PSFK Shanghai Talks with Chinese-Inspired Fashion Brand “Nankeen”

PSFK Shanghai recently caught up with John Solomon, ... by what we discovered, in Shanghai, we returned to the US to create a line of contemporary fashion and home ... and women’s accessories. The fabric can often be found in historic houses throughout China where [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 14:25:01

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Homestead House Paints: For Your Historic Home

Jump to CommentsIf you have a historic home and are looking for style sympathetic paint colours I recommend you look into Homestead House Paints ... that highlight period colour options for specific architectural styles. These digital versions are available [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 20:38:28

WIP update

Countdown to Christmas - Blue Ribbon DesignsHello friends, here’s a report from the newly air conditioned Villa Maylandia ( ... Ornament by Historic StitchesSomething Old, Something new by Little House NeedleworksVenetian Opulence ... I worked on this week.  First up Countdown to Christmas by Blue Ribbon Designs.  I really [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 10:09:05

Talking About McRee Town

Jackie Jones introduces her presentation.Yesterday afternoon St ... , demolished six blocks of historic brick homes and apartment buildings that housed primarily low-income ... more than two hundred buildings on the eastern half of the McRee Town neighborhood in Saint Louis [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 17:28:00

Historic Mill Dam area

Customs House and Port of Tyne Health Authority The Mill Dam area of South Shields has an historic significance, ... . In between the two buildings is what little remains of Dalton Lane. Black and white conversion and colour [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 00:01:55

Barack Obama's mile-high cry for change

by Mark Silva DENVER -- Under a cloudless and darkened sky on a cool night on a field a mile high, ... to own their failure,'' Obama says, voicing the theme on which he has waged a historic campaign for the White House. "It's time for us to change America.'' * * * * With a 45-minute address, Obama [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 03:21:02

Ridgewood Theatre may be landmarked

Photo by unlockthevault on Flickr.From the Times Ledger:Ridgewood’s embattled historic movie house may get a reprieve from the wrecking ball as the city Landmarks Preservation Commission will soon decide whether to consider the 92−year−old theater [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 05:56:00

Playing Taps For The Lost Cause

Terry Heaton shares his neighbor’s less “enlightened” response to today’s inauguration: So I just walked out the door to check the mail, and the guy two houses down is displaying his opinion of today’s historic events. He’s been known to make his opinion known before with this flagpole. My son-in-law muttered “ignorant” as he went [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 19:15:52

Drop Everything and Become an Urban Planner!: The editors at U.S. News...

The editors at U.S. News & World Report say that one of the best careers for craptastic 2009 is an " ... ; managing transportation, housing, environmental protection, or historic preservation [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 22:57:19

Wood Stoves and Other Alternative Adventures

One of the biggest selling points when we purchased our home over a year ago was the fact that it had multiple fireplaces. Our Victorian home is charming- with it's wood floors, beautiful moldings, and historic feel ... into a traumatic episode of Little House on the Prairie as we huddled in front of the fire trying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:29:55

Inuaguration - "Is the Net up to snuff? Is there bandwidth enough?" - Scott Johnson

It's the days before the Inauguration.   Our own Net poet laureate Scott Johnson has penned a ditty reflecting on that historic event - from a ... House. "The event, so amazing, so different, history! Add to that thee's a little technical mystery [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 17:16:05

Democratic Leaders Pressure Clinton to Get Aboard Obama Bandwagon — and Now

While Hillary Clinton plans to announce Saturday her support for Barack Obama’s candidacy, ... Democrats after she refused to concede and acknowledge Obama’s historic achievement Tuesday ... of a major party. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told FOX News that he “hopes” Clinton’s scheduled [more...]

Date: 2008-06-05 14:27:23

Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Guns

In a judgment that gun advocates are calling as historic as Brown V ... . For example, he said guns may be prohibited near schools and in or near government buildings ... , Stevens said. The White House issued a statement calling the case historic. "The president strongly [more...]

Date: 2008-06-26 21:17:50

ART THEATRE, BIXBY PARK BANDSHELL AMONG PROJECTS GETTING PRESERVATION AWARDS

The folks behind nine recent historic preservation efforts will be honored at 6 p.m. Feb ... will get a nod–as they should; great historic apartment houses are scarce now. And for midcentury [more...]

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

Discovering Salemi, Sicily

Moss Italian Property Consultants (MIPC) are organising a trip to Salemi in Sicily, Italy this weekend 24th January to 25th January ... to visiting the 1 Euro house in Salemi and larger historic buildings in Salemi, including tourist [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 23:18:42

President Obama's inaugural speech

The United States of America will never be the same again ... His historic journey See intimate photos from Barack Obama's historic run to the White House. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 17:51:00

Cupid's Touch

Cupid's Touch by Dana Littlejohn & Kendra Mei ChailynPublisher: Lady Leo PublishingGenre: Contemporary, Historical, Paranormal Length: ... has taken it over to house the world's most dangerous criminals. Fighting for your life and of those [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 09:03:00

