Lots of great doors in Norwich including the wonderful ladies lavs in the Castle. (I expect the gents is just as good.) Work on the Cathedral began the year 1096 and but the chapel dedicated St Catherine of Alexandria is a later 14th-century addition. This beautiful etched glass door to the chapel is by Sally Scott 1989. Above the door…
I like to follow a trail. This one began with a doorway and took me to Paris décollage, Zohran Mamdani, cupcakes, dumplings, and taxis via 1920 fashion with a few odd detours along the way. It started with a photo of an empty storefront I’d taken for no particular reason: 2814 Broadway, August 2025 on an unprepossessing block between West…
This magnificent red door is Engine Company No.47’s firehouse on West 113th Street between Amsterdam and Broadway in Manhattan. It’s often a sight on the daily neighborhood stroll. The following is from the Landmarks Preservation Commission Report June 17, 1997, “Building Description Engine Company No. 47 is a 25-foot wide, three-story brick and brownstone structure, faced with classically-inspired brownstone and…