I recently acquired a 20 minute reel of 16mm silent color home movies, shot in Maplewood, New Jersey, in the 1950s-60s. In it are typical scenes of a family’s life; Church, Christmas, Halloween, hanging out at the pool, etc. Interspersed with this are scenes around Maplewood that any resident will easily recognize. Cars and clothes […]
Entries Tagged as 'Architecture'
Maplewood, Mid-Century
May 26th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Architecture
Tags:CHS·Maplewood·New Jersey
Columbia’s Auditorium Finally Getting Some TLC?
May 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Architecture
Marcia Worth at Patch, on Columbia High Schools wonderful auditorium that is in desperate need of restoration: But like an old home that has been lived in for generations, the auditorium is due for some renovation. The South Orange-Maplewood Education Foundation‘s fundraiser “A Night on the Towns,” scheduled for Sunday, May 23, has designated the auditorium […]
Tags:CHS·Maplewood·New Jersey·school
Something Beautiful
September 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Architecture, Articles
The April, 1915 issue of The School-Arts Magazine (“For Those Interested in Drawing & Handicraft”) ran a flowery piece, “Something Beautiful”, extolling the “rhythmic and refined” qualities of the Ridge Street School and Newark Normal School. Preceding the glowing praise are quotes from Ralph Adams Cram, “architect of some of the finest Gothic churches in […]
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Montrose School Gets Patched
September 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Architecture, Articles
Marcia Worth of Patch, a local community portal, has written a nice piece on Montrose School in South Orange, New Jersey. “The Montrose school yard boasts what I consider to be the most beautiful birch tree in town. It’s also a fine tree for climbing, according to my neighbor, who indicated a branch far from the […]
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Before and McAfter
June 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Architecture, Diary
Guilbert & Betelle designed a number of banks for Newark in the early 1920s. They are frustratingly difficult to track down, because few reveal their addresses, or are probably drastically altered in appearance. Well this one, the United States Savings Bank on Broad Street, still exists. I’ve unknowingly walked past it dozens of times, because […]
Tags:bank·New Jersey·Newark