Objects of desire

Article Abstract:

Harvey Pranian owns the Harvey Art & Antiques gallery that deals in American folk art, painted furniture, American Indian art, antique jewelry, Amish quilts, and textiles. There are works by well-known self-taught artists such as word signs by Jessie Howard, carved wood heads by S. L. Jones and portraits by Lee Godie.

Art museums, Collections and collecting, Antiques

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At home: The block club

Article Abstract:

Wilkinson Blender Architecture reworked three 100-year-old houses on the same street of Northwest Side for young families with 21st century lives. Some of the work includes adding sliding glass doors in the dining area of the kitchen, cement board siding, copper shingles, and two-sided glass cabinet.

Design and construction, Architecture, Domestic, Home design, Housing, Rural, Rural housing

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An empire of flowers

Article Abstract:

Marion Parry is the owner of four celebrated flower shops all called 'A New Leaf'. Parry's original shop, on North Wells Street across from Treasure Island, was one of the first in the city to liberate cut flowers from coolers, to display stems openly in buckets.

Florists, Innovations, Works, Parry, Marion

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