When I was in Philly last week, there was one building in particular that I couldn’t stop taking pictures of.
It’s right next to – maybe part of – the Curtis Institute’s Lenfest Hall, and someone was careful to make Lenfest Hall match the red stone of the older building,
but they couldn’t be more different in style.
There’s the relatively simple window frame
and the scrolled supports under the windows
and a side view of the more elaborate porch roof above the door.
There are the birds that embellish the extended window sills, one at the corner of the building and one next to the door.
But for stonework run delightfully amok, you have to stand inside the porch and look up at the scrolled supports on either side of the door
and finally, amazingly, at the last place anyone would be likely to look: straight overhead.
I love this building.
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Lovely! I’m always happy when building like this are left in all their glory and incorporated into the new ideas and designs, not knocked down.
It’s wonderful, isn’t it?
Beautiful details. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you like it! The only sad part is that our acid rain has blurred some of the carving…maybe that’s one reason this kind of elaborate design went out of style, now that I think about it.
We have some beautiful buildings here in NY too. I should so take some photo’s and share. Maybe in the spring.
Great idea! (And waiting till spring is a pretty good idea too. It’s getting cold out there!)