Remember children, it can always get worse. With replacement windows and vernacular renovations, it typically does. In this case, despite the vinyl siding, windows, and post-modern vernacular porch enclosure, many of the original cottage Victorian details are intact and …
This house, turned seemingly unoccupied apartment building, in the 1700 block of Bellefontaine Street, is the perfect example of what not to do when ...
This, ladies and gents, is the successor to cedar shingle awnings and vinyl-clad storefront renovations of yesteryear!!! Our contemporary, historic-co ...
Clearly the person who remodeled this house knew covering the windows with vinyl siding was a bad idea. However, those instincts can only get you so f ...
This DIY disaster isn’t 100 years in the making, but we can safely say this house is unsinkable. Bet those portholes have a great view at sunset! Pertinent Address: 2300 Block, Prospect Street
It seems that this mid-century commercial building lost a wrestling match with a salt-box house. Pertinent Address: The 1000 Block of South Keystone
We can think of at least 47 occasions where a wrought iron balconette is appropriate and necessary—eighteen inches off the ground on a Victorian cottage did not make our list. Pertinent Address: Lexington Avenue, Fountain Square.
A third story addition, replacement windows, and a fresh coat of paint makes all the difference. Pertinent Address: 51st Block of Park Ave., Meridian-Kessler Neighborhood Salt box roof on a third story addition???? *Park Avenue was origin ...
When driving through a neighborhood of Bungalow, American Four Square, and Revival houses in Irvington, it completely shocked us to find this rare Art Moderne (Streamline Moderne) house on Bolton Avenue. No, it’s not a former gas station ...
Here’s a little excerpt of our discussion of this historic property. LUKE: Soooo…. How exactly would one rehab a property like this? MICHAEL: Honestly, the commercial addition is ‘historic’ in its own right, considering it’s more ...