The Art Houses of Naoshima
January 2018 The Art House Project was a large leap into the lives of the locals of Naoshima Island. There…
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An Art and Architecture Heaven on Earth – Benesse Art Site
January 2018 Benesse – To Live Well The biggest employer on Naoshima is a Mitsubishi metals processing plant, but due…
The Older Architecture of Sapporo
December 2017 Getting around Hokkaido in the winter is not the easiest of tasks, so this trip is limited to…
Otaru on the Sea of Japan
December 2017 Otaru is a lovely little town situated on Ishikari Bay of the Sea of Japan. It was an…
Detroit’s Renaissance
The Book Building at 1249 Washington Blvd, Downtown Detroit So much has been written about Detroit’s decline, and yet so…
One Architectural Day in Athens
October 25, 2016 Athens held the Olympics in 2004, and its stadium, like many after the Olympics, is abandoned and…
Yörük Köyü
October 2016 This is really an adjunct to the post on Safranbolu. The town of Yörük Köyü is just a…
Safranbolu, Turkey
October 6, 2016 In researching about the homes of Safranbolu I came across the Gülevi Safranbolu dissertation on the history,…
Casa de Velazquez
Parque Cespedes Santiago de Cuba Diego Valazquez was the first governor of Cuba. He was a cruel despot by all…
Parque del Ajedrez or Chess Park
Santo Tomás and Enramada Streets Santiago de Cuba This small corner park was designed by American architect Walter Betancourt. Betancourt…
Tulum, Mexico
The city of Tulum is not something to write home about. It, like Cancun and Playa del Carmen developed due…
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
October 2015 Jim Thorpe was originally called Mauch Chunk (Bear Place in the Lenape Indian Language). It is the seat…
Lackawanna Station – Scranton, PA
October 2015 This is now the Radisson Hotel, however, it originally was the Lackawanna Train Station a vital piece in…
Cotton is King
May 2015 Savannah, Georgia is like other towns in the United States that have a plethora of historic architecture. They…
Santiago de Cuba
It is April 2015 and I have returned to Cuba. This time I am traveling with a Cuban national, one…
Guantanamo
April 2015 I have come to Guantánamo to visit my friends family. This post is really just a walking tour…
Cienfuegos/Trinidad
After a buffet breakfast we were bound for Trinidad. Before leaving town we headed to the local Mercado. It was…
Bat to Bat Days in Louisville, Kentucky
July 2014 Louisville is an interesting town. Everyone knows it for the Kentucky Derby, and I have always wanted to…
MM&W meet LaFarge
Our day started at the Channing Memorial Church. (E. Boyden and Sons 1881). William Ellery Channing was the foremost Unitarian…
Dublin – Day One
Dublin February 2014 I am traveling with my friend Mari Zatman. We arrived at 9:00 am, which means for a…