A cornice can be embellished with elaborate terra cotta or dignified wooden moldings. It also can shine as a display of impromptu found art, such as the metallic rat-a-tat of salvaged hubcabs ...

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The armory story will continue next week. Our intrepid photographer couldn't get out much last week. Please enjoy this story highlighting another element of architectural ornament. Andrew Jackson ...

Drifting beyond our usual stomping grounds, we spotted this unusual oversized (wooden?) cornice at 39th Street and 4th Avenue. Viewed from the front, it adds grandeur and scale to an otherwise modest ...

Preservationists and the media focus pretty much all of their attention on the historic buildings in danger of being lost. Monumental fights have been played out to save Buffalo’s urban ...

Built in 1895 by the Detroit Chamber of Commerce, the 13-story structure not only had its cornice removed but also its original round-arched windows were squared and a light well that fronted on ...

The Governor's Residence itself is a significant landmark to local families. Jeb Stuart, the president of Historic Harrisburg Association tells News 8 that his grandfather's lumber mill in ...