Category Archives: HISTORIC PRESERVATION

Quaint Quebec

Posted on August 16, 2017 by

QUEBEC CITY, on the St. Lawrence River three hours’ drive north of Montreal, is ridiculously picturesque — the oldest parts, anyway, where stone houses, some from the 17th century, form an Upper Town and a Lower Town on a steep escarpment, … Continue reading →

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Drive Slowly, Look Closely: Thru Indiana and Ohio on the Historic National Road

Posted on January 17, 2017 by

Another never-published travel story from the vaults, this one commissioned — but the magazine, an AAA publication, folded before my story ran. It’s safe to assume the over-the-top Indiana Theater in Terre Haute has landmark protection and the Frank Lloyd Wright … Continue reading →

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George Washington Partied Here: A Visit to Philadelphia’s Powel House

Posted on January 17, 2017 by

Tour of Philadelphia’s Powel House Brings Our First President and Colonial Power Elite to Vivid Life Continue reading →

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Combing for Historic Remnants Among Brooklyn’s New Towers

Posted on January 7, 2017 by

ONE NIGHT LAST SUMMER, coming off the Long Island Expressway at Flatbush Avenue and Tillary Street, I had a few moments of total disorientation. It was dark, and I was in a canyon of hi-rises. Where was I? Only in … Continue reading →

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Vintage Storefronts of Philadelphia

Posted on November 27, 2016 by

ONE OF THE THINGS that makes Philadelphia so not-New York is the abundance of old storefronts, even whole rows and blocks of them, that have endured through the decades without being demolished or remodeled out of existence. Philly still has … Continue reading →

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There’s Always More to Explore in Philadelphia

Posted on November 19, 2016 by

WAITING FOR MEN… that’s how I spent much of the past week, camped out in a vacant apartment in Philadelphia, planning a renovation there (I own two 19th century row houses in Philly). In between appointments with contractors, the appliance repair … Continue reading →

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Philadelphia: Walking in Southwark

Posted on November 5, 2016 by

I’VE JUST SPENT three days in Philadelphia, where I camped out in a vacant apartment on an air mattress in a building I own in Queen Village, a made-up 1970s name for the neighborhood along the Delaware River, just south … Continue reading →

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