Architectural Salvage Projects

Top-Tier Elegance: History Salvaged from Waldorf Astoria’s Bull and Bear Steakhouse Bar

Top-Tier Elegance: History Salvaged from Waldorf Astoria’s Bull and Bear Steakhouse Bar

Legendary as a gathering place for big-time financiers and fortune-seekers from the New York Stock Exchange, the Bull and Bear Prime Steakhouse at the Waldorf ...
Finds From Belmont Park,  Host to Old New York’s Equine Sporting Aristocracy

Finds From Belmont Park,  Host to Old New York’s Equine Sporting Aristocracy

A sweeping part of New York history is its horse racing legacy. For the first half of the 20th century, horse racing was embraced with ...
Corrugated Amber Glass from the Texas State Capitol: A History of Challenges and Persistence from the Lone Star State

Corrugated Amber Glass from the Texas State Capitol: A History of Challenges and Persistence from the Lone Star State

Cities are often known by their skylines, and the southern capital city of Austin, Texas is no exception. The Texas State Capitol building complex defines ...
The Greek Gods of the Vanderbilt Hotel Live on for Centuries to Come

The Greek Gods of the Vanderbilt Hotel Live on for Centuries to Come

Olde Good Things acquired a small quantity of 5-foot Greek god Dionysus and his wife goddess Ariadne. (Dionysus and Ariadne are Greek names. Bacchus and ...
What is Architectural Salvage and Its Impact on the World?

What is Architectural Salvage and Its Impact on the World?

Architectural salvage refers to the process of salvaging reusable building materials and architectural elements from buildings that are being demolished, renovated, or dismantled. These materials ...
Palace of Dreams: Brooklyn’s Grand Prospect Hall

Palace of Dreams: Brooklyn’s Grand Prospect Hall

Like all dreams with a storyline of gold, grandeur, and infamy that eventually must fade into memory, Brooklyn’s “Palace of Dreams” Grand Prospect Hall leaves ...
Recovery of 11 ft Art Deco Pendant Lights at NYC Art Deco Building

Recovery of 11 ft Art Deco Pendant Lights at NYC Art Deco Building

Located in Lower Manhattan near the World Trade Center, one will find 26 Cortlandt Street a highly Art Moderne / Art Deco bank building once ...
Grand Estate Turned Convent Gives Up Some of Its Well-Preserved Treasures

Grand Estate Turned Convent Gives Up Some of Its Well-Preserved Treasures

A pair of 1940s hand carved marble statues of ministering angels were rescued by Olde Good Things from a massive sugar baron’s estate with a ...
An Eerie History Leaves Behind Artifacts of a Grand Design

An Eerie History Leaves Behind Artifacts of a Grand Design

The decline and decay of the grandeur that was both the life cycle of a historic piece of architecture and a vision for the curing ...
First Shot Salvage Gems – Antique Marble Mantels

First Shot Salvage Gems – Antique Marble Mantels

Here see our latest arrivals of reclaimed items that will be appearing in our NYC stores within a matter of days.  These period white marble ...
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