Category Archives: Architecture

Architecture Du Jour

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. Sanssouci Palace — located in Potsdam, Germany — the summer residence of Frederick the Great of Prussia.

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Architecture Du Jour

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Speaking of Cuba, please enjoy this gallery of Cuban interiors by the photographer Michael Eastman. Click on the images to enlarge. There’s more of Eastman’s photographs of Cuba here and here.

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speaking of architecture…

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Glynn Marshes

Glynn Marshes writes: You guys following the articles on Havana by Michael Totten? From The Once Great City of Havana: Yet the bones of Cuba’s capital are unmatched in our hemisphere. “The Cubans of successive centuries created a harmonious architectural … Continue reading →

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The Kind of Thing They’re Doing to Downtown

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Walking around the hipster downtown neighborhood of the Lower East Side the other evening, I ran across a construction site. Here’s a pic of what’s going up: For context’s sake — and, where architecture and urbanism go, … Continue reading →

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Movie Still Du Jour

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. Greta Garbo in THE KISS. Production design by Cedric Gibbons.

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Architecture Du Jour

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: If you absolutely must build something of glass and steel, this is the model you should be following. Click on the image to enlarge. London’s Crystal Palace, built in 1854 and destroyed by a fire in 1936.

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Architecture Du Jour

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. The Midland Grand Hotel at St. Pancras Railway Station in London, completed in 1873. Designed by George Gilbert Scott who said, “It is possibly too good for its purpose.”

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Art/Architecture Du Jour

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. The mid-13th century stained glass windows of Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, France.

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Linkage

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The high-flying paeans these women write to their bodies are a hoot. (H/T Advocatus Diaboli) Porno kitsch. (H/T Glynn Marshes) I love a good funny gif. Lloyd Fonvielle has some nice things to say about a … Continue reading →

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The LAX Theme Building

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: OK, so how much of my trad architecture cred do I lose by saying that I love this Jetsons-Googie-Jet Age-swoopy-blobby work? Has SHAG ever had an art show here? If not, why not? First, a few shots of … Continue reading →

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