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Category Archives: architecture

Anything having to do with buildings, structures, and man-made marvels.

Miniature Brownstone Brooklyn

By ethan | Published: December 17, 2009
Recently, we’ve been recalling our childhoods. Maybe its the holidays that bring it out of us. We remember playing with toy trains, lincoln logs, legos, dollhouses, miniature aquariums, race-car tracks, kynex, etc. Something in the air this holiday season has made us want to play with modeling kits to pass the time. If there’s one thing [...]
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New York’s 100th Landmark District

By ethan | Published: December 16, 2009
New York City just designated its 100th historic district! “The Perry Avenue Historic District, a row of nine Queen Anne-style homes built between 1910 and 1912, and designed in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx, is New York City’s 100th historic district, following a vote on Tuesday by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.” – NYTimes image by [...]
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Back to the City

By ethan | Published: April 18, 2008
The Back to the City Movement started in the 1960s as a reaction to 20 years of the middle class fleeing cities in favor of suburbs. The newly-built highways facilitated this escape from city “blight”, and propelled the nation into a car-dependent, sprawl-happy era. Back to the City hoped to counter that idea, promoting the [...]
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