Going down?
architecture
College Hill and Fox Point, Providence, R.I., 1875 vs. 2011
I don’t mean to be all Ms. Maps all of a sudden, but I keep finding cool things. This post is inspired by a Burrito Justice post (via W is for). The David Rumsey Map Collection contains over 25,000 maps of all kinds, all available online. I poked around and found maps of my old [...]
San Francisco 2
Here is the other SF print I found in a bookshop in downtown Champaign, IL. Again, this is from sometime between 1930 and 1970 — let’s split the difference and guess 1950s 1940s. Charmingly terrible coloring job (are those clouds or airborne toxic events?). Click through for hi-res. (Please be aware that I have updated [...]
San Francisco 1
Color print found in ephemera closet of Jane Addams Book Shop. Undated, but definitely pre-1972. Perhaps 1950s? [Click through for hi-res.] San Francisco, 2011, via Google Earth. [Click through for hi-res.]
Windows to windows
PROVIDENCE [Fr. : Providentia, Lat.] Foresight; timely care; forecast: the act of providing. Sidney. The care of God over created beings; divine superintendence. Raleigh. Prudence; frugality; reasonable and moderate care of expense. Dryden. —Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language, 1775 [here] WINDOW [from ON. vindauga, f. vindr WIND + auga EYE] 1.a. An opening [...]
