Comments on: How to Talk About Architecture http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/how-to-talk-about-architecture/ Bedford, Stuyvesant Heights & Tompkins Park North Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:25:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Jen http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/how-to-talk-about-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-4839 Jen Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:33:26 +0000 http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/10/how-to-talk-about-architecture/#comment-4839 This is so helpful. Thanks! This is so helpful. Thanks!

]]> By: Morgan http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/how-to-talk-about-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-4299 Morgan Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:22:06 +0000 http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/10/how-to-talk-about-architecture/#comment-4299 We really need to get out area landmarked these homes are beautiful... Well not really feeling the new construction... How can we get more trees in BS... In reading old newspapers from 1900 this area was know for canopy trees over the streets but in the 30s most came down due to worms... This area would like so much better with tree lined streets... We really need to get out area landmarked these homes are beautiful… Well not really feeling the new construction… How can we get more trees in BS… In reading old newspapers from 1900 this area was know for canopy trees over the streets but in the 30s most came down due to worms… This area would like so much better with tree lined streets…

]]> By: Alexa11221 http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/how-to-talk-about-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-4269 Alexa11221 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:01:33 +0000 http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/10/how-to-talk-about-architecture/#comment-4269 Eastlake is Charles Eastlake. He was a British architect who wrote a book called Hints on Household Taste (US pub date 1872). Here are a few links http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/art/htmls/ms_eastlake.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastlake_Style http://www.drloriv.com/lectures/eastlake.asp It's a style which was originally seen in furniture but his book was very successful in the US and there was a huge "Eastlake movement." The term has come to have pretty broad application, but mostly it refers to low-relief applied and incised decoration, rather than deep relief carvings. I didn't include any examples of Eastlake style decoration amongst my photos, but they are certainly there to be seen. Eastlake is Charles Eastlake. He was a British architect who wrote a book called Hints on Household Taste (US pub date 1872). Here are a few links

http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/art/htmls/ms_eastlake.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastlake_Style
http://www.drloriv.com/lectures/eastlake.asp

It’s a style which was originally seen in furniture but his book was very successful in the US and there was a huge “Eastlake movement.” The term has come to have pretty broad application, but mostly it refers to low-relief applied and incised decoration, rather than deep relief carvings. I didn’t include any examples of Eastlake style decoration amongst my photos, but they are certainly there to be seen.

]]> By: newbie2 http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/how-to-talk-about-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-4267 newbie2 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:00:08 +0000 http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/10/how-to-talk-about-architecture/#comment-4267 Anonymous: Can you please tell me what are the signs of the Eastlake style? A co-worker said the details of the woodwork in my house is indicative of the Eastlake style and I wanted to learn more about it. Any resources (web sites, please) that might help me research my house? Anything you know would be exrtemely helpful. Thank you. Anonymous: Can you please tell me what are the signs of the Eastlake style? A co-worker said the details of the woodwork in my house is indicative of the Eastlake style and I wanted to learn more about it. Any resources (web sites, please) that might help me research my house? Anything you know would be exrtemely helpful. Thank you.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/how-to-talk-about-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-4264 anonymous Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:42:26 +0000 http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/10/how-to-talk-about-architecture/#comment-4264 In San Francisco, there are three types of Victorian bays: 1. Eastlake Stick (rectangular) 2. Queen Anne (curved) 3. Italianate - triangular In San Francisco, there are three types of Victorian bays:

1. Eastlake Stick (rectangular)
2. Queen Anne (curved)
3. Italianate – triangular

]]> By: Alexa11221 http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/how-to-talk-about-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-4262 Alexa11221 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:15:05 +0000 http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/10/how-to-talk-about-architecture/#comment-4262 Hi Sha! I really like your block, it has a lot of interesting and unusual houses on the north side. The south side has more uniform houses with their own type of beauty. Your house is a fine example of brick Romanesque Revival/Queen Anne with gorgeous terracotta details. I also like the way the entrance has been turned into a south-facing sun porch. Perfect in the winter! Hi Sha! I really like your block, it has a lot of interesting and unusual houses on the north side. The south side has more uniform houses with their own type of beauty.

Your house is a fine example of brick Romanesque Revival/Queen Anne with gorgeous terracotta details. I also like the way the entrance has been turned into a south-facing sun porch. Perfect in the winter!

]]> By: The Changeling http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/how-to-talk-about-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-4257 The Changeling Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:08:51 +0000 http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/10/how-to-talk-about-architecture/#comment-4257 Wow sha! You are very fortunate to live in such a lovely home! :) Wow sha! You are very fortunate to live in such a lovely home! :)

]]> By: sha http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/how-to-talk-about-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-4253 sha Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:01:33 +0000 http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/10/how-to-talk-about-architecture/#comment-4253 hey that's my house! (second from last- hanging corner turret (on left) + bow window on right.) sometimes i forget how beautiful it is. thanks for noticing. hey that’s my house! (second from last- hanging corner turret (on left) + bow window on right.) sometimes i forget how beautiful it is. thanks for noticing.

]]> By: tom murphy http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/how-to-talk-about-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-4247 tom murphy Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:25:22 +0000 http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/10/how-to-talk-about-architecture/#comment-4247 I live in, according to these descriptions, an asymmetrical bay front (it's rounded off not flat plane). It is semi-attached and the first in a series of many tripartite bay front brownstones, and protrudes out beyond all the others. I always thought of it as a bookend to the block. I live in, according to these descriptions, an asymmetrical bay front (it’s rounded off not flat plane). It is semi-attached and the first in a series of many tripartite bay front brownstones, and protrudes out beyond all the others. I always thought of it as a bookend to the block.

]]> By: laduchessa http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/how-to-talk-about-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-4245 laduchessa Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:37:10 +0000 http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/10/how-to-talk-about-architecture/#comment-4245 this was a lovely and informing lesson. thanks! this was a lovely and informing lesson. thanks!

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