12 Overwrought Victorians and one Alley
Aug. 18th, 2010 12:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
botiasI quit the gym a few years ago. Now I just walk around the town. Maybe I have a huge thing for Victorians because I grew up here, but nevertheless I am in the tall clover. This is the perfect storm of Victorian houses. There was an economic boom when the style was popular, the available building material is virtually rot proof, and it took very well to turning and carving. Then the prosperity faded away. If this city had become a metropolis in the intervening hundred years, very few of these would have survived the ensuing commercial development. I finally took a camera with me to share a few of my faves.
These first three I only recently discovered. *stares*
There are many, many of these more modest homes, of which mine is one. It's the garden that I can't resist here, though I like what they've done with the place very much. I want a purple banana palm in my yard! And what is that purple shrub spilling onto the sidewalk? *wants*
The promised alley.
Some people probably don't like anachronisms like satellite dishes and security lights, but I rather like them.
Wow. Way to show off for the Joneses. And it was showing off. If you look at the backside of these houses they are quite plain. Love the stained glass window with all that curved wood.
This is the one I would want to live in. It has all my favorite elements and it's conveniently painted my favorite color scheme.
This is a local bed & breakfast which is fully restored and decorated inside as well. It's not my favorite, but I can't help but be impressed by its ornate trim. Palm trees were 'in' some time in the last century, and many of these older homes have mature palms. I love that California touch.
My favorite paint job. What? I never claimed to have refined tastes.
These first three I only recently discovered. *stares*
There are many, many of these more modest homes, of which mine is one. It's the garden that I can't resist here, though I like what they've done with the place very much. I want a purple banana palm in my yard! And what is that purple shrub spilling onto the sidewalk? *wants*
The promised alley.
Some people probably don't like anachronisms like satellite dishes and security lights, but I rather like them.
Wow. Way to show off for the Joneses. And it was showing off. If you look at the backside of these houses they are quite plain. Love the stained glass window with all that curved wood.
This is the one I would want to live in. It has all my favorite elements and it's conveniently painted my favorite color scheme.
This is a local bed & breakfast which is fully restored and decorated inside as well. It's not my favorite, but I can't help but be impressed by its ornate trim. Palm trees were 'in' some time in the last century, and many of these older homes have mature palms. I love that California touch.
My favorite paint job. What? I never claimed to have refined tastes.
