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The it’s not my fault that Chris Evans is too hot meme (46/∞)

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Chris Evans as Steve Rogers Captain America: The Winter Soldier

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Sunday Steve - Day 13.5: What Did a Tenement Look Like?

As a follow up to my tenement building post, I've done my best to find a collection of photos to show what apartments Steve lived in could have looked like. As I mentioned in my earlier Sunday Steve post, a lot of tenement pictures were taken specifically because of the poor conditions, so I tried to find pictures that would show a side of tenements we might not usually see.

Tenement playground, circa 1900-1937 (Link)

Contemporary photos

Interior stairwell, 1937. (Link)

Look at the wallpaper! Also I can just imagine children playing in that nook there, using it like a fort or something.

Interior between 1900 and 1910. (Link)

Look at all the pictures on the walls, the patterned and no doubt colourful table cloth and the decorative elements of the stove! This apartment looks like it has a gas stove and lights.

(part of me does wonder if this photo was staged to some extent, perhaps to advertise the new laws going in (?), but that's only a theory.)

Kitchen interior with sink and icebox, 1935. (Link)

You can see the draped curtains, the mirror above the sink and the cloth on top of the fridge. The shelf with all the jars has been recovered with a decorative trim and the floor is patterned linoleum.

Family at kitchen table in a dumb-bell tenement, circa 1935. Note the angled kitchen window by the stove looking into an air shaft. (Link)

(The Barnes family anyone?) Again, patterned, clean floors, a gas stove, what may be a folded up bed in the left-hand upper corner. Five toothbrushes above the sink, a mirror above the shelf, the trim on the shelf itself. I think the dark thing next to the boxes in the lower right-hand corner might be toy pram.

Interior view of dressing table and toilet, 1936. (Link)

Typical small toilet, probably built after the New Law required them. Note the pretty framed photo of religious figures on top of the dressing table, what I think is an electric curling iron next to it, and the sculpting details of the wall pillar.

Reconstruction

But black and white photos don't give us a full idea of what things would be like. Luckily, there is Tenement Museum in Manhattan that has 1910 and 1930 Old Law restored tenement apartments.

Outside of museum and stairs leading up. (Link)

This tenement is 5 floors, which is standard for Old Law. New Law tenements were often higher. The tenement, like many tenements, had a store front on the street level.

If you look carefully you can see the tin-plated ceilings. Note how you can see a painting on the wall across from the stairs. In the tour they discuss how these were people's homes and they decorated them and were proud of them too.

Images of a 1910 style apartment. (Link) (Link)

These tenements are 3 rooms, bedroom, kitchen and parlour. Note the bed in the kitchen where Steve could've slept. This could also be a place for a crib for a baby. These apartments have shared toilets in the halls that were for two families.

Also look at the green and red walls! So much colour! And the pictures hung on the walls! There's a rug on the floor, doilies and a cushion on the couch, a patterned curtain behind the door... I wanted to highlight the homeyness.

Kitchen of 1930s style apartment. (Link) (Link)

With these photos you can see the three rooms of this tenement. A small bedroom by the front door, a kitchen and a living room past it. The apartments for this building were electrified in 1924, so they have lights, and a radio and an electric fan in the living room.

The apartment had coin operated gas, which could be the black box on the wall by the front door. The gas also connects to a water heater for this apartment which can't really be seen, but it is connected to the stove.

The built in shelves by the table was custom built by the father of the family living here. Residents often painted or wallpapered their space when moving in to make it their own. According to the Tenement Museum, linoleum flooring was really common, and you can see how this apartment has linoleum designed to look like a rug.

Living room and bedroom of the same 1930 apartment. (Link) (Link)

The living room isn't very staged, I'm not sure why since I haven't taken the tour. There is a disassembled bed frame against the left wall, so it's possible a bed is usually set up in this room for the parents. Also the former resident of the apartment said it was sparsely furnished, so they may be trying to recreate that.

The ice box for this family is kept on the fire escape, which is not shown.

In the window of the living room you can see green plants. These are morning glories the father planted in re-purposed cheese boxes. According to the former resident, they got the cheese through welfare aid, and cheese always seemed to be in surplus from that program. The apartment has electricity and there is an electric fan on on the dresser with the mirror.

