I thought I’d found every single pattern that there could possibly be, but lo and behold…. 2 more! Almost every pattern I’ve found can be found on many different homes, but these 2 so far […]
Can you get any more retro than an “atomic age” design? Can you see the overlapping circles if you focus at the intersection of any 4 blocks? This one can […]
One of the most common patterns is what I call the “butterfly”, but JJ thinks it’s a flower. Take your pick. When you build a stone screen with blocks that are the same forwards backwards […]
Pattern #17 in our series, seems to be everyone’s favorite when the subject of the decorative block walls comes up in conversation. We call them the “champaign bubbles”. I’ve seen […]
This is a fairly common design that can be found all over Vintage Las Vegas. It’s an “X with boxes in a box. But stop for a second and look at any 4 blocks at […]
Pattern Number 38 in our series is extremely rare. I only know of it in one place! Of course, putting a chainlink fence up immediately behind it was such a smart thing to do. It’s […]
Who would have thought that the power plant of Circus Circus would prove to be an interesting spot on the tour? MaryMargaret showed us the block screens surrounding the building. She was kind enough to […]
Our tour the other night and the subsequent discussions of the decorative block designs led me to do some homework on Edward Durell Stone. His NYC Brownstone is one his most famous and most hated […]
Antique radios on display at the Funk House Antiques. I have the blue one in the top left in my own collection of radios. We keep running into “Freddie Mercury”. […]
Today, there’s a renewed appreciation for them. They’re actually called “Stone Screen” after famed mid century modernist architect Edward Durell Stone” . I’ve been collecting pictures of the different patterns for over a year. I’ve […]