Found Drawings

While emptying a room of clutter, I found these old measured drawings of the Gamble House. I know the guy who measured and drew these (back in the 80s?), and he was a very good draftsman. I'm not sure where the originals are, and these copies are not so great, resulting in inferior scans. I have more of them... and for posterity sake, I will scan those soon and add them here.

 Longitudinal Section

North Elevation

East Elevation

Stone House East Price Hill

 

I've been exploring a bit on the near west side and this is the second house I have seen made wholly from found limestone. This one is on very high ground, up behind the Cincinnati Christian University and is obviously older than everything else around it. It has ugly replacement windows and is chopped up into apartments.

The side has these buttresses, which I suppose were added when the wall started bulging or cracking. They give it a medieval feel:  

[where: 2935 Lehman Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45208]

Halloween in Westwood

Westwood Library, 1930 

frankenstien 

 

I talked with a couple of the homeowners who had Democratic signs in their yards, and they all seemed almost apologetic about it! They all knew the candidate personally and said they were good people, but "we usually don't vote that way".

On an election note, I found it very funny the mailer that the Dems mailed out specifically against Winburn to certain neighborhoods like ours. On the front it shows Obama, and says "If Winburn's party had it's way, Obama would not be president", and on the back is a picture of Winburn adjacent to pictures of McCain and Palin. Priceless.

Westwood Halloween

 

Unusual All-Stone House

 

In East Price Hill, Academy Ave. I've been spending lots of time in Price Hill lately for work, and I love it.