The second photo shows the bedroom, which is that angled room next to the front door in the kitchen. The red cloth covered thing in is a bed that was shared by two siblings and folded up and covered every day.

Look at all the colour! The patterned linoleum floors! The climbing flowers in the living room window! The radio in the nook by the kitchen table! These places were not dreary and brown just because they were old or cheap.

Recollections from the previous resident:

Rosaria [her mother] decorated the apartment by draping fabrics everywhere: lacy curtains at the windows, coverlets in the beds, skirts across the shelving that Adolfo [her father] built into the walls. The family kept birds as pets. They cultivated flowers; morning glories twined at the window. The radio played, day and night, as they laughed with Amos and Andy, hummed along with Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, and followed the puzzling, upper-middle-class lives of One Man's Family. (Link)

Also, when the previous resident came back to see the tenement museum of her childhood apartment, she noted that the place was messier than her mother ever kept it, so they fixed that. Tenements could be very clean and well kept, especially since cleanliness and health were something people judged.

I really wanted to show that while small and cheap, Steve’s apartments would have still been full of life and colour.

Tenement Museum hall toilet, circa 1904-1935 (Link)

I don't know what time period the museum has this toilet as, but you can see how small it was, and also that it has bright yellow walls!

This toilet has a leaflet of papers on the back wall, probably for toilet paper. As my toilet paper post discussed, toilet paper became more common with indoor plumbing due to clogged pipes and such, so I imagine this is early 1900s. I'm fairly certain Steve would be used to using toilet paper!

What's with all the indoor windows?

A lot of Old Law tenements have windows leading from one room to another. These are for airflow and light. They are also a sneaky way the landlords tried to get around the law that every room had to have a window. The New Law later required the windows to actually have access outside.

These windows are also known as tuberculosis windows. While they may have been a cop-out by landlords, they were still intended to improve airflow and light in narrow tenements which would otherwise have only one outward facing window.

I hope this overview gave you a broader understanding of what tenements could look like and some appreciation of the ways people brightened up their homes.

Many more tenement pictures found here:

This link has a lot more interior shots, but also some with homicide victims (!), so approach at your own risk.

This link has more images of the Tenement Museum, showing other bedrooms from different eras and different tenement rooms. While some are styled as late 1890s era apartments, they still reflect what rooms and life would and could have looked like.

Sunday Steve Masterpost

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Ultimate Universe (2023) #1

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#steve rogers #steve my beloved #avengers assemble

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#pretty boy #chris evans

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Steve’s day job is the Avengers, but it’s his night job that really takes it out of him.

Avengers #222 (1982)

#STEVE ROGERS #steve my beloved #comics #everything special

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Kind characters are not boring; in fact, due to the vast amount of people who hold that opinion, kind characters are as edgy as it gets. In this essay I will

#STEVE ROGERS #this is so steve coded #steve my beloved #everything special

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Halloween Fic Recs 2023 Week 3: Stucky + SamSteveBucky

Spooky story month continues with fics featuring Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers (and a couple with Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson as a bonus!)

Red Thread by Vulcanodon (@rue-the-aardvark) (Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Explicit, 29,154 words)

Summary: "Under three feet of solid ice and nestled tightly in dark roots, it was impossible to tell whether Steve was dead or sleeping. The ice could have been glass it was so transparent, and Bucky could see faint traces of pink on Steve’s nose and cheeks. His eyes were shut, and he was completely and utterly still. There was no possible way that a human could still be alive. But Steve was more than human. And besides, he had survived it before." Steve Rogers is missing, his last known location a seemingly abandoned little town known as White Oaks. When all attempts to find him fail, Natasha Romanov calls in the services of the Winter Soldier. Until now Bucky Barnes has been lying low in New York and trying slowly to piece together the shattered fragments of his identity. But in order to bring Steve back, Bucky will have to face not only the darkness that lies beneath the placid surface of White Oaks but stay one step ahead of his own demons...

Haunted by ElisabethMonroe (@abarbaricyalp) (SamSteveBucky, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Mature, 12,412 words)

Summary: Seeking refuge in a storm after a fight, Sam, Steve, and Bucky get more than they bargained for from a haunted house

The rest below the cut!

