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

 

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Saturday, August 28, 2021

 Flushing Lunch  


                                            














                                                                                   





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 Flushing Lunch (Con't)




                     

             
   
                 





                           
                                 Flushing Lunch

                              Photo taken in 1930.
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                            on Whitestone or Flushing)
                           
                                  



                                                          

                     
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Saturday, September 29, 2018

E. Stryde Metal Co.

            Warning: Don't stand under crane when loaded!










                                                                                  


                                            

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Saturday, December 10, 2016

White-Stone Lumber Co. Steam Donkeys


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Sunday, September 16, 2012

P. Henderson & Co. Millwork










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Monday, October 17, 2011

Coaling Station (Railroad)

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