Alan Strauber
@alanstrauber.bsky.social
SUNY Westchester Historic Preservation Program Coordinator, Architectural Historian, Arch & US Hist Prof, Photographer, Percussionist, & American Staffordshire Terrier Dad - Hudson Valley, NY (I me me mine) alanstrauber.com
This is the cornet that Louis Armstrong played while at the Colored Waifs Home for Boys in New Orleans after his arrest at 11 for firing a gun on New Years Eve, 1912. New Orleans Jazz Museum #music #jazz #Photography #NOLA
photo (c) Alan Strauber - taken with my Leica D-Lux 8 digital camera
photo (c) Alan Strauber - taken with my Leica D-Lux 8 digital camera
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is the cornet that Louis Armstrong played while at the Colored Waifs Home for Boys in New Orleans after his arrest at 11 for firing a gun on New Years Eve, 1912. New Orleans Jazz Museum #music #jazz #Photography #NOLA
photo (c) Alan Strauber - taken with my Leica D-Lux 8 digital camera
photo (c) Alan Strauber - taken with my Leica D-Lux 8 digital camera
Eiffel Tower being struck by lightning - Gabriel Loppe', photographer, 1902. He gifted the print to Gustav Eiffel whose family later presented it to the Musee D'Orsay, Paris.
September 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Eiffel Tower being struck by lightning - Gabriel Loppe', photographer, 1902. He gifted the print to Gustav Eiffel whose family later presented it to the Musee D'Orsay, Paris.
Happy 99th birthday today to the iconic John Coltrane
September 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Happy 99th birthday today to the iconic John Coltrane
Research this week at Harvard
August 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Research this week at Harvard
Copley Plaza Hotel - Boston, MA - Lobby Hallway - H. J. Hardenbergh, architect, 1912. Also designed The Plaza Hotel, Dakota Apartments and more in NYC. Considered by many to be the most luxurious hotel in Boston and certainly one of the most historic.
photo (c) Alan Strauber
photo (c) Alan Strauber
August 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Copley Plaza Hotel - Boston, MA - Lobby Hallway - H. J. Hardenbergh, architect, 1912. Also designed The Plaza Hotel, Dakota Apartments and more in NYC. Considered by many to be the most luxurious hotel in Boston and certainly one of the most historic.
photo (c) Alan Strauber
photo (c) Alan Strauber
Sunday afternoon at Breezy Hill
August 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Sunday afternoon at Breezy Hill
A few years back and a few lbs heavier
August 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A few years back and a few lbs heavier
30 Rockefeller Center (originally RCA Building), NYC - Lobby Flooring - Raymond Hood architect, building completed 1933.
photo (c) Alan Strauber
photo (c) Alan Strauber
August 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
30 Rockefeller Center (originally RCA Building), NYC - Lobby Flooring - Raymond Hood architect, building completed 1933.
photo (c) Alan Strauber
photo (c) Alan Strauber
A small garlic harvest for pasta dinner
July 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A small garlic harvest for pasta dinner
Eiffel Tower Etude 3
photo (c) Alan Strauber
photo (c) Alan Strauber
July 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Eiffel Tower Etude 3
photo (c) Alan Strauber
photo (c) Alan Strauber
Onion Soup at Beekman Arms in Rhinebeck was a good idea
July 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Onion Soup at Beekman Arms in Rhinebeck was a good idea
Good Monday Morning from Breezy Hill
July 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Good Monday Morning from Breezy Hill
Paris - Louvre entry way - I.M. Pei, architect - photo (c) Alan Strauber
June 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Paris - Louvre entry way - I.M. Pei, architect - photo (c) Alan Strauber
Paris - drilling of Avenue de L'Opera - photo 1877 by Manville - Bibliotheque Historique de la Ville de Paris
June 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Paris - drilling of Avenue de L'Opera - photo 1877 by Manville - Bibliotheque Historique de la Ville de Paris
Paris - Avenue de L'Opera - view from the Louvre toward the Palais Garnier, Paris Opera - painting by Camille Pissarro, 1898
June 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Paris - Avenue de L'Opera - view from the Louvre toward the Palais Garnier, Paris Opera - painting by Camille Pissarro, 1898
Petit Chateau on the grounds of Chateau de Chantilly in Chantilly, France - built around 1560 for Anne de Montmorency, a duke and constable who served under several French kings. He was named after Queen Anne.
