They got the crane off and the blue tarp on. I hope they are getting a pretty big discount.There's a notch......where the boom crunched the roof. It was quite a sight, a conversation starter, and an easy blog post: .See "House Crunched by Crane Today… Read more »
House Crunched by Crane Today in Morningside
I was just lollygagging on my way home from CVS this afternoon. This just didn't look right. Thank goodness there were no injuries.(Update on Crane Crunched House 2012-11-28 ) It was so quiet.The neighbors had started gathering. It was right in front… Read more »
Browning Courthouse, Tucker, Georgia circa 1860
Thanks to the Tucker Historical Society for saving this noble little building and moving it here where we can fall in love LaVista Road, Georgia 268, is how you get from I-285 to Tucker. It's a 5-laner. Not a burger-row, but you just want to get thro… Read more »
Range and Oven kaput after 23 Happy Thanksgivings
Thanksgiving was weeks away when the Charmglow lost it's igniter and the KitchenAid lost heat in the bottom oven. We hadn't priced this stuff since 1989.Should we buy new appliances? Should we save money by buying a Mercedes and eating out from now o… Read more »
Jewel Box Lobby #3 the William-Oliver Building
It's a condo now, you can't just walk into it's jewel box lobby. You can knock and ask the guard. That's what I did. "...the Deco style sold. And it was the Beaux-Arts architects that evolved into the leading Art Deco designers..."Pringle and Smith.r… Read more »
Jewel Box Lobby #2 the W.W. Orr Doctors Building
Hospital offices have replaced doctors' offices in the W.W. Orr Doctors Building (1930, Pringle and Smith). But you can still walk right in. If you are at the hospital anyway, you might as well do some architecture touring, right?"At the Orr Building… Read more »