With this weekend’s devastating news about the Glasgow School of Art, I was reminded of my visit to the Charles Rennie Mackintosh masterwork four years ago and propelled to post a gallery. Few buildings move me in the way this one has since I was…
details along the green line (gallery)
Photos taken by Barbara A.M. Howard along the Green Line LRT in Saint Paul, Minnesota on April 21, 2018. All rights reserved.
a guid new year to ane an’ a’
New year, new resolutions. Given my feelings of despair at the end of 2016, I vowed to document goodness in 2017, week by week. I started the first week of January and added to it as I saw fit, trying to include at least one pleasantry per week. Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven at the…
tidings of good will (gallery)
If you are following my crazy scribblings at all, you might be thinking I’ve been quiet for a couple months. Although this is not the case, my scribblings this fall have often been marked “Private” in WordPress terms or are in half-finished tomes that are not…
my happy place (gallery)
Photos taken by Barbara A.M. Howard in Joshua Tree National Park on August 31, 2017. All rights reserved.
when the levee breaks
It’s hard to know how to respond in the face of a disaster. Whether the disaster is natural or manmade, the first priority always must be for the lives and safety of those directly affected. As heritage preservation professionals, we make note of news reports and personal accounts related to…
california dreaming (gallery)
Yesterday was the 81st anniversary of the creation of Joshua Tree National Monument (now Joshua Tree National Park). President Franklin D. Roosevelt established Joshua Tree National Monument on August 10, 1936, protecting 825,000 acres of the desert landscape for future generations. I fell…
i’m feeling thankful for the small things today
I commonly sing Cracker’s song “Happy Birthday to Me” when birthdays are imminent. Its chorus joyfully exclaims a dual birthday celebration: Happy, happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me, and to you. But this celebration is followed by a reminder to appreciate life: I’m feeling thankful for the small…
the band played on: oleson park music pavilion (gallery)
Best known for its association with American bandmaster and composer Karl King , the Oleson Park Music Pavilion was designed by architect Henry Kamphoefner and built in 1938. The excellent example of Streamline Moderne is constructed entirely of cast-in-place reinforced concrete. Sadly,…
modernism saved: egloff house (gallery)
Minnesota architect Earle Richard Cone designed and built the Egloff House for his sister and her husband in 1939. It is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places as a well-preserved example of a residential design blending Streamline Moderne, Art Deco, and International styles in…