There are many challenges to those who wish to call the Gulf Coast home.

Living on a barrier island, as we do here on Galveston Island, amplifys those challenges but the rewards are great. If you choose to live in an historic or antique house, those challenges and rewards are further amplified. My home is 125 years in the making and I can certainly attest and appreciate both the challenges and the rewards that come with curating an antique home. And there are many such homes on our island.

Galveston Historical Foundation is showing the way to ‘greening’ our houses of the past and leading us all into the 21st Century and our modern ways of living.

Kudos to GHF for this most excellent ‘save’ of a home that was devastated by Hurricane Ike in 2008.

Below is a recent article appearing in our local Coast magazine from the Galveston County Daily News.
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Rural Gas Station No. 1

A mixture of urban textures with an old rural gas station gives this photo a very moody feel.

This image is part of John W. Golden’s “Rovinato”(Italian for “ruined”) Series. John uses a combination of photographs of urban textures and various subject matter to create an image that in the end looks almost painterly.

Metro No. 2

Altered Photographs by John W. Golden

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canon residence | pasadena, ca
Renovation and remodel of the Thompson Mosley house originally designed by Buff, Straub & Hensman in 1959. While the main structure and floor plan retains its essential integrity, a new “interior core” is inserted along the central spine of the house. This new hub is accentuated by natural materials which compliment the interior connections to the outdoor spaces defined by the pinwheel plan of the residence.

Renovation and remodel of the Thompson Mosley house originally designed by Buff, Straub & Hensman in 1959.

http://www.space-intl.com