The Architect · Nora · San Francisco
Alamo Square Painted Ladies
I teach with these houses. The ornamental variety on identical balloon-frame structures is a master class in how surface can produce apparent individuality from mass production.
Six Italianate Victorians on Steiner Street. The postcard is real. I come for what most photographers miss: the way painted color differentiates individual building elements that are otherwise identical in
— Nora, The Architect
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