Day two hundred and sixty-one: I joined the Undine Barge Club this week, so I can row regularly. This very rapid sketch is Undine’s boathouse, based on a very old photo I saw hanging in the stairway. The building was designed by notable modern architect, Frank Furness, and was built in 1882. It looks about the same today, except now it is crowded on either side with other clubhouses on boathouse row. I colored the Schuylkill River blue, because the ancient photograph seems to have been hand tinted, although only the blue remains today. Maybe someday I’ll make a more complete sketch of the boathouse, but I’m so tired from rowing all weekend, I’m too tired to try any more than this.
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