Architecture as Presidency
A friend and I were down at the DOB today researching his house. We submitted his block and lot numbers and waited the 20 minutes for the folder to come up from the basement. When it did, we walked to the waiting room to review the drawings, documents, actions, &c. When he pulled out the…
A friend and I were down at the DOB today researching his house. We submitted his block and lot numbers and waited the 20 minutes for the folder to come up from the basement. When it did, we walked to the waiting room to review the drawings, documents, actions, &c. When he pulled out the architectural drawings for the 1909 extension on his house the name of the architect stood out in a bold way. It was GEORGE W. BUSH! Anyone have any info on this guy? My friend figured that he was right in believing that our last president was a vampire! 😉
If the extension has stood for 112 years and still doesn’t seem to be in danger of collapsing the architect couldn’t have been THAT George W. Bush.
Earliest mention I could find was from 1888. Seemed like he did lots of work in the Park Slope area. He designed 7 four story homes on the n.e. corner of Windsor Place and 7th Avenue for a developer.