. Administration officials said that the idea for the gathering came from Barack Obama and not, as originally thought, from Agatha Christie.” -Seth Meyers “Earlier this week at the White House — historic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:55:10

Los Angeles Real Estate Listings

Do You Know a Buyer for these Homes in Los Angeles CA? Which house do you like the best???? ... for an oversized jacuzzi tub. The private foyer gives a panoramic view of the entire house. Seller ... Number: K08129073 Historical beautiful colonial house. Wood floor, grinite counter, formal living [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 17:42:24

Noooo Edinburgh, Don't Lift Ban on Changing Windows in Historic Structures

Hill House, Scotland, Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Can you imagine this in vinyl? John recently wrote that "Rising fuel costs and environmental concerns have forced councillors to consider lifting a ban on double glazed windows in Edinburgh's most historic buildings. Hundreds [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 20:40:12

White House Rejects Obama Request To Move Into Blair House 10 Days Early

I'll assume this was not meant as a slight, but it doesn't sound good: ... House officials to move into the historic house across Pennsylvania Avenue about two weeks earlier than ... had plans for the government home. ...A White House spokeswoman says Blair House is available [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 00:28:00

The Ruins at Historic Fort Snelling

Forgotten One of the houses on officers row at historic Fort Snelling ... .  When I was out there a week ago I could see semi demolished buildings and a lot of equipment parked next to them ... better shape than many  of the buildings. It was built in the 1850's and is make of brick [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 20:44:40

The Ruins at Historic Fort Snelling

Forgotten One of the houses on officers row at historic Fort Snelling ... .  When I was out there a week ago I could see semi demolished buildings and a lot of equipment parked next to them ... better shape than many  of the buildings. It was built in the 1850's and is make of brick [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 12:10:41

Decatur Old House Fair This Saturday

Just got the schedule for this Saturday’s 1st Annual Decatur Old House Fair! ... your old house” A seminar on historic landscapes A “How to Hire a Contractor” seminar by Renewal’s CEO ... s a taste… A historic window restoration workshop A sensitive additions seminar from an architect [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 20:41:43

Service Announcements, a Reader Request, and a Little Inspiration

A few weeks ago I mentioned the 38th annual Cathedral Antique Show and said that the $15 admission tickets benefit a "good cause ... with the show: Landscape architect Spencer Tunnell will discuss garden restoration; White House historian William Seale will talk about reconciling the historic house with modern times; and antique restorer Steve [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:16:00

Who will be the media's new whipping boy?

by Julie Grisolano History has been made with the first African American man elected as leader of a major super power ... administration will start it's first full day of work at the White House.   And although it's not historic ... for a historic moment in this country; it's quite another [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 08:22:16

Pack It Up

Not many design books come equipped with tales of swashbuckling derring do, highly profitable skullduggery, and inventive repurposing ... of the engaging historic-house-centric memoirs No Voice From the Hall: Early Memories of a Country House Snooper ... buildings. (For an article by Harris about his career trajectory, go to Building Design Online.) Small [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 05:17:11

AMERICAN QUEEN Fall Colors[Farewell To Steam(boat)]by Peter Knego

Uncommon JourneysSteamboats.org -- A great source of news and information about river boats and steamboats around the worldOcean Liner Fittings, ... : Friday, October 31, 2008First Installment: Thursday, October 9, 2008Palmer House marquee.The starting point of this latest Uncommon Journey was the historic Palmer House Hilton Hotel in downtown [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 13:35:00

Historic Hubbard House Gets Its Landmark Designation

The Hubbard House, a Rare Dutch-American Farmhouse in Gravesend, Brooklyn, was designated an individual landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) on Tuesday ... . “This group of designations reflects the rich variety of architectural and historical layers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:55:16

For $30M You Get An Historic Mansion With Assorted Ghosts

As runaway slaves swam across the Potomac River traveling along the Underground Railroad, ... plans to build Darnall and Harbin Halls. But the Halcyon House has a deep history reaching far beyond ... House.Today, Prospect Street’s historic Halcyon House, which went on the market on Aug. 30 [more...]

Date: 2008-09-21 01:50:00

Lincoln Didn't Sleep Here

Spearheaded by First Lady Caroline Harrison, this 1889 proposal called for transforming the White House into a vast quadrangle with two multilevel ... gardens, and conservatories. Images from "The White House: The History of An American Idea" by William Seale (The White House Historical Association/The American Institute of Architects Press, 1992 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 07:00:00

Downturn Pounds Commercial Real Estate

And despite the tone of this article, some people believe it will be worse than the residential crash: Contractors, ... the early 1990s, when the industry built a small city’s worth of speculative office buildings that later ... reeling from a historic housing depression. “This is a rolling problem that’s only going [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:04:37

Size matters: suburban county limits size of mega-mansions in older neighborhoods

The Montgomery (MD) ... ." Austin, TX (courtesy of the National Trust for Historic Preservation) Not everyone is so restrained ... is wiping out historic neighborhoods one house at a time. As older homes are demolished and replaced [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 13:34:15

