
Between our fiscal year-end (Nov 30) approaching at work, and Mother Nature pressuring me on my outdoor projects, there has been zero time to get out and snag pictures of doors. Fortunately, I took a gazillion pictures when we were in Pittsburgh, and I still have some special ones to share.
Some of the pictures in today’s gallery were taken on the North Side, in and around the Mexican War District, some are from a few random locations, including our ride home to Connecticut.
If things go well, weather-wise, I will soon have opportunities to add new doors to the collection and maybe some time to do a bit of research. In the meantime, I’m drawing down the reserves but enjoying the memories of where, when and with whom I was when I captured the images in today’s gallery.
Our host today, and every Thursday is none other than Norm Frampton. You can visit his page by following this link. Norm always has the best doors. His little helper, the nameless blue frog, sits near the bottom of the page and can sneak you into the large gallery of doors from around the world. As the frog may have been known to say: May your door frames be plumb and level, your hinges sturdy, and your latches secure.
That church is a beauty! Like you said, it has everything going on
I also really like the red brick house. We too have many in that style with the side extension and an upper floor that’s all windows. It’s ALMOST as good as a turret 🙂
Good luck with the weather and getting all the outside work finished.
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Thanks Joanne. The church was amazing. Every turn I made revealed another entrance. The brick house is across the street from the church and is being renovated. I don’t want to think about the cost of that job, or the cost to heat that building, but it is a wonderful house.
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I love the diversity of the architectural design in the churches. The first one looks medeival while another looks Celtic. You are a true door officianado, Dan! 👏
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Thanks Cheryl. I look at those entrances and I start imagining the work involved and how long it must have taken. Can you imaging going to work, day in, day out on the stone archways around that main entrance, while others were working on the windows, and somewhere in a shop, a group of woodworkers were making those doors…
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I’m certain you can Dan! 😀
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They’re all great, but my favorites belong to the last 2, the farms.
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I do like the farms. There’s something about the setting, in between the green hills, that just feels like Pennsylvania to me. When I see farms in the midwest, with a few buildings and thousands of acres of corn or soybeans, it just doesn’t have the same feel.
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Oh yes, this is one amazing church. You could post any, even if little door from it twice and I wouldn’t complain. I love your photos, also the first black’n’white one and that salt storage. It could fool me into thinking it was a bunker. Please find some cranes in my post from today for your birthday and I hope it’s a happy one.
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Thanks Manja – I always look for the cranes :-) My birthday was a good day, and later, a good meal. I wasn’t sure what the dome was until we got close enough to peek inside.
I hope you’re having a good week.
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it is about the pink! belated birthday wishes…a hug for the beautiful dog
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Thank you!
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The church is gorgeous, and the last farming scene could be a post card. Good ones. :-) Love the park too because it allowed me to cheer for KC. :-) Hope Mother Nature cooperates so you can button up your project this weekend.
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Thanks Judy. Both games we saw were with KC. We lost on the football field but the Pirates won in the 9th inning, just before it started to rain.
As I mentioned on you post, those farms in central PA are so pretty.
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I just love old buildings! The history the stones have witnessed . . . good thing they can’t talk!
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Thanks Pam. That church has seen a lot, that’s for sure.
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Now I’m going to have to show ya’ll some farms! lol There are hills here in Missouri :) Love the doors this week!
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I look forward to seeing those farms. I’ve never seen much in Missouri, it will be a treat.
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Great selection of doors here, Dan
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Thank you!
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Magnificent is definitely the word for that church! What denomination is it–just curious? I love what the frog is known to say–wise little guy!
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Thanks Lois. I believe that’s a United Methodist church. I had a picture of the sign, but it didn’t make the cut.
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“Peoples Gate”…. is there a smaller sign that reads, “all others use the entrance in the rear”?
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Ha! Good question. I’ll go with the people.
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Wonderful mix of doors and buildings, Dan. I particularly like that Pennsylvanian Farm, with its unusual layout.
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Thanks Jean. In that area, you build and farm where you can.
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In my humble opinion that’s way too much Pepto-Bismal pink going on with that gate and door. One or the other would be okay, but both? I don’t think so.
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It was hard to get that image processed. The red color is overwhelming. Thanks.
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Nice mixed collection of doors this week Dan. That church is wonderful indeed. I also like that salt storage dome; we have a few of those around these parts too.
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Thanks Norm. I think I might be done with that trip, unless I cook up a leftover stew from several trips ;-)
The salt storage dome was a neat find.
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I like that salt storage building. Industrial style door and a build once neglect always patina on the building surface. The farms are a welcome touch. Is it possible to be slammed for one’s choice in doors ? And who cares as long as it requires proper post slamming philosophical discussion in a sophisticated watering hole ? Which brings me to the question – have you posted the doors of Cheryl’s bar ? And before you leap to an answer virtual gives one a lot of latitude.
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I posted doors from the bar that provides the inspiration for that series – https://nofacilities.com/2015/05/06/thursday-doors-tunxis-grill/ – but Cheryl’s bar is somewhat hard to define. It’s like the uncertainty principle. I know where the bar is or where Cheryl is, but maybe not at the same time. Corona is the preferred way to reduce the uncertainty.
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Hence the name CPUR. Corona Preferred Uncertainty Reducer. Then again we can move right along to the Tunxis uncertainly principle which clearly states – If you are watching your drink you can’t really enjoy it. And if you are enjoying your drink you can’t really watch it. And no matter what – I did give you all the latitude you might require. Even if that would involve latitude with attitude. For that just add Corona…
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I like them all, but oh, that church!!!!
janet
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Thanks Janet – that was my take on this set. There are so many things I like about that church.