Steve Rogers Ruins Christmas: a Thanksgiving Miracle by AggressiveWhenStartled (@aggressivewhenstartled) (SamSteveBucky, Teen And Up Audiences, 11,520 words)

Note: I know this is a Christmas/Thanksgiving story but again, ghosts = spooky = halloween

Summary: “I know I spent a while frozen in the arctic,” Steve said as he slowly reshut the driver’s side door and stepped back to take in the view. “So I guess I haven’t had a chance to see everything here in the future. But I was not expecting a Bavarian-themed Taco Bell with the KFC guy standing out front wearing lederhosen.” Also available as a podfic read by quietnight (@quietnighty)

dance with a ghost by crinklefries (@spacerenegades) (Teen And Up Audiences, 11,634 words)

Summary: “Captain America is haunting me,” Bucky says over a bowl of ramen. His pronouncement is met with a round of silence. “Captain America,” Natasha says. “As in--” “The first Avenger,” Bucky confirms. “Supersoldier and hero of World War II. The fabric of the American conscience.” “But he’s--dead,” Sam says. His look of perplexed concern, ever perplexed and ever concerned, only increases. “You’re aware of that, right?” “I know,” Bucky says. “That’s why I said he’s haunting me.” Also available as a podfic read by lightupstars

Ophelia Rising by velvetjinx (@velvetjinx) (Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Explicit, 5,002 words)

Summary: When Steve and Bucky move in together in a small town in upstate New York, they both feel like their lives couldn't get any better. But there's just something about Bucky's grandmother's doll that makes Steve uneasy.

Mandatory Disclosure Not Required by leveragehunters (Monkeygreen) (@leveragehunters) (Teen And Up Audiences, 6,991 words)

Summary: Stigmatised property is property which may be shunned for reasons other than its physical condition. Reasons like a murder or a belief that it's haunted. Most jurisdictions require mandatory disclosure to a buyer where the property's stigmatised nature could affect its value. There's no such requirement to inform renters. Steve should have asked more questions, but a two bedroom apartment with good light in that part of the city? At that price? He couldn't say no. He needed a place to live at a price he could afford and, well, gift horses and mouths, he wasn't going to look too closely. There was a reason the apartment was so cheap. There was a reason tenants didn't last. There was always a reason for everything. Steve should have remembered that. He was about to be reminded, because his name might be on the lease, but it wasn't his apartment. Something already lived there.

It's a Ghost Story (baby just say yes) by moontyrant (Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, General Audiences, 11,262 words)

Summary: There are an infinity of universes in potentia. In one, Bucky Barnes was born in the early twentieth century, followed Steve Rogers into a crusade against Hydra, was captured and became the Winter Soldier. In another universe, Bucky Barnes was born in the 1980s and grew up to spend his weekends busting ghosts. “And this guy is legit?” Clint asked for the third time, eyebrows making a break for his hairline.Tony threw his hands in the air. “How should I know! He has some reviews online but it’s not like he has a website or anything.”

The Soul That You Used by WillowPerpetua (Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Explicit, 21,412 words)

Summary: Bucky Barnes wandered the earth as a ghost for seventy years. He found solace in the medium, Natasha, who gave him shelter, company, and one day, signed him up for an online dating service in the hope that he might find somebody else to talk to.Steve was the man he found. "Bucky did not know Steve, no, but he knew Steve’s type. He met many men in hostels and train stations, and while he had never before found the courage to touch them—even through somebody else’s hands—he had discovered the uniquely visceral brand of danger that they all craved in common."

The Afterlife of The Party by neversaydie (Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Mature, 8,433 words)

Summary: "Oh no. Hell no." Bucky freezes with his hand halfway to the giant ornamental vase the new family have just unpacked. Smashing it would be the perfect way to announce himself on moving day: a big, stylish gesture that's ambiguous enough to leave them feeling only slightly unnerved until he decides things need to escalate. That is, it would be the perfect way to announce himself if a skinny blond kid hadn't just walked through the living room wall. "This house is taken, pal. What the fuck?" "Uh, this is my family." The kid is standing there awkwardly, like they're still corporeal and he might have to duck or deliver a punch in the near future. "This is my house." He narrows his eyes and slowly gets to his feet. The guy's eyes keep flicking to his missing arm and Bucky is starting to see red. "And I don't appreciate other people living in it." [in which Dead Dorks in Love, awkward ghost sex, and a whole lot of accidental feelings happen]

#bulkyphrase recs #fics #ao3

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Steve Rogers being adorable.

