About Me

I am infatuated with old structures and storefronts. I spend considerable time seeking them out, building them in miniature and photographing them. In my free time I study other artist's work and plan future buildings. I'm beginning to worry that there is something excessive about this. Many have joked that I have an edifice complex or maybe edificimania or even the dreaded edificiphilia. But I build other things like barges, snowplows and pile drivers too. Could it be a simple obsession? Hey, I can live with that. I'll state emphatically right here that," I'll make no concessions to my obsessions!" Anyway I love what I do. I guess in the long run, we wind up paying for our pleasures. What's a guy to do? As for me it's back to the workbench. I must put some more time in. I'll have to worry about this issue later - this roof needs to be done by tonight. When I am not at my workbench, I'm a clinical psychologist currently practicing in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Who is an Artist?

A person who works with his hands is a laborer.

A person who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.

A person who works with his hands, his brain and his heart is an artist.

- Louis Nizer


Friday, January 27, 2023

3 FROM SHORPY - SMALL INDUSTRIES ON RAILROAD AVE.

                                      UNDER CONSTRUCTION

 

Saturday, August 28, 2021

 Flushing Lunch  


                                            














                                                                                   





 Flushing Lunch (Con't)




                     

             
   
                 





                           
                                 
Flushing Lunch

                              
Photo taken in 1930.
                           (From Tommy Byrne, YouTube Video
                            on Whitestone or Flushing)
                           
                                  



                                                          

                     

Saturday, September 29, 2018

E. Stryde Metal Co.

            Warning: Don't stand under crane when loaded!