On the West Coast, the legacy of the California bungalow looms large. This spin on the traditional American Craftsman–style property was preferred in the early 20th century, with its emphasis on successful floor strategies and single-tale dwelling, and it’s continue to sought-soon after nowadays. Today’s variation of the California bungalow […]
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America’s Most Diva President Had Tiffany Decorate the White House with ‘Wrinkled’ Disco Balls
The High Victorian train station on what is now the National Mall was virtually empty when the president and his secretary of state walked inside to catch a train north. But on this steamy July day in 1881, the president would not make his train. Instead, James Garfield was shot […]
Meet the unsung heroine of America’s most celebrated gardens
The main landscape designer of the change of the 20th century had a record of clients that reads like a who’s who of the Gilded Age: J.P. Morgan, Theodore Roosevelt, very first woman Ellen Wilson, John D. Rockefeller Jr. That the prosperous and potent of the late 1800s and early […]