As a Hyde Parker, I really enjoyed this article! The Shoreland has a fascinating history. And, no, the side entrance is not a porte-cochère. Portes-cochère are covered spaces under which your coachman (later chauffeur) would drive to allow you to enter a building without being exposed to the elements. Clearly, he couldn't do that at the side entrance.
(Note: found you through Eric Zorn's Picayune-Sentinel, so you can thank him for a new subscriber)
Thanks Joan! Will pass that along to Eric for sure. And I'll go correct that now--your good common sense would have been useful when I originally wrote that.
As a Hyde Parker, I really enjoyed this article! The Shoreland has a fascinating history. And, no, the side entrance is not a porte-cochère. Portes-cochère are covered spaces under which your coachman (later chauffeur) would drive to allow you to enter a building without being exposed to the elements. Clearly, he couldn't do that at the side entrance.
(Note: found you through Eric Zorn's Picayune-Sentinel, so you can thank him for a new subscriber)
Thanks Joan! Will pass that along to Eric for sure. And I'll go correct that now--your good common sense would have been useful when I originally wrote that.