I Don't Think This Is a Smashing Visual Success - Do You?

To my eye it's interesting visual clutter, not my style. So on this gray Sunday morning I saw it on foot, walked all the way around. <br /><br />They tore down the <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2013/02/de-marbling-im-pei-on-ponce-and-baring.html">I. M. Pei designed Gulf Oil Building</a>. In fact they tore down the whole block except for <a href="http://www.stpaulsatlanta.com/">St. Paul's Presbyterian</a> to build <a href="http://www.live131ponce.com/">131 PONCE Apartment Homes</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgjur5iOXPhr3rTLLfCWvuaslX8qAWo20SIE0D8HG1vqir8JvdLyf90FJ43YaYSbE0z5n1CquBT-4Iqmk3YZdXiAoIyaGfG4wVl8dwhMpwA0a2eiLO7ec8RkoK26TLMUBA4j3M-pdRH9y/s1600/15942094618_e638b85f7b_k.jpg" i=""><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgjur5iOXPhr3rTLLfCWvuaslX8qAWo20SIE0D8HG1vqir8JvdLyf90FJ43YaYSbE0z5n1CquBT-4Iqmk3YZdXiAoIyaGfG4wVl8dwhMpwA0a2eiLO7ec8RkoK26TLMUBA4j3M-pdRH9y/s1600/15942094618_e638b85f7b_k.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />There are done now and this is what we got. View east on Ponce de Leon.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16103746226" title="20141228_103550 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_103550 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8627/16103746226_3c08bc97ab_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I'm not going to rehash all the controversy but you can rehash all you want. View south on Juniper.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8362022883" title="P1150247-2013-01-08-Demolition-131-Ponce-de-Leon-by-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-1949 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1150247-2013-01-08-Demolition-131-Ponce-de-Leon-by-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-1949" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8212/8362022883_80052a8d65_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Not every angle of the old Gulf Building was magnificent; not everybody loved it.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15942863908" title="20141228_110132 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_110132 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7579/15942863908_2ea770037c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The developers saved the marble and built an homage to the old building and put the pool on top. Bathers will have a great view of the Midtown skyline. View west on Ponce de Leon.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15507960414" title="20141228_105503 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil building Atlanta St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_105503 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil building Atlanta St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7569/15507960414_dc7ecb4627_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />I was most concerned about St. Paul's Presbyterian, a one-of-a-kind that I fear is a white elephant for which which we must hope. I don't think "131" leveraged St. Paul's beauty though. The block looks like a mess from this angle too.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8609088304" title="P1170674-2013-03-16-Ponce-Apartment-Phoenix-Flies-APC-rooftop-view-east-Gulf-Oil-IM-Pei-lot-buffted-post-demolition-detail by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1170674-2013-03-16-Ponce-Apartment-Phoenix-Flies-APC-rooftop-view-east-Gulf-Oil-IM-Pei-lot-buffted-post-demolition-detail" height="263" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8385/8609088304_6090eef438_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />They scraped off the Gulf Oil Building, a former office furniture store, and parking lots, a little more than 2.5 acres. View east from the top of the Ponce Apartments.<br /><br />I give credit for building on one of our most road-isolated blocks. <b>Juniper</b> (bottom of picture, one-way right) has five one-way lanes south, <b>Piedmon</b>t (bottom of picture, one-way left) has four one-way lanes north. Six lanes each on <b>North</b> and <b>Ponce de Leon</b>. It's busy and fast on these streets. <br /><br />I walked counter-clockwise starting at Ponce then south on Juniper.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8457835822" title="P1160248-2013-02-08-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-Demolition-removing-Marble-panels-West-facade by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1160248-2013-02-08-I-M-Pei-Gulf-Oil-Building-Demolition-removing-Marble-panels-West-facade" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8091/8457835822_dce167d7df_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The Gulf Oil Building gave Juniper a cold shoulder. View south on Juniper.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16129397861" title="IMG_5480 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5480 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="640" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7510/16129397861_dae357f98a_z.jpg" width="480" /></a><br />The Juniper side felt comfortable to me, from here it seemed like an apartment building. I felt safely buffered by a green strip and protected by a row of poles and trees. I wasn't expecting comfort. Walking here has never been so good. View south on Juniper.