Throughout the past few months, it has been harder than ever to understand ideas and experiences of place, and the forces that contribute to their…
View More A Book Cover and Pride of PlaceModified Dystopia, I Salute You
With apologies to Julius Caesar, all pandemic rail transport behavior is divided into three parts.
View More Modified Dystopia, I Salute YouBack to Two Rivers in Transcendental Times
Soon, after almost three years, we’ll be less Thames-side on a daily basis, replacing its ever-evolving majesty with the scaled-down realities of the Rivers Lambourn…
View More Back to Two Rivers in Transcendental TimesObserving Pandemic Patterns
If anyone doubted how concerns for public safety and associated protective rules guide human behavior, take a look at the seating configurations depicted above. In…
View More Observing Pandemic PatternsSampling the Richmond Park Experience
Richmond Park is to many the most significant urban natural space in the United Kingdom. Yet, London visitors from overseas (when visits are possible) make…
View More Sampling the Richmond Park ExperienceRevisiting the Lenses and Landscapes of Place
We all feel the remarkable lack of control over the day-to-day, many of us for the first time. Today effortlessly merges with yesterday; washing hands,…
View More Revisiting the Lenses and Landscapes of PlaceA Pandemic Escape to a West Berkshire Field
After months inside, the outside certainly beckons, an invitation to explore from an old and treasured friend. Where better than where the Romans walked, across…
View More A Pandemic Escape to a West Berkshire FieldSustaining a City’s Culture and Character–A Visual Sampler
The essays and photographs exhibited on this website are a serialized prequel to Sustaining a City’s Culture and Character: Principles and Best Practices (Rowman and…
View More Sustaining a City’s Culture and Character–A Visual SamplerIf You are Still Staying Home, I Understand
I suppose that walking to church in 1285, the village resident had risks to consider when going outside versus staying home. After yesterday, I have…
View More If You are Still Staying Home, I UnderstandIn Search of Context in ‘Alfresco Twickenham’
During the relative calm of July in the United Kingdom, when the COVID curve is flattened (for now), it is time to explore. I discussed…
View More In Search of Context in ‘Alfresco Twickenham’