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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 13h

15 October 1950: young volunteers remove rubble from the demolished Schloss in East Berlin (via Bundesarchiv)

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 1d

Just across the street from my dad's childhood home at 4409 Chalmers. And - sadly - just as eradicated. ☹️ 💔

every lot detroit.. before and after @everylot.det.city · 1d

4414 CHALMERS
Parcel ID: 21055379.
Year built: None
Zoned R2
Tax status: TAXABLE
Image dates: Aug 25 2019 on left; Jul 31 2025 on right

Street view imagery of 4414 CHALMERS captured on Aug 25 2019

Street view imagery of 4414 CHALMERS captured on Jul 31 2025

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 1d

Viel Erfolg wünsche ich Dir!

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 1d

Time to find the archive with old issues of parish and diocesan newsletters...

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 1d

Not so familiar with German examples, but have heard of houses being used as prizes for fundraising raffles by churches in Chicago in the 50s / 60s.

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 1d

Nice job at Museum für Gestaltung Zürich!

infoclio.ch @infoclio.bsky.social · 1d

Kurator:in Kunstgewerbesammlung #infocliojob

Kurator:in Kunstgewerbesammlung

Kurator:in Kunstgewerbesammlung CS 14. Oktober 2025 Arbeitgeber Zürcher Hochschule der Künste Arbeitsumfang 75% Arbeitsort Zürich Bewerbungsfrist So., 09.11.2025 - 12:00 Details siehe im Originalinserat

dlvr.it

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Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 1d

Important conversation. Pleased to be a part of it. #publicart #sculpture #fountain #SanFrancisco #beauty #Urbanism+

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 1d

Keine Ahnung, hört sich aber irgendwie wie Bausparkasse an.

Ungefähres Datum oder Jahrzehnt?

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 1d

Just across the street from my dad's childhood home at 4409 Chalmers. And - sadly - just as eradicated. ☹️ 💔

every lot detroit.. before and after @everylot.det.city · 1d

4414 CHALMERS
Parcel ID: 21055379.
Year built: None
Zoned R2
Tax status: TAXABLE
Image dates: Aug 25 2019 on left; Jul 31 2025 on right

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Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte @zikg.eu · 1d

Wir erweitern die Öffnungszeiten der Bibliothek und heißen Euch ab 3.11.25 auch in den Abendstunden und am Samstag willkommen!🤩
Neue Öffnungszeiten (probeweise 3.11.25 – 30.4.26)
Mo–Fr: 9:00 – 22:00 Uhr
Sa: 9:00 – 13:00 Uhr
Detaillierte Infos zu den angebotenen Services: www.zikg.eu/aktuelles/na...

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 1d

Bungalorte-cochère

Color photo, at an awkward angle, of a 1920s Chicago brick bungalow in yellow (maybe call it buff) brick with mostly red tile roof and polygonal bay. Roof extends over side entrance and driveway to brick pillars on other side, making a porte-cochère for car.

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Anke Gröner @ankegroener.bsky.social · 1d

Heute um 20.15 Uhr auf arte, jetzt schon in der Mediathek: „Geraubtes Wirtschaftswunder - Die übertünchte Vergangenheit der Deutschen“. Ich durfte zum Film ein paar Sätze zu einem Gemälde von Erich Mercker beisteuern.
www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...

Geraubtes Wirtschaftswunder - Die übertünchte Vergangenheit der Deutschen - Die ganze Doku | ARTE

Deutschlands Wirtschaftswunder: Die Deutschen haben sich nach der Stunde Null wieder hochgearbeitet. Wirtschaftsminister Ludwig Erhard hat die D-Mark und die soziale Marktwirtschaft eingeführt, währen...

www.arte.tv

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Barnabas Calder @barnabascalder.bsky.social · 1d

I offered a dissenting voice in this article about "beauty" in #architecture, though little of it got in. Essentially, I can't see why style wars should wang on self-promotingly through a climate emergency.
www.ft.com/content/fd8a...
I put the case here too:
www.dezeen.com/2023/01/12/a...

