Rhode Island’s Newport Tower
Here’s the Newport Tower in Touro Park, Newport, Rhode Island. The remains of a windmill built of stone in the 1600s, it’s sometimes claimed to have been built by Vikings…
Topeka West Holidome
We talked about the Holidomes before. Now, the former Holiday Inn Holidome in Topeka, Kansas, will be torn down and replaced with apartments. This Holidome, located on the west side…
LA Apartment Signs
Cool fonts: LA Apartment signs from the Los Angeles Times, naturally. Featured image: Willem Verbeek/The Los Angeles Times.
Modernist Houses and Historic Preservation (or not) on Long Island
Saving (or not) Modernism in the Hamptons and What Historic Preservation is Doing to American Cities Two different perspectives on houses and preservation that should have more of an overlap…
Central Downtown Pittsburgh Historic District
Featured image: The Gothic-styled Union Trust Building, built in 1916 as the Union Arcade by Henry Clay Frick.
End of the Line for Health and Ag Buildings
Previous views of Health and Ag. More about the buildings at Preservation New Jersey.
Aspiring to Easier Living at Manitoga
Recently we visited Manitoga, a National Historic Landmark that is the studio and home of industrial designer Russel Wright. A prime advocate of what has been called “Livable Modernism,” Wright,…
The Vanderbilt Mansion In Hyde Park, New York
If this 54 room home looks a little bit small for something with both “Vanderbilt” and “Mansion” in its name, maybe it’s because Hyde Park was just one of several…
Beastie Boy/Bikini Kill Lake House For Sale
…Pontoon party boat included. A 1955 house in Upper Greenwood Lake, New Jersey, owned by Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys and Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill, is for sale.…