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Dan, even ‘magnificent’ doesn’t describe that church! One can only imagine what the interior is like. Love the house across from the church and those farms. The salt dome is great. When I see one, I always wonder if an Eskimo will come out or a Creature from Outer Space. Lol.
Those are definitely ginormous hinges, but what’s with the pink? Colorblind perhaps?!
Great collection today.
Mother Nature is due to slam us any time now. 😡😡😡 Hope you can salvage the weekend and at least finish what remains to be done on the garage. I’m sure your squirrelly friends are anxiously waiting to inhabit this beautiful building where the nice man leaves them peanuts!!
🔹 Ginger 🔹
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Thanks Ginger. I see the pink door as more red, so it bothers me less, but it was hard to work with. I wanted to include those hinges.
We are supposed to get 5-8” of snow tonight. It will be a mess, but it’s supposed to warm up and rain tomorrow and be in mid 40s on Saturday. If we get sun on Saturday, I’ll finish that long side. The squirrels will have to settle for the outside of the garage – I’m not planning to turn it over to them.
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Yeah, I know the feeling of having too many things going on at the same time. Am glad to be home and without unexpected things popping up all the time, to be able to be more organized!
Wow a beautiful front of the featured church, as well as it’s door.
Also like the little pinkish door – too cute!
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So far, you might be the only one liking the pink door (which I see as a nice red). The big stone church has so many nice features, I didn’t know where to stop.
Things will stay crazy for a little while, but eventually they will settle down.
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Some terrific pics here, Dan. I love old church doors.
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Me too, Paul. I try and imagine the work involved – it boggles the mind (well, my mind).
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Beautiful doors. Dan. Also, thanks for throwing in the two farm pictures. They were beautiful.
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I’m glad you liked those, John. I always like seeing those when Faith is driving.
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The Penn countryside is beautiful
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Hi Dan – some extraordinary portals here … loved the Cathedral … as well as the others – bombshelter or similar … could be an ice holder … ie salt and dirt or an early ice-store room … the red brick home looks interesting. Good luck with finishing things off before the snow and ice arrive – cheers Hilary
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Thanks Hilary. Snow and ice are arriving as we speak. I don’t think it’s going to stick around very long, but it’s here tonight and will likely be here tomorrow morning. I don;t need much of a window of sunshine to finish the long wall. Saturday might still work.
The dome is where they store road salt and. Sand for when it snows. The church is just stunning. I also like the farms.
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I love the picture of the farm. Farms in the east have their own quaintness.
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Thanks Jan. Those farms are special, tucked in in between the hills.
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The dome was the first to catch my eye. What do you mean by “storing road salt”? I like the deeply-set door of the generation station.
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Hi Peter. In the winter, in the north, towns spread a mixture of salt and sand on the roads when we get snow or icy conditions. It’s a lot cheaper if they can buy it well ahead of time and store it until it’s needed. I figured you would like the power plant.
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Magnificent is an understatement, Dan. I can only imagine how you must have felt seeing the church in person. Don’t you love the stonework around the brick doorway? Great post, Dan.
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I do love stone buildings, Jennie and this is one of the best ones I’ve seen. Thanks!
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You’re welcome, Dan!
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That church is Magnificent! It’s so pretty on the outside I want to go inside to see it too. I bet it’s glorious.
The farm country in PA is so pretty. I love their round silos. We don’t have that kind out here.
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Thanks Deborah. I love driving through central Pennsylvania. It’s a long ride, but it’s so pretty.
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I like brick, but I LOVE stone! And I love churches with all frilly bits on.
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Brick and stone are all over the place in western Pennsylvania. I was amazed at how much detail the managed to work into that church.
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LOVE the stonework in this set of pictures, Dan. Oh man I just love love stone and brick. That church is out of this world. I could spend days, literally, pouring over every inch of that place! Loved this gallery …. thank you! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Thanks Amy. That church is amazing. I do love stone buildings. Can you imagine how much work was involved?
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No. I honestly cannot. When we built our house I watched the brick layer and just was stunned by what he did. The work involved in something like this church …. Oh my gosh!! Unreal!!
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That church is amazing. The way the arches are stepped, the stone, the vines, the windows, the reflections. That’s a beauty!
I think my favorite is the recessed metal ‘garage door’ in the pointed brick doorway.
But they are ALL good finds!
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It’s funny. I was wondering about including that door with the church but I like it, so…
Thanks
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Beautiful pictures.
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Thank you!
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I loved the images of the church. Generally, whenever you put a church image I can almost think of another church in India that has similar architecture. My town/region of Vasai has around 52 churches mainly of Portuguese influence, but Mumbai also has plenty of churches. Even if I exclude the smaller churches I’m quite confident the number will cross 150.
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I love churches, Sharukh. Buildings built with passion, love and a purpose beyond what many can understand.
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Your photography is amazing, Dan. I’ve always been drawn to doorways, but you’ve deepened that interest. Thank you for the tour and the enlightenment.
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Thank you so much Gwen, This series by Norm has made me look more carefully at the buildings I pass. It’s amazing how many have an interesting entrance.
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More leftovers? I still have room for a second helping and maybe more. ;) Great stuff left on the cutting room floor, Dan!
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Ha! Yes, I made way too much doors.
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