#one thing that never fails to make me emotional #is the awe steve has when he notices the advancements of the future #like damn he died to preserve this and....it's not so bad after all #imagine how much more depressed he'd be if the future was a post-apocalyptic hellscape #steve rogers #pro steve rogers #everything special #steve my beloved

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Emily Vancamp as Sharon Carter in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”

#steve rogers #steve rogers meta #everything special #steve my beloved #catws

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Why does Chris Evans always grab his left boob when he laughs?

Hello, anon, and thank you for the question.

This topic has been studied by researchers for years. There are three prevailing theories that I will relay to you now.

1. It keeps him on the ground.

You may notice in the gif above that Chris’ leg starts to rise as he laughs, possibly a precursor to his entire body undergoing a sort of lift off due to his joy. Chris then employs his upper body strength to force himself to obey the laws of gravity.

2. To check on his physique.

As you may be aware, anon, it takes a lot of hard work to maintain a superhero body. Chris is concerned that in the time he has spent sitting down, sans working out or eating, he has lost muscle mass. Understandably, he feels the need to make sure that he is still a specimen.

3. Object permanence.

Object permanence is a term applied to the understanding that an object still exists even when you cannot see it. Chris closes his eyes when he laughs, making him unable to see that he has not disappeared. By grabbing his left boob, Chris knows that he has not somehow ceased to exist.

I hope this helps.

#Chris Evans #ect

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Speaking of Howard and Maria .. do you think they beefed or were at odds when it came to how to parent Tony?

Sorry it took so long to get to this! I opened it, thought about it, and forgot to ever post my answer!

This is a hard question for me simply because, as I say, we have no info on Maria. I can only guess, so my take would be....No, I don't think they were at odds on how to parent Tony because Maria would be doing the parenting anyways 90% of the time and Howard would parent in other ways like, maybe take him to the workshop which I can't see Maria being against.

If anything, they probably mostly were at odds with Howard not being as affectionate as he should have been towards Tony...but also maybe not...I'm trying to keep the time period in mind here - Was this the time period where fathers were commonly a distant, authoritative figure? Because if so, they probably didn't argue about that either!

I could see Maria bringing up how Howard only ever seemed to criticize Tony to his face and talk well of him when he wasn't around, but that's the extent of it, I think.

I might come back to this actually. I'll think about it more. Thank you anon!

#completely agree #especially on the maria point #i don't see maria as a saintly example of parenting either when it comes to tony #more affectionate? yeah. more understanding? ok sure. sufficiently present? ermmmm no. #i think she played mediator when she had to but i don't think she was in agony over the way their family operated in regards to tony #i don't think tony has the greatest example of parenting at all actually lol #And maybe that's why it took him 3 tries to get it right---WHO SAID THAT 👀?!

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Speaking of Howard and Maria .. do you think they beefed or were at odds when it came to how to parent Tony?

Sorry it took so long to get to this! I opened it, thought about it, and forgot to ever post my answer!

This is a hard question for me simply because, as I say, we have no info on Maria. I can only guess, so my take would be....No, I don't think they were at odds on how to parent Tony because Maria would be doing the parenting anyways 90% of the time and Howard would parent in other ways like, maybe take him to the workshop which I can't see Maria being against.

If anything, they probably mostly were at odds with Howard not being as affectionate as he should have been towards Tony...but also maybe not...I'm trying to keep the time period in mind here - Was this the time period where fathers were commonly a distant, authoritative figure? Because if so, they probably didn't argue about that either!

I could see Maria bringing up how Howard only ever seemed to criticize Tony to his face and talk well of him when he wasn't around, but that's the extent of it, I think.

I might come back to this actually. I'll think about it more. Thank you anon!

#howard stark #maria stark #tony stark #post office #thank you anon #trash gremlin stark

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Steve would be flame point siamese if he were a cat :) Rare, intelligent, decisive, affectionate (but independent), head of household, ect. Also, the color palette is perfect.

#steve rogers #steve my beloved #i want to write catboy steve so bad so if i do just know this will be his breed

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pick your battles. pick… pick fewer battles than that. put some battles back. that’s too many 

#steve rogers #steve my beloved