The two women climbed out of the Honda and without a word wandered into the shotgun house. Yeeter was holding a newspaper and pointed to the ad Tangle had placed.
The grass stood well over a foot high, a miniature jungle surrounding the shotgun house. He cursed himself for slacking on his duties; he hadn't made a tour of the properties in a couple of weeks.
The next day Tangle threw his lawn mower into the bed of his pick-up and drove back over to the shotgun house. He knocked on the door and again nobody answered.
Tangle loaded his tools into his truck and made the twenty minute journey across town to the shotgun house.
Breathing through his mouth, Tangle walked back into the muggy shotgun house and replaced the piece in less than two minutes.
The next day he dropped by the shotgun house with a small box containing three bug bombs.
The shotgun situation
(As a child, the artist knew shack families; she drew in the dirt with sticks;
shotgun houses are found in the South; the Oconee River flows through Athens, Georgia, where the artist now lives; she believes "the spirit" of people is part of architectural structures.)
Beverly Buchanan: symbols of community
shout among the drowsing
shotgun houses. Say it's a town not far
Longing in Nebraska
Project Row House (2500 Holman; 713-526-7662; www.pro jectrowhouses.org) features 10
shotgun houses renovated as vibrant art studios and exhibition spaces.
Good for business: Houston is a hot spot for economic growth
Most of them depict the African American community in such contexts as beauty, cancer diaries, city scenes,
shotgun houses, and Hip Hop but one section deals with Palestine.
Family history memory; recording African American life
Alexander said this can happen to the simple and charming architecture of
shotgun houses in Mid-town, or Katrina cottages in Ocean Springs, or the Cotton District in Starkville.
Good architectural design standards for cities enhance the quality of life and the tax base
The shapes of the spaces recall the shoebox configuration of the traditional
shotgun houses that once filled the quarter, suggesting a metaphorical reuse of detritus.
A newer Orleans: six proposals
But what of the big remainder of the city up to Lake Pontchartrain, much of it
shotgun houses and public housing complexes?
Post-Katrina super manager: great idea, time is wasting
the house, brick & modern, is an oddity - sits prominently among
shotgun houses, cows, chickens, fish ponds, bait shops & trailer homes
Homecoming
The subject matter of Tape 1 includes an essay about the African heritage, the decorative arts of early (and current) African Americans,
shotgun houses, and ironwork.
African American Art: Past and Present