Beyond Xenia

North, beyond the flat fields, where the stubble of corn stalks left standing fades to blond beneath a bright winter sun, and silver-roofed silos stand as sentries beside small, clean brick houses of the dozing mid-western farms, the historic town of Xenia welcomes rural travelers. Its stately, old city buildings [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 11:49:00

Balloon Frame houses and Firemen’s safety

I recently heard the term “balloon frame” from someone on Twitter discussing the fire hazards and potential dangers to ... having knowledge on this topic. Thank you. a Balloon Frame houses and Firemen’s safety Similar Posts:ASBESTOS - Buyer Beware!! Historic Photos of Your Seattle Home Novel Billboard Ad? Is it [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 19:46:10

Judge Orders Miss. Race Moved Up on Ballot

Judge Orders Miss. Race Moved Up on Ballot The ruling gave at least a temporary victory to Mississippi Democrats and other critics, ... McCain on Conservative Path | Democrats Relying on Early Spending in Pursuit of House Gains ... Presidential Map CQ Presidential Map Ratings | Scenarios | Historical | Purple Election [more...]

Date: 2008-09-13 10:33:50

Wanted: Inaugural Sermons

If you hear a sermon during Inauguration Week that you consider memorable, the Library of Congress wants to know about it. With the Jan ... , its American Folklife Center hopes to add sermons and speeches from an array of houses of worship ... of citizens' efforts to mark this historic time around the country, the American Folklife Center [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 16:48:10

Lincoln leaves for Washington, D.C. from Springfield, IllinoisFrom 1820 through 1837, ... Vandalia State House State Historic Site, built [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 10:50:21

Little-Known Facts About the White House

(Illustration of President Andrew Jackson’s inauguration celebration at White House courtesy Library of Congress) To commemorate Barack Obama’s historic inauguration as he becomes the first African-American ... in Stafford County, VA, be used to build the White House and other notable DC buildings, including [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 12:00:50

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the eve of the Inauguration of Barack Obama

A trip to Memphis last year left me with some free time in the afternoon before heading to the airport to return home ... Motel,   the assassination site of Martin Luther King, Jr. which now houses the National Civil Rights ... :1218476612: Even though this historic event happened more than 40 years ago, I am still concerned [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:33:24

Granada Hills Houses for Sale Offers Amazing Views

Granada Hills is a Los Angeles community nestled in the San Fernando Valley ... to be convenient, and far enough away to offer Granada Hills houses for sale a refuge ... opportunities, and the historic landmark of White Oak Avenue, a Granada Hills street lined with magnificent [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 01:56:20

Harlem: Alexander Hamilton's house is moved...again

This weekend, Alexander Hamilton's historic home was set on wheels and inched several blocks toward a spot inside St. Nicholas Park. ( ... buildings are gorgeously decorated with recently refurbished terracotta). While many tour buses [more...]

Date: 2008-06-09 18:47:13

McCain Would Lose Senate Reelection in Arizona

Check out the latest Research 2000 polling commissioned by Daily Kos of 600 likely Arizona voters in the field October 28 through October 30 ... . He plans to attend the party's annual Victory Rally at approximately 9 p.m. Monday on the historic ... the Republicans). Tags: AZ-Pres, Arizona, White House 2008, John McCain, AZ-Sen, Senate 2010 (all tags) [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 16:52:38

Washington Post On Service

Always great to get a pro-service editorial at a major newspaper. Today the Wash Post weighed in on MLK Day, the Obama service vision, and America ... whose tireless quest for equality and justice helped to make possible tomorrow’s historic ... to his candidacy and propelled him to the White House. “We already have several million people already [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:39:27

This Land is Your Land: A better way to spend $1 trillion

By Rich Rodgers of Portland, Oregon. For 11 years, Rich was a policy advisor to a Portland city commissioner on housing policy, school funding, ... to construct major public infrastructure in historic African-American neighborhoods in Atlanta. He now works ... money to bail out failing financial institutions. There is no talk of bailing out struggling hom [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 17:52:50

Inauguration Day

Last night I covered an event at the State Historical Building which featured a huge, boisterous, joyful crowd ... . "And tomorrow there's going to be a miracle in the White House." Organizers of the event planned to play ... at the Historical Building laughed. Video clips of King's speeches followed, the "I've been to the mountain top [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 16:34:16

For sale.

This house across the street from mine just went on the market. I’ve never seen the inside, but from the outside it is amazing. I love the mansard roof! I hope someone buys it soon and takes good care of it. (And yes, houses here really are that cheap.) Offered At: $199,000 Historic Brick Victorian just a half block [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 03:40:35

FAIR WARNING: DULY NOTED

Rose Park Neighborhood Association holds its first-ever Restoration Trade Fair PHOTO by SARAH G. VINCI When you buy a historically significant house—be it bungalow, Spanish style ... to repaint your house? And where do you find those vintage glass cabinet knobs? Those are all bad problems [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 17:14:50

November 9, 2008 -- Assigned Reading

(Cartoon by Michael Ramirez.) Palin Denounces Anonymous Critics as "Cowardly" (FROM: Associated Press) Good ... enough said ... from the organization. Now, we're learning that Emanuel was, just this year, the top House ... , or Rosie O'Donnell to manage a Weight Watchers franchise. Historical Perspective on Obama's Victory [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 07:12:13

