Tag Archives: Pueblo Revival style

The Coronaball Run, Day 5: Oklahoma City to Amarillo to Santa Fe

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This is the fifth installment of my series about driving cross-country during the coronavirus crisis. Click here for first post, here for the second post, here for the third post, and here for the fourth post. From the … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Amarillo, Big Texan Steak Ranch, cowboys, green chile, kitsch, OKC Stockyards, Pueblo Revival style, red chile, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Plaza, sopaipilla, St. Francis of Assisi, steak, steakhouses, Stockyards City, tamales, Tomasita's, vaquero | 5 Comments

Architects That Don’t Suck: John Gaw Meem

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: John Gaw Meem — native of Brazil, an amateur architect trained as a civil engineer — popularized the Pueblo Revival style in New Mexico. This 1992 New York Times article, which notes that Meem “married the spirit of native pueblo … Continue reading →