It was inevitable…eventually. But it’s still a shame. The bold, celestial blue panels of the Kaufman’s Building in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia are coming down. They looked great as recently as December 2024, when I covered the building as an architectural novelty. Truth be told, it’s really more of a façade novelty, because the original
Whether by foot or by wheel, the average American encounters a certain red octagon frequently enough that 99% of adults will know what I’m talking about with no additional context. It’s not just that only one commonly occurring icon comes to mind that fits this “red octagon” description—though that’s certainly the case—it the fact
The North Dakota State Capitol is an exception among capitol buildings by not offering the standard references to neoclassicism: no columns, no dome, no spires. Like three other states, the primary capitol structure in Bismarck is a tower deploying many Art Deco elements emblematic of its date of construction (1932 to 1934), a time period
Country estates. Buffalo trace. Woodland grove. Rolling acres. Everybody is aware of it, even if they haven’t actively noticed it. It’s the adoption of rural, almost pastoral language in suburban place-naming strategy, almost as a hat-tip to what the developers bulldozed yesterday to get the strip malls and split-level ranch homes today. I referenced one
Most American cities, large and small, have experienced such a revitalization of their downtowns since the year 1990 that they’re basically unrecognizable. Districts formerly presented one carless corridor after another, with panoplies of edifices groaning from varying levels of neglect and decay. Most of them today have considerably more going on than they did 35
It was inevitable…eventually. But it’s still a shame. The bold, celestial blue panels of the Kaufman’s Building in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia are coming down. They looked great as recently as December 2024,
Whether by foot or by wheel, the average American encounters a certain red octagon frequently enough that 99% of adults will know what I’m talking about with no additional context. It’s not
The North Dakota State Capitol is an exception among capitol buildings by not offering the standard references to neoclassicism: no columns, no dome, no spires. Like three other states, the primary capitol structure
Country estates. Buffalo trace. Woodland grove. Rolling acres. Everybody is aware of it, even if they haven’t actively noticed it. It’s the adoption of rural, almost pastoral language in suburban place-naming strategy, almost
Most American cities, large and small, have experienced such a revitalization of their downtowns since the year 1990 that they’re basically unrecognizable. Districts formerly presented one carless corridor after another, with panoplies of