Archive for April, 2010

Sacramento Historic Property Plaques

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

The City of Sacramento has recently announced a new historic property plaque program. If you own a historic house or building that is on the city’s landmark list or if your property is in a landmarked area (e.g. parts of Alkali Flat), you could qualify for one of the shiny new plaques on offer.

The application (with an image of what the plaque would look like) is available mid-way down this page on the City website.

Is your house historic enough to warrant a plaque? Hire me to research your house’s history!

The Ruins of Detroit

Saturday, April 10th, 2010


photo copyright Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre

This is one of many hauntingly beautiful images from photographers Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre of downtown Detroit in a series called The Ruins of Detroit. I don’t know why but this looks to me like something out of East Berlin. (ah I just now noticed they also did a set on East Germany so there you go).

These photos are gorgeous but one can’t help but feel really depressed to see these buildings in such sorrowful neglect.