Honoring the Past, Building a Future
How is your architectural IQ coming along? One of the details found in a Victorian home is beaded fretwork that you see in these photographs. If you are lucky you can find pieces in architectural salvage stores to use in your restorations. There are reproduction designs available. The REAL deal is a jewel of great … Continue reading Rocky Mount, NC: Enough Of Politics-Lovely Victorian Fret Work To Admire
When husband, Bob, offered the gift of a Kindle, I turned my nose up preferring a book in my hand. Sound familiar? The year I said, "yes, please," the Kindle turned out to be one of the best gifts ever. Not having to shelf the books on my Kindle is helpful. Lately I've been reading … Continue reading Rocky Mount: Falling in Love With Impractical Architects
2-23-23: Dedicated to the wonderful people living in Happy Hill. The Neighbors Request to Save the Pecan Trees Those of you who regularly read Main Street Rocky Mount will not be surprised that at the ribbon cutting of the Beal Street project in 07-2016, part of me was listening and marveling at what was going … Continue reading Reporting on Happy Hill, Rocky Mount NC Community Neighborhood Meeting
I took this photograph from the fantastic roof deck that Troy Davis created on top of the Davis Lofts. Looking out and across the track you see typical commercial architecture found across Eastern North Carolina. These commercial buildings are like the garden after the gardener is finally gone: the spirit of the garden changes. This … Continue reading Taking The Long View of Main Street Rocky Mount, NC That Includes The Main Street Program
Do you remember the wonderful love song, These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You? It isn't a cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces or an airline ticket to romantic places but 'foolish things' come to mind when I write and speak. My reading life and the research I love, the stories I am told, the … Continue reading Rocky Mount NC: Let The Influence of Stepheny’s ‘Foolish Things’ Begin
Downtown Concord’s North Union Street Historic District. I couldn't resist writing a blog piece about the Milas B. Leslie House. Preservation North Carolina (PNC) featured the house and provided the description. When you study these 'before and after' photographs, I hope you find them fascinating too. Once there were raggedy windows and missing porch posts, … Continue reading Rocky Mount, NC – Preservation At Work – The Restoration of Historic Homes
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