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16129414861" title="IMG_5493 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5493 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7469/16129414861_6b70f6725e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Emory's new Proton Therapy Building (the beached white whale) is a lot less inviting. View Northwest from North Avenue.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16104469596" title="20141228_104033 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_104033 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7498/16104469596_5439d2d106_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />From the corner of North and Juniper I could see the whole new composition without the Pei homage or the church. It's what I imagine the Khumbu Icefall on Everest looks like. My eye couldn't get a grip on it but I did see balconies. View east on North Avenue.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16129416731" title="IMG_5495 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5495 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7549/16129416731_12da41b3c1_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The North Avenue Side. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16128363551" title="20141228_104804 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_104804 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7555/16128363551_717b3d2502_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Here's the view from North and Piedmont. My eye didn't get it except for the balconies.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16105536446" title="IMG_5499 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5499 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7544/16105536446_4c207cb449_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It kind of woks as the foot hills protecting Peachtree Ridge and the Midtown skyscrapers. You might think of it as a fortified line. This could be the most picturesque building on Ponce between North Avenue Presbyterian and Highland School Lofts. View west on North Avenue.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15942963800" title="20141228_104817 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_104817 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7519/15942963800_1302f3a932_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The Ivy Hall Apartments on the right are a bit more traditional.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15945254759" title="IMG_5504 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5504 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8561/15945254759_404b2a6a94_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I'm most interested in the Church, in making sure it survives. I hoped the new apartment would leverage it, compliment it.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15507946524" title="20141228_105039 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_105039 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7463/15507946524_0eac725fec_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I'm not sure it does.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16130587122" title="IMG_5513 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta stained glass window damage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5513 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta stained glass window damage" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8658/16130587122_a48aac509e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It needs help.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16104496996" title="20141228_105403 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil building Atlanta St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141228_105403 2014-12-28 131 Ponce De Leon teardown formerly I M Pei Gulf Oil building Atlanta St Pauls Presbyterian Church Atlanta" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8563/16104496996_af4cdd9f89_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />The green corner makes a difference. Go have a look.<br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d1392.7004080578836!2d-84.38265162833133!3d33.77176880979739!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0xee5da309380f8b86!2sSt+Paul's+Presbyterian+Church!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1419830871498" style="border: 0;" width="640"></iframe><br /><br />Happy New Year.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16123384562" title="20141227_201925 2014-12-27 131 Ponce De Leon complete night by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141227_201925 2014-12-27 131 Ponce De Leon complete night" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7551/16123384562_60340c9df3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />

