Monthly Archives: August 2017

Engine Company 9, Ladder Company 6, Chinatown, NYC

Posted on August 29, 2017 by midcenturymundane

Located at 75 Canal Street is this fire engine company by Hausman & Rosenberg from 1968. They also did this synagogue on the Upper West Side which has since been demolished.

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Grantmoor Motor Lodge, Newington, CT

Posted on August 23, 2017 by midcenturymundane

This was one of the grandest motels of the many that used to line the Berlin Turnpike, a popular destination for automobile tourism. The Turnpike, today a little down on its luck, has an interesting 20th century history, which can … Continue reading →

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Mendel Rivers Federal Building, Charleston, SC

Posted on August 2, 2017 by midcenturymundane

A positive adaptive reuse story, the Mendel Rivers Federal Building, is now the Dewberry Hotel. Commissioned in 1963, it was completed in 1965 to designs of Lyles, Bissett, Carlisle and Wolff–a Columbia based firm who completed numerous government, university and residential … Continue reading →

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