Mr. Potter’s Last Win

He leaves nothing behind, not even a shadow: A federal judge yesterday rejected the claim by a coalition of historians and nonprofit groups that ... representing Cheney — lost. But the groups, including the American Historical Association ... on the White House’s behalf and lifted a five-month-old injunction mandating the preservation of Cheney’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 18:11:04

Hawaii's House of the Heavenly King

Yesterday, bana-bear and I visited the historic Ali'iolani Hale, listed as one of United States's sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation (per National Register of Historic Places ... judicial history which includes a restored historic courtroom.  The building also houses Hawai'i's [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 20:30:21

an eye on washington

As you can imagine, Washington is quite a beehive of activity these days ... with you all some of the wonderful historic houses and small museums that make "unofficial" Washington such a great place. Since ... you ~ it has one of the most complete late-Victorian interiors in the country.* The Textile Museum ~ One of my favorite [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 21:08:00

To move or not to move…and if so, where?

Yesterday’s confirmation of my suspicion that I won’t be able afford to stay in my home after I retire is disturbing ... d better find a place sooner than later. No one will lend a house-sized chunk of money to an old lady ... . The city stands down off the property taxes in the historic district (the locals consider a house [more...]

Date: 2008-09-07 15:39:44

Get in the Hype on the Fastest-Growing States

According to Lauren Sherman, at Forbes.com on Jan 8th, 2009 article of “America’s Fastest-Growing States”, ... choice for having a new dream house. On finding the perfect home, first we need to find a respectably ... ; with a reminiscent of small-town living in one of the nation’s most celebrated historic district. Good house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 13:37:39

Updates

Marketing:– I submitted an essay to a local publication.  It was the essay I’d written for the essay contest that was cancelled ... happens at Dunn Bros. Coffee in the historic Smith Douglas More House at 8107 Eden Prairie Road ... for the economy and what he plans to do in the first 100 days of his administration.Writing:  – Work continues [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:43:42

Artist Jennifer Davis

I'm sure many of you know Jennifer Davis but if not, you'll want to as her work is pretty amazing ... carriage house with the horses names still on a beam across the ceiling in the bedroom! My last home ... myself loving either historical ones or extremely contemporary houses perched atop a mountain or ocean [more...]

Date: 2008-06-26 19:15:00

Dollis Hill House Doldrums

Seems we jumped for joy too soon, back in June. We rejoiced that the Heritage Lottery Fund were ploughing £1.25 million into the restoration of this historic house where former PM Gladstone used to go to recuperate but now Boris has gone and diverted GLA funds to Training for Life, the partner organisation [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 15:52:52

Marking This Day In History With A Vibrant Spot Of Color

This weekend, Ed and I went to the Franklin Park Conservatory for a few hours to check out the main show they were featuring called The Orchid Forest ... of Franklin Park, the Conservatory houses 400 species of plants from a variety of global climate zones and features the historic John F. Wolfe Palm House where more than 45 species of palms are [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 05:58:00

Welcome to Washington! Visitors Center Opens Late & Hugely Over Budget

ABC's Tom Shine from Washington, DC: I hope Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid can find the time to give the auto execs a tour of the new 621 million ... ." Phillip Kennicott, writing in the same paper this morning calls "it is a historic and aesthetic ... buildings." While House and Senate leaders congratulate each other over a project that is hundreds [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 14:58:30

Coloured Rocks gos live on Affiliate Window

We are delighted to announce the launch of fantastic jewellery merchant ‘Coloured Rocks’ at Affiliate Window! ... gemstones set in wonderful timeless designs, hence our saying “created by nature designed for your next generation”. Our Design Centre and TV Studios are set in a Victorian Manor House in Historic [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 13:38:20

Top 10 Lowlights of the New York Times from Campaign 2008

History will tell that the New York Times actually endorsed John McCain as its preferred Republican nominee, albeit in a hold-your-nose fashion ... standing between the White House and a historic Democratic victory for either the first woman or first ... 2008, pitting that historic beacon of hope, Democrat Barack Obama, versus the temperamental [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 16:15:57

Sometimes The Answers Are Within An Arm’s Reach

Early on in the planning stages of the upstairs renovation, ... when she bought the house in 1999, and others are historical in nature. From other paperwork, I’ve ... . Other stuff confirmed/discovered: The original house plans included a brick fireplace [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:04:03

Sweet serendipity again and again

No doubt about it, the recent economy has many of us stepping back and assessing situations ... historic restoration on the house in 2004 in keeping with a Victorian color palette. For the upcoming ... . For some that means changing plans in mid-stream in an effort to work with the problem [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 20:54:00

Galveston Update

Since Hurricane Ike, I read the Galveston County News every day. It's been almost two months ... to be hauled away. Some of the historic houses already had water remediation contractors checking things ... , things that don't mold, mildew or rust [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 04:58:00

Students seeing through Obama hype

H/T NRO Obama may have flopped away the unwavering support he had among college kids ... he represented a few short months ago. ---As such, it’s understandable, given his historic fundraising ... capitulation to the White House. As disconcerting and disappointing as Obama’s rhetorical gymnastics [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 16:34:53

Reasons To Vote Barack Obama For President

Reasons To Vote Barack Obama For President Every four years I ask myself two questions when deciding whom I can support for President ... in the nation, and second, who has constructive ideas about the issues that need repair.  Though I did ... not just a historical choice for the White House, but more importantly a transformative leader [more...]

