Showing posts with label The Hill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Hill. Show all posts
2/8/22
9/11/10
What's Wrong with this Picture?
As a kid I loved What's Wrong with this Picture? it would display two images that were close but didn't match and the objective was to locate the differences.
Location: The Hill.
Of course.
Location: The Hill.
Of course.
10/21/09
The Hill
Tim and I used to dine at Zia's on The Hill until I noticed how anxious I became during the ride. I was completely unhinged by the architecture to the point of worrying about spontaneously combustion.
Tim (who is an architect and my constant companion) tolerated (per usual) my increasingly worrisome rants about the chaos I was perceiving: Ultra Modern storefronts next to homes built in the late 1800s. Permastone added to facades. Bizarro painting of limestone and brick. Venus and Adonis sculptures where mafia meets bling in the front yard. YIKES!
I was usually driving which added to the chaos with my literal knee jerk brake stomping whenever I was freshly appalled.
I eventually insisted we had to dine elsewhere but here's some recent photos through the gloam...or maybe this is how I usually experience The Hill.
Just look at this poor house with an elaborate wall that now suffers from siding. CHAOS!
Triple arch alert!
Seriously, triple arches are repeated throughout our city. I'm starting a file of triple arches photos and will report as soon as I've canvased all neighborhoods. Of course this could take years and I lack direction. Just ask Tim, he's been in the car when I'm driving.
Nothing like protecting a slab of concrete with a chain link fence!
Art deco facade:
One remaining granitoid street:
See? Triple arches everywhere. They're EVERYWHERE I tell you!
Tim (who is an architect and my constant companion) tolerated (per usual) my increasingly worrisome rants about the chaos I was perceiving: Ultra Modern storefronts next to homes built in the late 1800s. Permastone added to facades. Bizarro painting of limestone and brick. Venus and Adonis sculptures where mafia meets bling in the front yard. YIKES!
I was usually driving which added to the chaos with my literal knee jerk brake stomping whenever I was freshly appalled.
I eventually insisted we had to dine elsewhere but here's some recent photos through the gloam...or maybe this is how I usually experience The Hill.
Just look at this poor house with an elaborate wall that now suffers from siding. CHAOS!
Triple arch alert!
Seriously, triple arches are repeated throughout our city. I'm starting a file of triple arches photos and will report as soon as I've canvased all neighborhoods. Of course this could take years and I lack direction. Just ask Tim, he's been in the car when I'm driving.
Nothing like protecting a slab of concrete with a chain link fence!
Art deco facade:
One remaining granitoid street:
See? Triple arches everywhere. They're EVERYWHERE I tell you!
American Pulverizer
Located on Macklind just south of the Humane Society (where Beau has a standing monthly appointment).
10/18/09
Mid Century Hell - for Andrew Raimist
I've never been a huge fan of Modern Architecture with it's factory appearance, chronic box references, and reflective glass windows. It's not boring, it just lacks the warmth and wonder of a Craftsmen Bungalow.
Just east of Hampton there's a huge cluster of the stuff. Take a drive along Elisabeth, 59th St. and January. Most of these buildings are union halls and related businesses. Check out the parking lot to building ratio along your tour.
I do enjoy that the Weinhardt building has a matching sidewalk.
Along the tour I spotted this massive retaining wall and two BBQ constructions of some killer bricks in back yards:
While I dislike the 'style' of architecture there's some elements I love like these brushed aluminum railings:
Sure, slap some tiles on the brick wall to jazz it up.
Cool decorative copper. I'm astonished it hasn't been pulled off the building.
Just east of Hampton there's a huge cluster of the stuff. Take a drive along Elisabeth, 59th St. and January. Most of these buildings are union halls and related businesses. Check out the parking lot to building ratio along your tour.
I do enjoy that the Weinhardt building has a matching sidewalk.
Along the tour I spotted this massive retaining wall and two BBQ constructions of some killer bricks in back yards:
While I dislike the 'style' of architecture there's some elements I love like these brushed aluminum railings:
Sure, slap some tiles on the brick wall to jazz it up.
Cool decorative copper. I'm astonished it hasn't been pulled off the building.
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