A Faded Past
In the early 1970s, Phyllis and Louis lived in the Cross House. They were young and way cool, baby.
I did a post on them, showing their expansive third-floor apartment
Phyllis and Louis also graciously forwarded this evocative image looking down into the first-floor stair-hall.
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Thanks, Ross for all the posts on the house. What a special place the house is for us. If you look closely in the photo I am pretty sure that our son, Nathan making his way up the stairs, he was 2. My guess is that this photo was taken in 1975 or 76.
I love seeing pics of the house in its past. So awesome.
I really like the way this image puts the stairs, the niche, and the round room in perspective. It gives me much more of a sense of the space. Thanks for showing it.
Even never having experienced the space in person, it’s quite off-putting to not have to imagine a time when it didn’t look like a bomb has gone off. It’s also interesting to see that they furnished the stair hall as a living space, more like a living room. I’m not sad though, that that vomit inducing light fixture is long gone. Your more recent lighting choices are much more visually pleasing and expressive.
Beautifully Evocative! what a talented photographer-
Very cool! It is inspiring to see a photo of it habitable and lived-in, and one from a period closer to the present than the beginning. Thanks for sharing!