Date: 2008-08-08 06:51:33

Presidential Inauguration - A Grand Moment

             It should not matter whether or not one has voted for the winner of the Presidential election this past November, come January 20, 2009, ... and becomes at that moment the President for all Americans! While every inauguration is a historical event ... will occupy the White House for at least four years and will therefore hold the most [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 13:40:24

Cai Guo-Giang Courtyard House by Studio Pei Zhu

This Residence for an artist calls for the restoration of a historically significant classical Chinese Siheyuan Courtyard House in Beijing, with a new building addition within its compound. “The house is about 200 years old. Here, we have had the budget to create a house that belongs to old beijing and to the modern city. It is simple [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:56:59

Another historic Main Street home in foreclosure

The Henry and Cosie Miller House, at 1110 South Main St. Racine's historic preservationists are scowling. Downtown Racine's Historic District is taking a second blow from this year's mortgage crisis. Yesterday, we told you of the Christmas House's upcoming foreclosure sale. Today we learn of yet [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 04:49:17

Whole Lotta Stimlatin' Goin' On

The push to stimulate is underway globally. No one stopped to figure out we are in this mess because of prior pushes to stimulate ... that the package will be between five and $700 billion. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer ... of historic proportions.”House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said any stimulus package must be several hundred [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 21:20:00

Pace of Jersey Teardowns slows

From the New York Times: A Slower Pace in Teardowns NO. 1 Teardown State ... since 2002, when the trust began keeping track of how many older houses in historic neighborhoods were being demolished to make way for new and often bigger houses. In August, the trust cited 85 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 13:32:31

“The Audacity of Hope” in God’s Sovereignty

President-Elect Barack Obama carries a warm place in his heart for Abraham Lincoln ... his own historic path in the White House. Obama certainly picked a worthy man. Faced with this nation’ ... for the ending of slavery and the preservation of the Union. Our President-Elect, too, faces great (though lesser [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:17:26

City panel rejects Ken Karl's appeal of house razing

The city’s decision 14 months ago to raze a historic house that building inspectors condemned got the backing Friday of an appeals panel weighing the ... Karl, who owned the 313 Main St. home knocked down under orders from the city, said he plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:37:00

Neither Festival nor Marketplace

Is there something amiss with Boston's Faneuil Hall, Ben Thompson's 1976 project that originated the concept of the "festival marketplace"? ... to the greater city. What was conceived as a creative re-purposing of historic buildings to house the public [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 21:10:15

Obama: 'What we need is a floor in the housing market'

It didn't receive much notice, but Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (pictured) ... a decent house: "The markets are still not affordable. I hope more correction is on the way ... some foreclosures but would not stop the historic decline in housing prices. I eagerly anticipate [more...]

Date: 2008-07-30 04:36:32

Winter Patriot - From the Mouths of Terrorists, the Poisonous Truth

From The Mouths Of Terrorists: The Poisonous Truth  Two weeks ago we were talking about the most recent terror propaganda from friends of Mossad ... whose name often appears as Zawahiri in our bizarre western media , referred to Obama as a “house slave”. It was a historical reference to pre-Civil War days when white Americans in the land [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 08:41:02

The REAL in “Real Estate” (McKinney Courier-Gazette)

The REAL in “Real Estate” (McKinney Courier-Gazette) January 20, 2009 | By Rem In Real estate | Comments(0) “FOR SALE: Cozy historic house in desired neighborhood with original features and unique floor plan. Expansive yard with out-buildings, many trees and mature vegetation. Partial electric [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 07:29:53

The REAL in “Real Estate” (McKinney Courier-Gazette)

The REAL in “Real Estate” (McKinney Courier-Gazette) January 18, 2009 | By Rem In Real estate | Comments(0) “FOR SALE: Cozy historic house in desired neighborhood with original features and unique floor plan. Expansive yard with out-buildings, many trees and mature vegetation. Partial electric [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 09:29:12

Beyond ‘All Tied Up With A Bow’ - Great Tips for Creating Beautifully Wrapped Holiday Gifts

No matter what the season, packages make a statement even before they’re opened ... into the purchase. Visit Historic Inns of Rockland, Maine’s Holiday House Tour held each year on the Sunday after ... and Captain Lindsey House owner, Ken Barnes how to create gifts that are bound to impress everyone [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 00:11:59

CCSF Chinatown Gets Green Light! (Sort Of, For Now)

Smack down! CCSF's Chinatown high-rise has emerged (temporarily) ... campus built. But it's not -- after clearing hurdles over building height and sensitivity to its historic ... out— it'll house 42 classrooms and labs across two buildings: a 14-story on Kearny and Washington [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 16:18:56

I DC

In reply to School Shoes: 1921: There's no question that the loss of these historical buildings is a tragedy ... in the house for 2 years and pay no capital gains on the profit (up to a certain amount)" comes from. And to truly renovate a house like one of these in some cases required hollowing out the whole thing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 21:09:59

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