by Architectural Observer | May 29, 2017 | Blog, Drag Queen Architecture, Observations
Looking like something out of a post-war subdivision, this ostensibly Colonial Revival four-plex would have gotten away with its charade if it hadn’t been for those meddling architectural sleuths that happened upon it! Located just a block away from the...
by Architectural Observer | May 28, 2017 | Blog, Drag Queen Architecture
Dating to the 1970’s, this remodeling of a former Queen Anne style house into a Neo-Mediterranean showplace is strangely captivating some 40-odd-years later. The original c. 1900 Queen Anne feautured clapboard siding and boxed eaves which were arched and...
by Architectural Observer | May 26, 2017 | Blog, Observations
The building depicted in the following photos has undergone many changes since 1907 when it was constructed as a bank and fraternal lodge. The first photo, a black and white image, shows the building when new. Stylistically, the masonry building shows a strong Beaux...
by Architectural Observer | May 23, 2017 | Blog, Drag Queen Architecture, Observations
When I first photographed this small commercial building I was smitten with its Brutalist / Modernist vibe – not something one expects to find in an obscure corner of “flyover country”. I loved the concrete, oddball windows and corner emphasis. I...
by Architectural Observer | May 18, 2017 | Blog, Observations
Edina, Missouri, is one of those very rare towns that still retains a lot of its past and yet has not been gentrified into contrived quaintness. It’s loaded with surprisingly intact commercial storefronts facing the town square. Which is itself rather...