Who should decide what makes a building beautiful?

Everyone agrees that we need more homes, and fast — and that we want them to look good. But who should be the judge: architects, governments or the general public?

www.ft.com

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 1d

This conference looks really interesting. #architecture #travel #19c #20c

H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · 2d

Konf: Architects and Engineers: Journeys in the Polytechnic Culture Networks, Media, and New Destinations Since 1794

https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158023

Karlsruhe, 06.11.2025-08.11.2025, Institut für Kunst- und Baugeschichte (IKB), Fakultät für Architektur, Karlsruher Institut für …

www.hsozkult.de

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Karl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social · 2d

This looks great 👇👇, and also there is an open-access version of the 400-page exhibition catalog online, for those of us sadly unable to travel and see the objects displayed in person: books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de//arthistoric... #medievalsky

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 2d

This is actually an Ingo Maurer design called Lucellino. 💡 🕊️

#design #lighting

www.ingo-maurer.com/en/products/...

Ceiling lamp with two winged light bulbs on wires.

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 2d

Believe it or not, Bernini prepared plans for this exterior revetment in Siena in connection with renovations done under Alexander VII.

His design remained unexecuted. You can read about it in Chapter 9 of our book!

www.hirmerverlag.de/de/titel-32-...

Architectural drawing with plan of the southern exterior wall of Siena cathedral including the bell tower. The drawing is done in ink and black chalk. At the lower left, a perspective view of the wall.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

NEW: After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are increasingly wavering on the practice.

In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts against fluoridation.

On the Front Line of the Fluoride Wars, Debate Over Drinking Water Treatment Turns Raucous

After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are wavering on the practice. In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts against fluoridation.

www.propublica.org

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 2d

This is actually an Ingo Maurer design called Lucellino. 💡 🕊️

#design #lighting

www.ingo-maurer.com/en/products/...

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 2d

Believe it or not, Bernini prepared plans for this exterior revetment in Siena in connection with renovations done under Alexander VII.

His design remained unexecuted. You can read about it in Chapter 9 of our book!

www.hirmerverlag.de/de/titel-32-...

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Christian Callisen @ctcallisen.bsky.social · 3d

A (long) thread of (anglophone) #StarterPacks and #feeds of interest to #EarlyModern #skystorians.

The first two posts list a sample of hashtags for which Bluesky feeds currently exist. The following forty-two(!) posts list starter packs for scholars of various aspects of early modern history.

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neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 3d

Theatine church of St Cajetan and St Adelaide, Munich (façade, 1765-68; interior largely completed by 1688; badly damaged in WWII and restored) #c18th #c18 #18thc

Façade in yellow ochre with twin towers, completed in 1768. Central pediment with arms of Elector Maximilian II and his wife Theresa Kunegonda, daughter of King John III Sobieski of Poland (aunt of Maria Clementina, wife of the Old Pretender)

Frothy white plaster interior with dark wooden baroque pulpit

Detail of a barley-sugar twisted columns in a side chapel with jaunty putti riding on vines encircling the columns (completed 1768)

Quite modest lead sarcophagi of the Wittelsbach dynasty in the crypt. Here, Maximilian II and Theresa Kunegonda in the middle, hers decorated with tacky bouquets of red and white carnations from the Polish consulate

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Every Lot Detroit @everylotdetroit.bsky.social · 4d

3535 VAN DYKE, DETROIT, MI, 48214

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 4d

We were up on Rigi on Wednesday, and it was exactly like this: brilliant sunshine above a sea of clouds down in the valleys. Just spectacular. 🌞 🌄 🏔️

MeteoSchweiz @meteoschweiz.ch · 5d

Das aktuelle #Hochdruckwetter von seiner schönsten Seite: #Sonnenuntergang am Freitagabend auf der #Rigi. An der grossräumigen Wetterlage ändert sich am Wochenende nur wenig. Bild: https://rigi.roundshot.com

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every UNESCO world heritage site @worldheritage.bsky.social · 4d

Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene (Italy)

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