PA Counties Said Unprepared to Serve Voters, Meet Court Order for Emergency Paper Ballots

In the suburban county of Montgomery, just outside of Philadelphia, election officials have, inexcusably, been caught off guard by a new, ... battleground for John McCain's attempt to win the White House this year... Montgomery County's voter ... , despite known problems and historic failures of electronic voting machines on Election Day [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 18:06:46

Morning Shows Give a Combined Three and a Half Minutes to Historic Gun Ruling

Kate Snow, ABC Good Morning America, 6/27/08 Despite the "historic" ... important subject of how to Feng Shui your house for pets. On Friday, however, the CBS program could [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 15:02:34

London Open House: If You Only Do One Event This Year...

Two days until Open House Weekend, the premier event in London's architectural calendar ... historic building, after the Tower. This is an absolute must-see if you never have. CITY Bank of England Tour Of all the buildings we've ever explored [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 14:08:47

Historic Jefferson

Historic Jefferson January 16, 2009 – 4:34 pm Jefferson, Texas has a population of 2,000, a historic downtown, a famous ghost walk, ... I’m home, but in the meantime, tell me what you’re doing and if you’ve got any plans ... is historic and I can’t get over the wealth of beautifully preserved houses, hotels, and stores.  Many [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:34:59

Biden to Attend More Funerals

This is good news, though not as meaningful as some might think ... plans on "restoring the Office of the Vice President to its historical role" as adviser to the president ... independence from the White House by barring the vice president from joining in internal Senate deliberations [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 14:30:16

The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) Announces 2009 Inaugural Theme "A New Birth of Freedom"

... circumstances, particularly in light of the historic election of Senator Barack Obama. In addition ... ; Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi; House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer; and House Republican Leader [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 19:54:34

The Heresy of Orthodoxy

UPDATE: Friday, 19 September 2008 The Anglican Province of the Southern Cone has accepted Pittsburgh's deposed Episcopal Bishop Robert Duncan into ... that Anglicanism, as a global religious entity, is now amid its greatest historical crisis. The following ... of The Right Rev. Robert Duncan by the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church and consider [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 17:29:37

New Year's Day at North Shore

How did you spend your New Year's day?  Bana-bear and I spent ours revisiting the historic Haleiwa town and the neighboring places in North Shore, ... shops housed in plantation-era buildings.                   Shave ice store [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 23:20:50

Managing Mormonism on the Mormon Trail

Among the most sacred Mormon sites anywhere is Martin's Cove, a broad niche in the Sweetwater Rocks near Devil's Gate in central Wyoming, ... the historic Sun Ranch at Devil's Gate, remodel the old ranch house into a museum and visitors [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 17:09:53

Hurricane Gustav Blows Up a Republican Storm

Is it just me or does anyone else feel we’re entering Bizarro world with the Republican Party’s decision to put its first day of its national ... not attended by the winning nominee, probably to the 19th century. This seems at least historic ... .  Can you imagine someone like George Bush willingly slinking around the White House with his tail between [more...]

Date: 2008-09-01 08:38:36

Kauai protest focuses on rentals

Seven people held a sign-waving protest yesterday outside Kauai’s Historic County Building ... people rental homes just because they qualify for federal housing assistance through the Department [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 21:25:33

Today's Inaugural Irony: Freedom Lost

Today's inauguration of the First Rookie carries a heavily ironic message.Many seem to feel this is some sort of "historic" inauguration ... in only two years, we might see one or both Houses [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:24:00

Celebrate the Inauguration - Some Resources

Tomorrow, January 20th, 2009, is the inauguration of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America. Involve your children in this great historic event! There are lots of wonderful inauguration ... ://www.pic2009.org/page/-/Lesson%20Plans/PICreading.pdf The Our White House Kids Inauguration [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:19:34

Guns, dirty money and French elite on trial

Guns, dirty money and French elite on trial The 468-page French indictment makes seamy reading: ... singer. Historic bailout bill passes Congress; Bush signs Stocks end lower amid worries after House OKs plan Oil slips after job report, $700B bailout AIG plans sale of business units to repay debt [more...]

Date: 2008-10-04 00:04:21

Police fear riots if Barack Obama loses US election

Catherine Ellsworth in The Telegraph: Law enforcement officials say the intense public interest and historic nature of the vote could ... , so if he gets in the White House everybody's going to be happy. "But we'll have our SWAT teams [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 14:55:47

Building regulations (including historic preservation), religious freedom, and local and federal laws

Brutalist’ style: Members hope to replace this modernist building near the White House with a more welcoming church ... can be made, allowing for the demolition of historic buildings and their replacement. It's rare ... regulations.Today's Christian Science Monitor has a story, "'Historic' building versus religious rights [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 17:37:00

Tommie Smith’s former home to be renovated

This house, formerly home to Tommie Smith, is soon to be renovated by its current owner ... meeting to describe his plans. The house will be moved closer to the street and a second story ... a significant historic structure, the existing facade will be retained, although only as a portion of the face [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 04:22:23

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