I Don't Think This Is a Smashing Visual Success - Do You?

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Grandest House on Moreland Avenue (except Kreigshaber House) is Boarded Up

It's on the way to Grandma's if you go the long way and the long way is the Architecture Tourist's favorite way to go.<br /><br />I've been sneaking by here when I could for almost 20 years. I've been dreaming a history for it but I'd like to know the real story if you know somebody who knows. There's a map and a video at the bottom.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcquZYvcD0f9NQOa8YRAk2m6roo7MOU2QGz_J8t6VFTx-1n4NM-jDNgI0C93Fg2JcmyIDb-hICk_db1xrfoelfSbDvU4XjU9GZgq4x8pmV5jdPgGqhswq5_RbLC1m6-XpPkNfWDjiR9h6u/s1600/macon.jpg"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcquZYvcD0f9NQOa8YRAk2m6roo7MOU2QGz_J8t6VFTx-1n4NM-jDNgI0C93Fg2JcmyIDb-hICk_db1xrfoelfSbDvU4XjU9GZgq4x8pmV5jdPgGqhswq5_RbLC1m6-XpPkNfWDjiR9h6u/s1600/macon.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This grand house is near Ellenwood Georgia on Highway 23 south of I-285.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15823323859" title="IMG_5332 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5332 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8659/15823323859_e804c6a635_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It's the grandest house with the grandest garage on Moreland until you get to McDonough, until long after Moreland has changed to Macon Highway, North Henry Boulevard, then Atlanta Street.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16008641532" title="IMG_5329 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5329 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8647/16008641532_487d98e61f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It has the maximum front porch for a one-story.  And who doesn't love fluted square columns of real wood. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16006150192" title="20141212_142004 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141212_142004 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7539/16006150192_4254b85e98_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />I've never seen a soul or even a car there. A couple of years ago they boarded up the back windows.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15983554806" title="IMG_5330 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 4 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5330 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 4 car garage" height="640" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7531/15983554806_124b090c05_z.jpg" width="480" /></a> <br />Yesterday I had a little look around.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15821937688" title="IMG_5331 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5331 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7514/15821937688_0eb01a0c5a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Looks like it was last a real estate office.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15822082660" title="IMG_5340 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 4 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5340 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 4 car garage" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7575/15822082660_ddf7757a17_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Or maybe a developers' office.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16007383681" title="IMG_5338 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5338 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7546/16007383681_262fc641ee_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />A little leaky in one room.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16009337355" title="IMG_5337 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5337 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8660/16009337355_fdc1c28a4d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />An important fireplace.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15823325629" title="IMG_5336 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5336 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7509/15823325629_660661b8b8_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It has mostly lost its identity as a house. Perhaps it was never a home, perhaps it was a funeral home, maybe both but I don't know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15820840309" title="20141212_142054 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141212_142054 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7559/15820840309_7223b685f2_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />There's a side porch too. Looks like the copper thieves have already been here.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15819448878" title="20141212_142105 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141212_142105 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7488/15819448878_1175c3353a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />The side porch faces this walled garden on the the north side, can't see it from the street. They've kept the lawn mowed.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15983556876" title="IMG_5334 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage mill stone by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5334 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage mill stone" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7542/15983556876_4cbea94acb_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />There's a millstone in the middle.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15819589260" title="20141212_142126 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141212_142126 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7581/15819589260_c5b9cf9cd6_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />View from the walled garden.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/16006838395" title="20141212_141947 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141212_141947 2014-12-12 Macon Highway white hosue with square columns 5 car garage" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7569/16006838395_25032556cf_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />You'd need a hard heart not to fall in love with the garage.<br /><br />Go see if you are in the neighborhood. It's where Old Rex Morrow Road T-Bones Highway 23.<br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d3336.1497258682753!2d-84.2989059!3d33.6009297!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x88f4ff1654c5bc59%3A0xea181c6492f0bee6!2s5660+Macon+Hwy%2C+Ellenwood%2C+GA+30294!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1418577296300" style="border: 0;" width="640"></iframe><br /><br />Video 1:02<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/osviAfMXuFU" width="640"></iframe><br /><br />

Grandest House on Moreland Avenue (except Kreigshaber House) is Boarded Up

It's on the way to Grandma's if you go the long way and the long way is the Architecture Tourist's favorite way to go. I've ...

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Little Flatiron Landmark in Reynoldstown

