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Imagine owning this fabulous ca. 1790 house in Virginia and putting in those vinyl replacement windows 🙃

Would have been amazing if it had had TV commentary like a horse race while the returns were being counted

How can there be a person named Salem Derby. That there’s a horse race.

Greenfield voters agree to sell downtown parking lot for housing After a contentious campaign, a ballot question, which would have overturned the city council's decision to develop the land, failed.

remarkable that the issue of selling an unused parking lot to develop housing was as contentious as it was www.nepm.org/regional-new...

The rise of Regency and Regency-style furniture continues apace

I wonder if it was a project funded by the WPA…

This cute 1930s former public school in Wilmington, MA is going to be razed because the town manager “wants 14 parking spaces” where it was. Ah, the suburban mentality.

It’s surrounded by acres of parking and other undeveloped land.

It was designed by an obscure architect named Halsey Horner.

Depressed to see this grand old house in Deerfield, MA in the midst of a gut reno. Historic Deerfield intervened to divert some stuff from the landfill to keep for their own projects, but everything else is toast. An expert on timber framing in the region has been inside and thinks it’s early 18th c

The interaction is a bit of a haze now, but my takeaway was that he was not particularly interested in it or supportive of it, just happened to recognize the affiliation on my name tag and wanted to offer some opinions and argue. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Also, the next year Prince Edward came instead and he was very pleasant in a simple sort of way. Essentially like a golden retriever in human form.

Nobody in this photo looks happy either

Being cornered by him was unbelievably weird. Looking back now I think there’s a good chance he went to Epstein’s place after the event😬

I met him when he was a trade envoy and came to NYC to make the rounds at an event. He stopped at me for some reason (I think bc I was the only non-businessperson in the room) and we spoke for at least 15 minutes about historic preservation. He was weirdly, unnecessarily aggressive and obnoxious.

Presumably this is happening at least partly because the other candidate in the primary race is nearly an octogenarian?

Nothing!

It really is astounding how perfect opportunities are handed to Democrats and they do literally nothing. I genuinely don’t understand it.

That makes sense. User privacy already was garbage. My late uncle’s account got hacked by a Chinese woman who slowly took over his profile and despite repeated reports no one ever did anything to help.

Safe removal of asbestos is now woke

Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing

Well this has gotten out of hand very quickly. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

The most aimless people I’ve known have become “life coaches.” Not sure if that’s good or bad for their paying clients.

Crazy!

The White House and grounds (along with those of the Capitol and Supreme Court) are exempt from the provisions of the NHPA per Section 107.

The amount of flipped furniture on FB Marketplace is wild and it’s all mid century stuff restained or colonial revival stuff painted black or navy with bright hardware. Most of the flipped pieces are worthless, like these, but now and then you see a real treasure that fell into the wrong hands.

Yeah, exactly. This post was inspired by a number of posts along the lines of “how can they do this??”

Fun fact: Section 107 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 explicitly exempts the White House, Capitol, and Supreme Court building from being subject to any provision of the act.

Classic autumnal scene in New England

Look at this wonderful ca. 1800 Chinese export bowl with Masonic imagery. Sold today and not surprised someone was willing to pay 3x the high auction estimate.

Well yes, when prices in more affluent towns are through the roof, nice and well-built houses for $250-300k within 30 mins of Northampton, Amherst, Hartford etc. are going to create a “hot” market.

Federal Brass Mounted Card Table Federal card table. Brass mounted. American, circa 1825. H 30-1/4 in. W 35-1/2 in. D 36-3/4 in.   Link for high-res images: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/3bfl52o2b38cjbxhmjac8/AAa4ivMRjQLF4eM-K5vSrXo...

Someone lucked out on this table today. Got it for $250! The Nichols House Museum in Boston has a similar one they attribute to Thomas Seymour, a major figure in early 19th-c American furniture. Incredible what you can still buy for virtually nothing.

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Portrait of Reverend Jonathan Edwards Portrait of Reverend Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758). Edwards was a Connecticut native who is regarded as one of American's most important philosophical theologians. Oil on canvas. Backside of canvas wit...

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