Fotos: Robin Hood on Stanhope/Wyckoff
We walked past this row of buildings with two faces in the lintels: one that looks like Robin Hood and another that looks like a Victorian lady. I’m sure there’s some historical cultural context that would make this make sense.
September 28th, 2007 at 1:55 am
Well it’s not actually Robin Hood, but it was an extremely popular form of decoration among builders and stone masons who were from Germany or Italy from roughly 1890-1920. The faces that you see on many of these buildings represent Nordic Mythology, the signs of the zodiac, mythical gods, and wagnerian opera themes
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:21 am
what’s up lintels on the edge of the building?? they look like they’re sitting in the middle of nowhere…