Last post, I made a protracted and over-detailed claim that basically, builders were stealing ideas from each other left and right in the 1960s. Here’s a simpler argument for the same idea: look at just one recurring decorative element, and see how many different builders you can find who used it.
I’ve chosen the horizontal band of stone, set in a brick wall. There’s no reason to think this particular element is inherently obvious or necessary; you can look at other buildings in the photos and see a dozen other ways to use field stone, and I can make up plenty more out of my head.
5223 N. East River Road – Redelco Corporation
6173-75 Northwest Highway – Losacco and Springston Builders
6847-49 and 6853-55 Olmsted – Guiffre Brothers
7418 N. Harlem Avenue – Parisi Brothers Construction Co. Inc.
7610 and 7614 W. Belmont Avenue – Nick S. Theodorau, architect. No word on the builder.
Hi Rob,I work for a government contractor to the federal agency ATSDR. We are preparing a guidebook on land reuse sites and two of your pictures (on another blog of yours) were of an area in Milwaukee that we are profiling. We think they would be a great addition to the case study summary. A few days ago I sent you an e-mail at BuiltStLouis[at]Gmail[dot]com asking about photo rights for several images of yours. If you get a moment, could you please let me know how this could be arranged? I would be happy to provide more details on what this project is and how the photos will be used.Many thanks,Sargon de Jesus