Laughlin dormer, North Side Pittsburgh

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Laughlin dormer, North Side Pittsburgh
Laughlin dormer, North Side Pittsburgh

I wondered why this reminded me of New Orleans and then I recalled a picture of the famous Southern photographer, Clarence John Laughlin. It shows an abandoned house in that city taken in the forties called "Dweller in an empty house." The old row house is topped with a narrow dormer with a blackened window, much like this one. He often placed figures in the old buildings he photographed to enhance the haunted atmosphere. Some of my favorites are of decaying plantation houses.
For those architectural history buffs, the look here of the flat, black windows is also reminiscent of French architectural drawings of the eighteenth century. I have always found them to be elegant and mysterious. They never show power lines with electrical carbuncles though.

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Taken on: December 2, 2008
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