Thank you, both, for the kind comments. My perspective is highly biased but informed. The information is accurate but comes from a daily exposure to these buildings as I walk around San Francisco. I appreciate the buildings the more I look at them, and I think people will appreciate the buildings and SF more too when they see these videos. John, the continuation of this series is available if you search for videos under my name. Thanks for watching.
@UncleUlser Second block of text from the timeline I developed: "1970s-now: The “Painted Lady” myth heaps more indignity on SF’s remaining Victorian & Edwardian homes. Self-described “color consultants” deface buildings with circus wagon paint schemes that only get worse when exterior grade gold metallic paint becomes available in the 1990s. Unfortunately, many books are published duping a well-meaning public to accept this recent myth as 100 year old fact."
@UncleUlser First block of text from the timeline I developed, timeline is downloadable from my web site: "1960s: Hippies are attracted to the cheap rents in the Haight and paint its Victorian & Edwardian homes garish colors"
@UncleUlser Yes, most people don't go into much detail on "do this" and have examples and proof. That is one of my next projects, "Pulling the Veil from the Myth of the Painted Lady." However, as a temporary measure, and as a foretaste of my exegesis on the matter, you can freeze frame at 1:17 in this very video. I will expand on those written comments in the coming project.
@UncleUlser And, lastly, that timeline is viewable in one of my other videos: When and Why Styles Changed: San Francisco Residential Architecture 1920-Now Freeze frame at 0:06 and select full screen, high definition. If any other questions, please ask. Happy to help.
I don't know...when 1382 Hayes came up on the screen, my first, reflexive response was "how lovely," not "what a shame." I've seen far, far worse color combinations on a house...they've at least kept largely to two hues, chosen slightly muted versions of them, and used white generously as a buffer. It may not be historically accurate, but it's not unattractive in and of itself.
why would you want to keep these old houses traditional colours? i love to see creative colour combinations to give an old house a new take. some look horrific but a good artist can make it look great. more buildings should be painted and modernised to keep up with current times instead of preserving an era that is long since passed.
Thank you, both, for the kind comments. My perspective is highly biased but informed. The information is accurate but comes from a daily exposure to these buildings as I walk around San Francisco. I appreciate the buildings the more I look at them, and I think people will appreciate the buildings and SF more too when they see these videos. John, the continuation of this series is available if you search for videos under my name. Thanks for watching.
Loved the video. Visited city with my adult daughter. The video shows us so much and tells it's intelligently the history and meaning of what we saw.
vintage buildings are awesome. much more creative and well build than the crappy New ones
i would love to see "stick" come back they could build an entire neighborhood of them. i think it would be an instant tourist attraction.
i spoke to soon its called "Marina Heights" but not as detailed as Victorian stick. it's still the most artificial Victorian neighborhood ive seen.
Thanks for the great work! It moves so very fast that I had play and pause many times. Please continue!!!
You should do a video on second bay tradition architecture
Very interesting and useful, but you stopped before Edwardian
@UncleUlser Second block of text from the timeline I developed:
"1970s-now: The “Painted Lady” myth heaps more indignity on SF’s remaining Victorian & Edwardian homes. Self-described “color consultants” deface buildings with circus wagon paint schemes that only get worse when exterior grade gold metallic paint becomes available in the 1990s. Unfortunately, many books are published duping a well-meaning public to accept this recent myth as 100 year old fact."
@UncleUlser First block of text from the timeline I developed, timeline is downloadable from my web site:
"1960s: Hippies are attracted to the cheap rents in the Haight and paint its Victorian & Edwardian homes garish colors"
@UncleUlser Yes, most people don't go into much detail on "do this" and have examples and proof. That is one of my next projects, "Pulling the Veil from the Myth of the Painted Lady." However, as a temporary measure, and as a foretaste of my exegesis on the matter, you can freeze frame at 1:17 in this very video. I will expand on those written comments in the coming project.
Love victorian style
@UncleUlser And, lastly, that timeline is viewable in one of my other videos:
When and Why Styles Changed: San Francisco Residential Architecture 1920-Now
Freeze frame at 0:06 and select full screen, high definition.
If any other questions, please ask. Happy to help.
I don't know...when 1382 Hayes came up on the screen, my first, reflexive response was "how lovely," not "what a shame." I've seen far, far worse color combinations on a house...they've at least kept largely to two hues, chosen slightly muted versions of them, and used white generously as a buffer. It may not be historically accurate, but it's not unattractive in and of itself.
why would you want to keep these old houses traditional colours? i love to see creative colour combinations to give an old house a new take. some look horrific but a good artist can make it look great. more buildings should be painted and modernised to keep up with current times instead of preserving an era that is long since passed.
Do you happen to have a book about this video?
What book is he using?
Did the wood come from NZ? Because if it did I'd like it back. That was stolen goods.
Very informative, with lots of delicious house-porn. It's tragic that architecture went rapidly downhill after the Victorian era.
along with peoples taste in language.
My mother has the only queen Ann mansion in Tijuana Mexico