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 definition. With the nature of safety, equity, and human behavior in tangible spaces redefining every day, I’ve looked for grounding and meaningful events to offset […]
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 Littlefield, 2020/21). You may recall the excerpt from the book’s Introduction, featured on July 8, as well as references to the book’s general approach in […]
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 Church Street in Twickenham last month as a stage for the mythical “Equity Street in Pandemica.” Today I returned to examine how the street has […]
We all live in the city of Pandemica. With apologies to Italo Calvino, it is time to reconsider a current “road closed” image of historic Church Street in Twickenham (retitled Equity Street in Pandemica for just a moment). The setting on display may be symbolic of a return to the […]
Ten years ago, I wrote a short, inspirational piece about hill towns. Yesterday, as I regarded the still-noticeable configuration of Richmond upon Thames–rising up to the spire of St Matthias Church–the “hill town nuance” once again reminded me of past urban forms that responded to the particular forces influencing human […]
