loud stares in quiet stairs

new york, you are photogenic

uptown shots by fashionable palette

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"The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it...but if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life." - Frank Lloyd Wright

his heart was a purple castle

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1. building on 2nd St, Philadelphia

2. 30th St. Station, Philadelphia

3 & 4. vintage typewriters

5. 7-9 East 72nd St, Manhattan

6. 9 East 72nd Street, Manhattan

7. closeup of door: 9 East 72nd St, Manhattan

8. The Lotos Club at 5 East 66th St, Manhattan by Richard Howland Hunt

Note on 5, 6, 7: -- for more information on what I believe to be one of the most beautiful homes in Manhattan (7-9 East 72nd St.), click here and here. Originally two separate homes -- each a masterpiece in its own right -- they have since been joined to form the largest private residence in NYC. (There's quite a history in between, as you might expect.) These two gilded age beauties were designed by different architects. The Jennings home (the "smaller" one on the left) was designed by Flagg & Chambers, and finished in 1899, whereas the Sloane home (right) was designed by Carrere & Hastings, and completed in 1896. Both are examples of the Beaux-Arts style that reigned during this time...and leaves us with some of our most beautiful architecture to date.

"I didn't want to disturb the silence around it, I suppose, or betray it by turning it into a story."

- Nicole Krauss

grammings, part deux

all images by fashionable palette

1. the elkins estate outside Philadelphia, architecture by Horace Trumbauer

2. rings and reading

3. the union league in Philadelphia, architecture by Horace Trumbauer

4. bracelets and coffee and reading, oh my

5. new balance sneaks - a great vintage find in my mother's closet

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6. gothic architecture on penn's campus

7. a Rittenhouse gem

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"If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two." - Marcel Proust

grams of instant

all images taken by fashionable palette through instagram

loafers by charles philip shanghai 

pretty architecture around philadelphia

starry nights

images: 1. st. patrick's cathedral in manhattan 2. 30th street station in philadelphia

both by fashionable palette

nightly architecture, knightly architecture...