Talk:Richardsonian Romanesque

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Just to toss in a vote on Confidence, yes, it IS "Richardsonian Romanesque." All the way. Carptrash 21:37, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Is it just me

or are there enough RR influence on the building in the gallery from Brooklyn to include it? I think it should go- or better, be replaced by a better RR example. Carptrash 00:10, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Seattle

This view of the Pioneer Building (taken from the upper deck of the "Sinking Ship" parking lot, former site of the Seattle Hotel) is a good illustration of Richardsonian Romanesque in Seattle's Pioneer Square.
This view of the Pioneer Building (taken from the upper deck of the "Sinking Ship" parking lot, former site of the Seattle Hotel) is a good illustration of Richardsonian Romanesque in Seattle's Pioneer Square.

I'm not expert on this, but I'm pretty sure Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington has one of the largest collections of surviving Richardsonian Romanesque buildings. There are about 50 extant buildings in that neighborhood that the city categorizes as "Queen Anne - Richardsonian Romanesque"; most retain their original exteriors; some of those exteriors are beautifully preserved. Anyway, I leave it to someone more knowledgable than I on how this compares to other cities, but I would think it merits a mention in the article and inclusion of at least an image or two (many of which can be found in Commons:Category:Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington and its subcategories). - Jmabel | Talk 06:03, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

I just fliped through the pictures and yes, there is some nice RR stuff there. However it's tough for me to write about buildings that I haven't actually seen. I do have a couple of books on Seattle architecture which is almost the same as a trip (yeah right). The final issue is time. In any case, thanks for pointing it out. Carptrash (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 06:29, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

If there is some concrete way I can help, let me know. That Dep't of Neighborhoods site I linked for the count of buildings has extensive information about each building, probably as much as you'll find in a book. Unfortunately, they seem to have a systematic error of leaving "South" off of the avenue names south of Yesler; also, they are more focused on pre-1950 history and precise condition today than anything else in the last half-century. Still, very useful. - Jmabel | Talk 18:44, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

I've now placed numerous images of Seattle buildings in Commons:Category:Richardsonian Romanesque. The category is rather short on images from other cities; someone may want to start tagging ones they know about. - Jmabel | Talk 07:15, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Well done. I am a bit tempted to cull several of them out. This one, Image:Washington Court Bldg 02.jpg for example is - in my opinion, more "Commercial Queen Anne" than RR. My feeling is that the images should be text-book examples rather than marginal ones. However having pulled abunch of my pictures off wikipedia becasue of various disputes I am reluctent to do much with yours, which as a whole are great and make Seattle the RR Capitol of the Universe. Good work. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 14:35, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Commons' approach would be more to place an image in multiple categories if both are somewhat appropriate (but if you think any are just plain not RR, then do please remove the tag). I don't think anyone has gone through doing a category for "Commercial Queen Anne". I agree that that particular one is marginal, but there are all of those stone-arch windows and what I believe is a rather RR cornice. But I'm not at all expert on this. Actually, one that is even more marginal is Commons:Image:Seattle - Drexel Hotel Building.jpg (a building with a very interesting history, BTW, you might want to follow up the link). If you want to remove the category from some of these, feel free.
Also BTW, another thing that can be done is to also create a "Commons page" (which would be a member of the corresponding "Commons category"), which can gather together best examples and allow a place for commentary. See, for example, Commons:Category:Occidental Mall and Commons:Occidental Mall.
I don't know about RR Capitol of the Universe, but Pioneer Square had a big fire in 1889, was rebuilt largely in RR style, and was (the original) Skid Road when these things were out of fashion, so there was no big push to tear them down and build something modern. So, while it doesn't have a lot of particularly flamboyant RR, and some buildings have lost early ornamentation, it has a higher concentration than any other place I know.
I've probably now photographed at least 75% of the relevant buildings in Seattle, most of which are in the one neighborhood. I still have to go sometime to get a few on the Seattle Pacific University campus. - Jmabel | Talk 02:11, 16 January 2008 (UTC)