Located within historic Uptown New Orleans, Arabella Station was once part of the city’s intricate electric streetcar system. The building was constructed from 1893 to 1894 as a “car barn” to house parked streetcars for the New Orleans Traction Company. It was built by Muir and Fromherz using steel frames......
While the company has fallen on hard times in recent years, there was once a time when Sears was a retail giant. In the early 1900s, Sears, Roebuck, & Co., as it was then known, was in the midst of rapid growth fueled by its popular catalogs that allowed it......
The former gas station at the corner of Highland and Willoughby in Hollywood has a small footprint but a rich history. It’s been seen in movies like “48 Hours” and “L.A. Story,” photographs, and more, but for many years it sat vacant and crumbling – until coffee retailer Starbucks took......
With multi-screen movie theaters becoming the predominant trend in America, their single-screen counterparts have slowly died off and were left to either find a new use or face demolition. Those were the options facing the Garden Theatre at 371 King Street in Charleston, SC, when the city opted to part......
Now a mixed-use center of activity in Denver’s LoDo district, the Denver Union Station building has a history dating back to 1881. That’s when Denver Union Station was first built at 1701 Wynkoop Street, although it looked quite a bit different than it does today. The original Italian Romanesque-style building......
Though its usage has changed a few times over the years, the Pratt Street Power Plant complex has long served as a reminder of the industrial roots of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. The Power Plant, located at 601 E. Pratt Street, was originally built between 1900 and 1909 to serve as......
