Northeast Homes Tour Part 1

 The First Annual Northeast Kansas City Historical Society Homes Tour was today with seven wonderful examples of architecture spanning the years from 1884 to 1944.   Above and below, the Palazola House.  A pristine Queen Anne with marvelous interior design located in Pendleton Heights.

              Above, entry hall and below, the parlor.... all the stained glass in the home is original

 This home was built in 1888 for Phillip E. Chappell former mayor of Jefferson County, Missouri, and the Missouri State Treasurer.  Joseph and Mary Palazola purchased the house in 1934 and it has been in the family ever since.  

                                                     Above and below the dining room

 Fireplaces throughout and beautiful bay windows.

 Above, the hallway to the front entryway, below the door from the kitchen to the backyard.

 Above, bar area and "nook" with hand painted mural next to the bar.  A portrait of the homeowner
                                                                  below with "stogie."

 Original art below,  "Nola."   I love that one.

 Breakfast nook above and kitchen below.

Landscaped back yard.

 Above the staircase to the second floor.   Just the first floor was on tour but Toye Palazola gave me permission to "wander."   I'm very grateful for that.

 Second floor balcony overlooking Pendleton Avenue. 

 Above, upstairs family area and below the master bedroom.

 Above, second floor bathroom and, below, butler steps to kitchen.

 Toye Palazola has decorated the home and overseen, with Dr. Palazola, it's restoration.  Two windows, above, which were restored are original.  Below, Toye painted the second floor landing ceiling.

Northeast Homes Tour - Come One Come All

 The newly formed Northeast Kansas City Historical Society has announced its first Homes Tour to be held this Fall on October 20th.   Seven homes in three neighborhoods will be open to the public.   I'll have ticket prices and how to order as we get closer.  In the meantime you may check in at their new website for updates.  http://www.nekchs.com/

 The seven homes comprise a variety of architectural styles that are the hallmark of Historic Northeast.   The featured neighborhoods are Indian Mound, Scarritt Renaissance, and Pendleton Heights.   The homes were built from the 1880s to the 1940s with all but one well over 100 years old.

 For now consider this just a tease.   I'll have more in depth on each of these houses as the tour date approaches.

 All shots taken with the Nikon D800..  Seven shots each combined into one to obtain high dynamic range.   ISO 400, F9-11, with the Nikon 14-24mm lens.  Shot at different times of the day to provide the best light.  I used the full 36 megs of the D800 by centering the house up close to minimize lens distortion and then corrected any distortion in Adobe Camera Raw...

Reservoir Clouds

Snuck over to Pendleton Heights today to take some pictures by the Reservoir. The Neighborhood Association is doing a bang-up job of clearing brush from around and in the old water container. It's looking really nice. Some color and some black and white were taken as storm clouds rolled in. The last shot, admittedly, is not at the Reservoir but at North Terrace Lake.
Nikon D3, 24-70mm all shots, ASA800, multiple exposures manipulated in Photoshop and other software.

Lone Tree At Reservoir

From the archives.... bored after a winter snow in February of 1993 I went looking for images.. Drove by the old city reservoir and saw this shot.... which was totally monochromatic.

Drove home and got the view camera and set up for this shot. Took two exposures, unrecorded. Toyo View 180mm lens, T-Max 400 4x5 sheet film. Taken around 3pm with low hanging clouds. Fence is now overgrown and this tree is long gone. I still love film and the simple shots. There is a Pepsi can on the fence toward the right which I desperately wanted to get rid of... but didn't want to track in the snow to do it. I could remove it digitally, but it's a part of history now..... in many ways things were a lot slower just that short time ago.

A Cinematic Pendleton Heights

A Very Victorian Christmas

Pendleton Heights finest Victorian Lady is in her festive finery for the Holiday Season. This Queen Anne treasure was built in 1887 for lumber baron Charles B. Leach. Current owners Kent T. Dicus and Michael G. Ohlson, Sr. purchased the home in 2003 and have painstakingly restored it room by room.

"Garfield Heights" has a grand entryway... and retains most of its original woodwork...








The main parlor adorned with paintings of the owners ancestors and furnished in the Victorian fashion.







The home has 23 of its original stained glass windows and all eight fireplaces have been rebuilt. This is the dining room... although you probably could have figured that out.






The music room above with it's feline dweller below...Tommie, who loves people but hates cats.

All shots taken with the D3 and 14-24mm or 105mm lenses... ASA/ISO 1000, F16 or F4... multiple exposures for each shot.