An Abandoned School Becomes A Place for Art, Community and Home
When one of my closest (read: most brutally honest) friends visited my apartment, she pointed to a wall of chipping paint and said, “are you going to finish that"” “It is finished,” I assured her, the differences in our styles made painfully clear. I’m drawn to chipping paint, exposed lathe, a hint of original tile […]
When one of my closest (read: most brutally honest) friends visited my apartment, she pointed to a wall of chipping paint and said, “are you going to finish that"” “It is finished,” I assured her, the differences in our styles made painfully clear. I’m drawn to chipping paint, exposed lathe, a hint of original tile and the like. I’m drawn to the layers of stories a building can hold and the stories we should protect. So I’m easily drawn to the place Jebediah “Jeb” Feldman has chosen to call home. Both the building that houses him, and the community in which it sits, are rich in history and worth protecting. To meet Jeb is to see the many paths and influences he has had. He grew up in Santa Fe, NM, moved to Madison, WI for college, lived in San Francisco and then in Pittsburgh for graduate school at Carnegie Mellon University. While earning his masters, he became very involved with then Mayor-Elect John Fetterman (whose house I showed you here) of Braddock, PA, a borough on the outskirts of Pittsburgh. There was something that drew Jeb to Braddock for the long h...
When one of my closest (read: most brutally honest) friends visited my apartment, she pointed to a wall of chipping paint and said, “are you going to finish that"” “It is finished,” I assured her, the differences in our styles made painfully clear. I’m drawn to chipping paint, exposed lathe, a hint of original tile and the like. I’m drawn to the layers of stories a building can hold and the stories we should protect. So I’m easily drawn to the place Jebediah “Jeb” Feldman has chosen to call home. Both the building that houses him, and the community in which it sits, are rich in history and worth protecting. To meet Jeb is to see the many paths and influences he has had. He grew up in Santa Fe, NM, moved to Madison, WI for college, lived in San Francisco and then in Pittsburgh for graduate school at Carnegie Mellon University. While earning his masters, he became very involved with then Mayor-Elect John Fetterman (whose house I showed you here) of Braddock, PA, a borough on the outskirts of Pittsburgh. There was something that drew Jeb to Braddock for the long h...
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Wilgah Residence: Bold Contemporary Addition to Heritage Home
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