All posts tagged "Architecture"
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9.0K12Arts and LeisureFlashback Photo: Ralph Adams Cram, High Priest of Gothic Revival Architecture
Ralph Adams Cram was a renaissance man who believed the Renaissance was an unfortunate detour for western culture. Cram designed great buildings...
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5.3K3Business and LaborBefore the Winnebago There Was the Springfield Portable House
The idea of the mobile home didn’t start with Winnebago, because the Springfield Portable House came before. The rise of industrialization in...
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8.2KBusiness and LaborThe Dymaxion Car – The Futuristic Vehicle That Remains in the Future
R. Buckminster Fuller, born in Milton, Mass., lived an adventurous, if unconventional, life. A philosopher, architect and futurist, Fuller is best known...
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23.3K19Business and LaborThe Glory Days of the Berlin Turnpike
In the early 1950s, the king of Connecticut’s roads was the Berlin Turnpike, lined with colorful kitschy roadside architecture. It was the main...
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9.2K8Arts and LeisureJohn Calvin Stevens, Designer of Maine (Especially Those Shingle Style Houses)
John Calvin Stevens left an indelible mark on Maine by designing more than a thousand buildings in the state over his six-decade...
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8.5K4Arts and LeisureIthiel Town Revives Greek Architecture and Covered Bridges
New England would look a lot different today if Ithiel Town hadn’t created covered truss bridges and Greek Revival architecture. An architect...
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