As we emerge from the pandemic, why center only on architectural compatibility or placemaking listicles? Why not admit the common adage, that the city–and its…
View More Place Parts, Episode 10: Choreographing Place, with Sherry DobbinPlace Parts, Episode 8: About the Lady Well and a Cure
Today, in Episode 8, I depart from recent episodes built around interviews. Rather, I offer a contemplative walk to a local setting that seems even…
View More Place Parts, Episode 8: About the Lady Well and a CureSustaining Community in Pandemica
Let’s talk about the hyperlocal places of Pandemica, where the successes of sustaining community may live or die. They are on my mind this New…
View More Sustaining Community in PandemicaPhoto of the Year: We Are Still Open
I took a photo yesterday that explains the year. It’s about adaptation, and, ultimately, survival. It also addresses another dilemma: depending on the context of…
View More Photo of the Year: We Are Still Open‘Place-Healing’ Revisited
Just for a moment, return with me to just a few months ago. Most everywhere, the need for urban retrofits and recalibration to avoid disease…
View More ‘Place-Healing’ RevisitedWatering Can as Symbol: Sustenance in a Sustainable Place
In these times, is it an outright elitist thing to run around with a Leica M-10P waxing poetic about how how to sustain the culture…
View More Watering Can as Symbol: Sustenance in a Sustainable 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 YouObserving 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 PatternsA 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 Field