I've always had a crush on it, always wanted it be something, always wanted an excuse to visit.<br /> <br /> <i>"The plan of streets in Reynoldstown is a series of small grids that connect awkwardly to one another...forming T-shaped intersections..."</i> - <a href="http://www.reynoldstown.net/sites/reynoldstownatl.com/files/assets/GA_02001405.pdf">National Register of Historic Places Registration Form</a> February, 2003<br /> <br /> The crazy curvy diagonal of Flat Shoals Avenue gives rise to some "<i>odd shaped lots</i>" that make Reynoldstown perpetually interesting to me.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEUFPLiCd1Jw06CyqfKzaxBVcTSS2Hz3fxAsE5u2OPLktnEo8rUBYSvHAZjJ2JrLncjPO2k3AfzT4cTpNn7LFIEfJYvAWiO7jckC92iI39MVgV2h8XTm4KHmw0n35HCrvKb2rnDx3l_xNh/s1600/20141204_121554+Yolkspace+Gallery+Reynoldstown+166+Stovall+Street+detail.jpg"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEUFPLiCd1Jw06CyqfKzaxBVcTSS2Hz3fxAsE5u2OPLktnEo8rUBYSvHAZjJ2JrLncjPO2k3AfzT4cTpNn7LFIEfJYvAWiO7jckC92iI39MVgV2h8XTm4KHmw0n35HCrvKb2rnDx3l_xNh/s1600/20141204_121554+Yolkspace+Gallery+Reynoldstown+166+Stovall+Street+detail.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /> My eye always stops at this little flatiron. It shows on all four sides and even its backside is cute. It's pretty much at the center of "downtown" Reynoldstown.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15971983822" title="20141204_121554 Yolkspace Gallery Reynoldstown 166 Stovall Street circa by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141204_121554 Yolkspace Gallery Reynoldstown 166 Stovall Street circa" height="359" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7519/15971983822_b4b20d3060_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /> It's been boarded up as long as I remember then a hair salon.<br /> <br /> Let's have a look around.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15946686465" title="20141204_121446 Yolkspace Gallery Reynoldstown 166 Stovall Street by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141204_121446 Yolkspace Gallery Reynoldstown 166 Stovall Street" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7471/15946686465_65128dcc4b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /> The front looks like a face to me. You?<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15934861036" title="20141206_120456 2014-12-06 yolkspace first HOLIDAY MARKET DEC 6 and 7 Reynoldstown by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141206_120456 2014-12-06 yolkspace first HOLIDAY MARKET DEC 6 and 7 Reynoldstown" height="360" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8588/15934861036_c6e8529255_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /> The streetcar to East Lake, Decatur, and the Soldiers Home ran on the right side.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15342404564" title="IMG_5232 2014-12-06 yolkspace first HOLIDAY MARKET DEC 6 and 7 Reynoldstown by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5232 2014-12-06 yolkspace first HOLIDAY MARKET DEC 6 and 7 Reynoldstown" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7474/15342404564_92acf98140_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15778662019" title="IMG_5231 2014-12-06 yolkspace first HOLIDAY MARKET DEC 6 and 7 Reynoldstown by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5231 2014-12-06 yolkspace first HOLIDAY MARKET DEC 6 and 7 Reynoldstown" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8644/15778662019_596e798a91_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15778661389" title="IMG_5230 2014-12-06 yolkspace first HOLIDAY MARKET DEC 6 and 7 Reynoldstown by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5230 2014-12-06 yolkspace first HOLIDAY MARKET DEC 6 and 7 Reynoldstown" height="480" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8628/15778661389_e4e8ab67fa_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15946695565" title="20141204_121554 2014-12-04 Yolkspace Gallery Reynoldstown 166 Stovall Street by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141204_121554 2014-12-04 Yolkspace Gallery Reynoldstown 166 Stovall Street" height="360" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7490/15946695565_efcc702ceb_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15777389270" title="IMG_5229 2014-12-06 yolkspace first HOLIDAY MARKET DEC 6 and 7 Reynoldstown by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5229 2014-12-06 yolkspace first HOLIDAY MARKET DEC 6 and 7 Reynoldstown" height="480" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7515/15777389270_8e722d2762_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /> <br /> <br /> Update: Thanks to Lisa: Flatiron in Red via Streetview:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15795015727" title="2014-12-08 shot 166 Stovall as hair salon Reynoldstown old streetview in red 2 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="2014-12-08 shot 166 Stovall as hair salon Reynoldstown old streetview in red 2" height="412" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7581/15795015727_a4b3922144_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br /> Perhaps you can tell me a little more about this place.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />

Little Flatiron Landmark in Reynoldstown

I've always had a crush on it, always wanted it be something, always wanted an excuse to visit. "The plan of streets in Reynoldst...

