From the dictionary:
Porn /pôrn/ – television programs, magazine, books, etc. that are regarded as emphasizing the sensuous or sensational aspects of a nonsexual subject and stimulating a compulsive interest in their audience. television shows, articles, photographs, etc., thought to cater to an excessive, irresistible desire for or interest in something:
a magazine filled with enticing food porn; an addiction to real-estate porn.
A new Facebook page, dedicated to the irresistible desire for and interest in Buffalo’s fabulous residential architecture, has quickly added content and members. Within just a few weeks the new page has gained almost 400 members who have compiled a portfolio of several dozen images and links showing off the high quality and breadth of styles represented in Buffalo’s amazing residential stock.
Here is how the site describes itself: Buffalo is a gosh-darned architecture museum, and it has some of the most beautiful (and, historic!) homes in the country. Let’s celebrate them and share beautiful house porn (and any interesting factoids about the properties). Nothing more, nothing less.
You are invited to join Buffalo House Porn, and share your irresistible pictures and stories of Buffalo’s houses. Its one of those few addictions that won’t ruin your life, that is, unless you are prone to house envy.
Two other related Facebook sites you might like are: Design Block – A site dedicated to improving the state of design in Buffalo and Preservation Ready Sites – a site dedicated to saving Buffalo’s valuable historic architectural resources.