#photography #architecture #France
photo (c) Alan Strauber
#photography #architecture #France
photo (c) Alan Strauber
June 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Petit Chateau on the grounds of Chateau de Chantilly in Chantilly, France - built around 1560 for Anne de Montmorency, a duke and constable who served under several French kings. He was named after Queen Anne.
#photography #architecture #France
photo (c) Alan Strauber
#photography #architecture #France
photo (c) Alan Strauber
Palais de Tuileries - Paris - begun 1564, burned 1871, demolished 1882. Philiber de l'Orme, of Lyon, architect before build out to the Louvre. Napoleon Bonaparte & Louis XIV's primary residence & others. view before 1882 across the Seine - Gustave LeGrey, photographer. #photography #architecture
May 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Palais de Tuileries - Paris - begun 1564, burned 1871, demolished 1882. Philiber de l'Orme, of Lyon, architect before build out to the Louvre. Napoleon Bonaparte & Louis XIV's primary residence & others. view before 1882 across the Seine - Gustave LeGrey, photographer. #photography #architecture
Good Morning from Breezy Hill in the beautiful Hudson Valley
April 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Good Morning from Breezy Hill in the beautiful Hudson Valley
My daffodils have arrived
April 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My daffodils have arrived
After years of sitting in my barn, I had my local bike shop restore my racing bicycle - I'll be spending part of what should be this beautiful day in the Hudson Valley on it.
April 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
After years of sitting in my barn, I had my local bike shop restore my racing bicycle - I'll be spending part of what should be this beautiful day in the Hudson Valley on it.
Starter for my last dinner in Lyon, France at the Bocuse Brasserie Le Sud - Fish Soup from Marseille. Shredded Emmenthal Cheese provided along with hard bread for the soup. I had never had anything like it - Lyon may be France's culinary capitol. #food #FrenchCuisine #lyon
photo (c) Alan Strauber
Starter for my last dinner in Lyon, France at the Bocuse Brasserie Le Sud - Fish Soup from Marseille. Shredded Emmenthal Cheese provided along with hard bread for the soup. I had never had anything like it - Lyon may be France's culinary capitol. #food #FrenchCuisine #lyon
photo (c) Alan Strauber
April 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Starter for my last dinner in Lyon, France at the Bocuse Brasserie Le Sud - Fish Soup from Marseille. Shredded Emmenthal Cheese provided along with hard bread for the soup. I had never had anything like it - Lyon may be France's culinary capitol. #food #FrenchCuisine #lyon
photo (c) Alan Strauber
Starter for my last dinner in Lyon, France at the Bocuse Brasserie Le Sud - Fish Soup from Marseille. Shredded Emmenthal Cheese provided along with hard bread for the soup. I had never had anything like it - Lyon may be France's culinary capitol. #food #FrenchCuisine #lyon
photo (c) Alan Strauber
Palais Garnier, Paris Opera - Paris - Staircase Chandeliers - photo (c) Alan Strauber #Photography #Opera #Architecture #Paris #InteriorDesign #Europe
April 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Palais Garnier, Paris Opera - Paris - Staircase Chandeliers - photo (c) Alan Strauber #Photography #Opera #Architecture #Paris #InteriorDesign #Europe
Clock - Musee d'Orsay - Paris
photo (c) Alan Strauber
photo (c) Alan Strauber
April 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Clock - Musee d'Orsay - Paris
photo (c) Alan Strauber
photo (c) Alan Strauber
Eiffel Tower Study 2 - photo (c) Alan Strauber #photography #architecture #design #Paris #France #Europe
April 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Eiffel Tower Study 2 - photo (c) Alan Strauber #photography #architecture #design #Paris #France #Europe
Eiffel Tower - Study number 7 - photo (c) Alan Strauber
#architecture #Paris #France #Design #Europe #Art #Photography
#architecture #Paris #France #Design #Europe #Art #Photography
April 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Eiffel Tower - Study number 7 - photo (c) Alan Strauber
#architecture #Paris #France #Design #Europe #Art #Photography
#architecture #Paris #France #Design #Europe #Art #Photography