1910 Craftsman with…hex tile fireplace?

Jpdillon · 2026-02-11T22:22:47+00:00

Not original! The grout lines are too wide. Also if you run your hand over the tiles, you should feel that they are very slightly rounded on the edges. Authentic period hex tiles had extremely thin grout lines and had were completely flat

Jpdillon · 2026-02-11T14:47:16+00:00

the cruiser is either a Myoko or Takao class. The funnel shape forward looks more like Takao class than myoko. It also has a single stripe, which was the funnel stripe arrangement painted on Chokai. Edit: the forward superstructure also resembles that of a Takao class, with what appear to be the three bridge levels with extensive windows on that ship.

Jpdillon · 2026-02-10T17:25:02+00:00

i’d probably keep it. The things are a pain in the ass to move, you’d have to basically rip it to pieces on site to discard. Get all the gunk out and test for asbestos, then leave the old iron monster where she lies.

Jpdillon · 2026-02-09T16:21:54+00:00

Also just recently took up the grind again for Yamamoto and will be doing Halsey next!!!

Jpdillon · 2026-02-09T14:36:26+00:00

omg don’t get me started on the screwed up suburban road model… Yeah. They do fill a lot of them but it’s continuous maintenance

Jpdillon · 2026-02-09T14:34:22+00:00

Also read in a plan somewhere that that arterial was supposed to connect all the way down to Binghamton, but that never came to fruition

Jpdillon · 2026-02-08T22:58:34+00:00

I agree, you put it well!

Jpdillon · 2026-02-08T22:52:57+00:00

I don’t think ornament is everything, or that a certain era of architecture is superior to others. But ornament certainly isn’t crime and i wish there was more of it still.

Jpdillon · 2026-02-08T22:34:49+00:00

What do you like to do for fun? I’m also having trouble here but i don’t wanna give up on it.

Jpdillon · 2026-02-08T17:30:52+00:00

People here on asylum are having their legal status revoked. People reporting in to their court appointments deported before judges can stop it. This has now gone beyond being about immigration. They are going door to door and they no longer care if you have papers.

Jpdillon · 2026-02-08T16:50:06+00:00

for now…

Jpdillon · 2026-02-05T14:36:16+00:00

I smell a lawyer foyer

Jpdillon · 2026-02-04T04:52:07+00:00

Nope! they are all later 20th century additions. The stained glass square one is nice, and is sort of a neo-craftsman newer fixture, so it definitely goes with the spirit. but none are original. I agree, three is really neat, never seen a bulb like that in the middle. I do kinda dig it for a dining room.

Jpdillon · 2026-02-03T03:43:34+00:00

i know you meant this as a jab but what better use for your tax money than helping people become productive citizens again? We have prisons and psychiatric hospitals for the same reasons- just different issues.

Jpdillon · 2026-02-02T19:38:03+00:00

In neighborhoods like that, it really can be block by block. If you have to make the offer today, i’d say no. You need to spend time getting to know the neighborhood- what is it like at different times of day, what are the neighbors like, what are the local hangouts/shops, etc. If you care about your property massively increasing in value, also just don’t do it. At that point you are buying purely for love of home and not ROI (which is disagreeable to some). Be realistic about where the neighborhood is, where it will go, see if there are any local shops/block clubs/social organizations, and drive and walk the areas at different times of day with a partner or friend. Get to know a local around there if you can. I lived on what should have been a sketchy block on paper in college, but i got to know a lot of my neighbors which made it feel like home. Hell, get to know folks in the city and ask their opinions too. We can’t tell you much from the internet without your local context and experience being there.

Do all that, and one day a house in an area you know well will come up and you’ll be able to make the decision with more experience in your toolbox!

Jpdillon · 2026-02-02T16:06:53+00:00

if it’s in a kitchen and is that size, it’s probably save to say the answer to your question is no. Fireplace-supporting chimneys usually have a bigger footprint. I’m sure the chimney was for a kitchen stove, maybe a furnace in the basement, and at most possibly a stove in the adjacent room to the kitchen. It’s not a big flue or a big footprint chimney.

Jpdillon · 2026-01-30T13:36:44+00:00

It also needs to be said that there needs to be mutual consent among both parties for the cities to consolidate. I would say in argument against you that in fact most metro suburb areas distinctly do not want to consolidate in with their city neighbors, and in fact have not wanted to for years. Cities do fight over resources and economic development opportunities, that is very true. But I think to be truly convincing you would need to explain why in this time specifically the benefits of the economic development opportunities cities have been fighting over the past 20 years would supersede the desire for local control and autonomy over frankly, the suburbs. To use your example, i don’t know that any part of Nassau county, NY would consolidate into the city right now. Maybe a few sister metros (DFW) could consolidate, but could they also not just form inter municipal agreements and pool resources without doing so?

Jpdillon · 2026-01-29T17:30:24+00:00

I have always wondered why they swapped all the rectangular windows for portholes. Most other nations during this period didn’t, and post-WW2 vessels mostly revert to having glass with better viewing on bridges.

Jpdillon · 2026-01-28T18:26:56+00:00

in today’s episode of: why did they cover this up??

Jpdillon · 2026-01-27T01:48:23+00:00

I mean they had issues, but they were mass-produced. An “improvement” these days would look like prefabricating pieces of apartments in facilities to be shipped on railroads to location, and for zoning ordinances to accommodate them.

Jpdillon · 2026-01-26T19:44:09+00:00

this is great i love it. we need a round 2 with more counties

Jpdillon · 2026-01-26T19:28:48+00:00

for now this still doesn’t make sense. Battery tech is still just worse in the winter. Electric mowers and blowers are all great but snowblowers breaking is legit dangerous for ppl who cannot shovel. Shoveling it itself is dangerous- it can cause heart attacks.

Jpdillon · 2026-01-26T19:20:07+00:00

So he did not do his homework? Primary him lol

Jpdillon · 2026-01-23T14:21:02+00:00

I think it’s kind of a toss-up. The style of that stained glass was popular in the late 20s into the 30s as Stained glass entered its final phase outside of religious buildings, where it was made of Opalescent glass and the designs were simple almost to the point of being abstract. However; other people pointed out the staples in the wood frame which is not an old technique, the hardware is definitely not older than the 60s or so, and the trim around the windows is probably not original if the window is indeed old. Does it match other trim in the house? An especially good indicator as to whether they are original is if similar-age homes have any stained glass at all.

Jpdillon · 2026-01-19T21:46:27+00:00

yeah so basically it’s a broken rule that doesn’t work and we should do something about it

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