#silent architecture

[vanpeltfoto]

"Partitioned Memory"

(Photo: d.)

[rosieandthemoon]

early 1900’s

[veilwaltz]

[k-stizzy]

Where saints lie

♱

[alovelywaytospendanevening]

Pickfair was a sprawling estate in Beverly Hills, California purchased and further renovated in 1919 by silent film actress Mary Pickford and her husband Douglas Fairbanks, the "Queen and King of Hollywood." The 25-room mansion was named by combining parts of their last names ("Pick" + "fair").

Pickfair was considered one of the most celebrated private homes of America, and became a famous symbol of Hollywood glamour and excess in the 1920s/30s. It hosted iconic parties with famous guests like Charlie Chaplin, Albert Einstein, Amelia Earhart, Helen Keller, F. Scott Fitzgerald and presidents Coolidge and Roosevelt. Life magazine described it as “a gathering place only slightly less important than the White House… and much more fun.”

After divorcing Douglas Fairbanks in 1936, Mary Pickford married actor Charles "Buddy" Rogers and continued living in Pickfair until her death, in 1979. A new owner, actress Pia Zadora, eventually demolished the mansion in 1990, despite some outcry. Zadora later claimed the place was haunted: “You can deal with termites, and you can deal with plumbing issues, but you can’t deal with the supernatural.”

A new mansion stands on the site bearing no resemblance to the original Pickfair.

[somnambulant-seraphim]

Went on a trip recently and saw a beautiful old churches. I mostly got pictures of the cathedral above, and a couple other buildings.

[hellyoonline]

DeadEnd

[version-13]

lovers 2024 Lubomierz, Poland

[xofairygutzox]

[niehilismaus]

Palace of Culture and Science

Warsaw 2019

[smrmhmng]

welcome home

[sudegilmore]

“A window that whispers the past in the golden hours of summer.”

[oldshowbiz]

1913.

The Rolin Film Co.

[redstrawberryyblog]

[somnambulant-seraphim]

Some more old church photos, it was very picturesque with all the trees framing the building. Also a little plane flying overhead.

[hellyoonline]

L’entre deux mondes