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Prominent and Challenging Corner Tear-down is Complete and I Like It

They say that challenges and constraints motivate designers - in this case <a href="http://harrisondesign.com/">Harrison Design</a>. Does that make it harder or easier? "I think maybe it's both." - Forrest Gump<br /><br />It was a high bar. It's a across the street from an <a href="http://buckcrook.info/index.html">Ivey And Crook</a>, a block from two more "Crooks" and a long block to <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/p/philip-trammell-shutze.html">Philip Shutze's</a> Dwoskin House.<br /><br />It's a difficult elevated corner, book-end'ed with a fine diagonally sited Italianate on the other corner. It's a small lot so there's no hiding and you can see all four sides from the street.<br /><br />And of course it has to meet the lenders' size/amenity checklists for the neighborhood demographic. <br /><br />This wasn't easy. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpmc1MLj2SV6pbaqHwQf6UDNmPo20lJJIpNeG4W3BxDMTEsh073gkk_oqDDO6f4ViEI94LNiI5qIDFauA3WFTE5NaDapz9VKyhGiejQsz2AucyTvMyfkCbXbaKuMMVWCWlgXn63z43yjT/s1600/sussex.jpg"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpmc1MLj2SV6pbaqHwQf6UDNmPo20lJJIpNeG4W3BxDMTEsh073gkk_oqDDO6f4ViEI94LNiI5qIDFauA3WFTE5NaDapz9VKyhGiejQsz2AucyTvMyfkCbXbaKuMMVWCWlgXn63z43yjT/s1600/sussex.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The old house was built 1948, 2,572 square feet, an infill I think, most neighboring houses are pre-Depression.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9376992797" title="2013-07-27-HDA-Sussex-before-6-N-south-elev-neighbor-driveway by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="2013-07-27-HDA-Sussex-before-6-N-south-elev-neighbor-driveway" height="342" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5517/9376992797_6d3f4de542_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It was low slung up in the ivy and shade. You'd notice the lot rather than the house.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9379776278" title="2013-07-27-HDA-Sussex-before-1-east-elev by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="2013-07-27-HDA-Sussex-before-1-east-elev" height="315" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2886/9379776278_1d5bef186a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />From the street.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9379776560" title="2013-07-27-HDA-Sussex-before-3-N-east-elev by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="2013-07-27-HDA-Sussex-before-3-N-east-elev" height="312" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2814/9379776560_3d2a3ef14b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The back showed some details.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9379776652" title="2013-07-27-HDA-Sussex-before-4-N-east-elev-detail by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="2013-07-27-HDA-Sussex-before-4-N-east-elev-detail" height="282" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7288/9379776652_f2789f0309_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It tumbled down the hill. This is how the architect solved the problem.<br /><br />It eventually disappeared into the setting. Some folks like them like that.<br /><br />But it's hard to build the 4,500+ square feet the market requires and disappear into the landscape.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14315248453" title="IMG_5890-2014-05-28-1610-WEST-SUSSEX-Teardown-Harrison-HDA-near-complete-lights-on-at-dusk by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5890-2014-05-28-1610-WEST-SUSSEX-Teardown-Harrison-HDA-near-complete-lights-on-at-dusk" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3725/14315248453_52c846ef95_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Instead of hiding it they built a landmark in stylistic harmony with it's neighbors.<br /><br />Some folks say it's too big.  But at 4,289 square feet it's smaller than neighboring tear-downs on smaller lots which often exceed 6000 square feet on 1/5 acre.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9376948059" title="IMG_2715-2013-07-27-HDA-Sussex-2nd-Roof-Plan by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_2715-2013-07-27-HDA-Sussex-2nd-Roof-Plan" height="501" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7380/9376948059_d0077767d6_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This doesn't look easy to me.<br /><br />But diagonals are cool and the "L" shaped front and "U" shaped back presented opportunities for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Language-Buildings-Construction-Environmental/dp/0195019199">"Pattern 107 - Wings of Light."</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15729367769" title="20141130_121715 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="20141130_121715" height="391" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7520/15729367769_bafe8a67bd_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It's a landmark and I like it.

Prominent and Challenging Corner Tear-down is Complete and I Like It

They say that challenges and constraints motivate designers - in this case Harrison Design . Does that make it harder or easier? "I thi...

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