Architecture and Design on Victor Avenue

This blog entry summarizes comments about Architecture and Design on Victor

• Don't fence me in - pictures of fences on Victor
• The Enclosed Front Porch
• Painted Ladies of Victor
• Types of Housing
  

68 Victor Avenue

The theme today is enclosed porches. This is a renovated porch enclosure - enclosure yet architectural detail.

The Enclosed Porch

Ever notice the fully enclosed front porch? It is one of the signs of an unrenovated house.

This range on Victor porches shows the Enclosed Porch, the No Porch and the Sitting Porch.



Fully Enclosed Porch

Why do people enclose the front porch? Isn't the purpose of a front porch to shelter people while they knock on your door to solicit funds for a worthy cause or bring their religion closer to your home or guests asking where they can park their car.








Newly Enclosed Porch










Variations on the Enclosed Porch










The Standard Portico Porch




The New Portico Porch










Hey Dude where did the rest of my Porch go?





The Inside Porch. Not really a porch, not really a portico










The No Porch. Fend for yourself against the elements

112 Victor Avenue

111 Victor Avenue

What's going on here?

Linda and her parents used to live in this house. It had been for sale twice and taken off the market. Linda's mother said she was one of the oldest living resident on the street. Never saw a for sale sign but one day they were gone.

Workers have been on site for months now and no sign of a for sale sign.

101 and 118 Victor Avenue - Our Ugly Bettys

Separated at Birth.

101 was once attached to 118 but was successfully separated and moved across the street. You can see remanents in the open space beside 118.

Remanent magnetism

(Physics) magnetism which remains in a body that has little coercive force after the magnetizing force is withdrawn, as soft iron; - called also residual magnetism.

Angel stone was often used to hide brick.

33 Victor Avenue

Names: John Lois and Matthew
Pets: Roma - a dog, a cat called Fritz (female), a tank of fish and a number of Koi in a pond in the backyard.