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Mid-Century Photo Friday: Arapahoe Acres

Apr 20th, 2012 | By
Mid-Century Photo Friday: Arapahoe Acres

Took some cool pictures around Arapahoe Acres – love this house color!

Post a link to your picture in the comments if you want to participate! Mid-Century fans would love to see your photos!



50′s Preservation has it’s challenges

Mar 15th, 2012 | By
50′s Preservation has it’s challenges

Arapahoe Acres is the first Post World-War II residential subdivision listed as a historic district in the Nation Register of Historic Places.
But according to a March 5th article in the Denver Post “Last summer, Arapahoe Acres was named an “At-Risk Landscape” by the Cultural Landscapes Foundation of Washington, D.C., because of an increasing number of [...]



Groups for Mid-Century enthusiasts in your area

Mar 1st, 2012 | By
Groups for Mid-Century enthusiasts in your area

One of the best things about Mid-Century folks is that they stick together and as the style popularity grows, so do the groups of enthusiasts around the country. Just in case you don’t know where to find a Mid-Century group in your area, here are a few of the best Groups either on Facebook or [...]



Route 66 – Around the Web

Feb 1st, 2012 | By
Route 66 – Around the Web

In another one of our attempts to save you looking for all the best resources. I thought I’d give you links to my new (or at least newly renewed) passion of Route 66.
Because of publicity, movies like “Cars” and other ways of generating awareness, Route 66 is one of the best “known” preservation efforts centered [...]



Save the Fuller House in Forth Worth Texas!

Jan 20th, 2012 | By
Save the Fuller House in Forth Worth Texas!

Known as the Andrew Fuller House and designed by modernist A. Quincy Jones in Fort Worth Texas, the house isn’t selling, so they’re tearing it down.
The December 1950 issue of the magazine Architectural Forum featured a “Builder’s House of the Year” designed by A. Quincy Jones. The same issue also awarded the innovative Palo Alto [...]



Help Save The Kronish House

Sep 26th, 2011 | By
Help Save The Kronish House

In another Mid-Century preservation attempt, the Neutra Institute for Survival through Design is attempting to save The Kronish House.
Word just received pressures us to provide info for the dismantling of the house as soon as 9/20, for demolition action week of 9/26! There’s no time to be lost; if this new plan has a chance [...]



Wheat Ridge, Colorado, a hotbed of fabby modern homes you can tour!

Sep 22nd, 2011 | By
Wheat Ridge, Colorado, a hotbed of fabby modern homes you can tour!

Fabulous homes with sleek gorgeous interiors – are these homes in Palm Springs California? Or closer to home in the historic “Arapahoe Acres” historic district?
Nope, these homes are in rural suburban Denver in Wheat Ridge Colorado and are available to tour this Saturday September 24 from 1pm to 5pm.
If you’re in the Colorado region, this [...]



Mid-century show focus

Aug 14th, 2011 | By

http://antiquesandthearts.com/Antiques/AntiquesShows/2011-08-02__11-34-43.html



Mies van der Rohe’s gas station in Montreal preservation success!

Jul 15th, 2011 | By
Mies van der Rohe’s gas station in Montreal preservation success!

It’s wonderful when we can report a Mid-Century preservation success:
“Long, low and in his trademark black steel, the shuttered-since-2008 Esso station by Bauhaus master Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, at boulevard de l’Île des Soeurs and rue Berlioz in Montreal’s Nuns’ Island community, currently lies stripped of a little of its beauty – huge sheets [...]



Mid-century Photo Friday: another awesome house

Jun 24th, 2011 | By
Mid-century Photo Friday: another awesome house

Not a particularly fantastic picture, but one of my favorite Mid-Century homes around Denver. Love the lines and love that it’s two story.