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Category Archives: Architecture
Not a bridge too far
The world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge has opened up high above the River Paiva in Arouca, Portugal. The bridge stretches for an incredible 516 meters (1,693 feet) across at an elevation of 175 meters (574 feet), offering picturesque views of … Continue reading
Underground History
Aboveground at Philadelphia’s famous Independence Mall visitors discover an impressive collection of monuments to American history. Often called the “Cradle of American Liberty,” the popular tourist site contains sculptures of Founding Fathers, buildings inside of which the U.S. Constitution was … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, History, Museums, Public Transport, Tourism, USA
Tagged Independence Mall, Liberty Bell, Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson, underground railroad
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When In Rome
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about Rome over the last few days because of the news that a new archeological site will be opening in the coming year in the heart of the Eternal City. If you haven’t heard, … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Architecture, Art, Europe, Film, History, Museums, Photography, Tourism
Tagged Italy, Rome, Timelapse
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A little nostalgic story
Books were an extraordinarily important part of my childhood and I tend to wax nostalgic when I run across a story online about one that I actually owned and read. This week, I happened on a piece about a book … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, History, USA, Writing
Tagged George Washington, Hudson River, lighthouse, New Jersey, New York City
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Paris For Free
Every time that I visit Paris, I go to the Louvre. In fact, on some trips I have gone twice in a week. It doesn’t look as though I’ll be popping in to France’s most iconic museum for quite a while. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, History, Museums, Tourism
Tagged France, Johannes Vermeer, Musée du Louvre, Paris
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Will the museum deserve an Oscar
Film lovers won’t be able to visit in-person until the doors open to the public on September 30, 2021, but new the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures programming will soon be available online. The pre-opening program includes a screening of … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Architecture, Art, Film, History, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged California, Cinema, Los Angeles
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NYC’s Tiniest Tourist Attraction
At the corner of Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue South in the West Village, in front of the iconic Village Cigars store, lies this blink-and-you’ll-miss-it mosaic embedded in the sidewalk. The triangle’s enigmatic message: “Property of the Hess Estate Which Has … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, History, Tourism, USA
Tagged Greenwich Village, New York City
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I Love Big Books
I wish we had an amazing institution like the fantastic Karabuk University’s library, in Karabuk, Turkey. Designed to look like a row of giant books on a shelf; it’s obvious from a distance what the building has to offer. Renowned … Continue reading
Reach Out
This new mural by the award winning young Dutch artist JDL (aka Judith de Leeuw) in Amsterdam’s grand Central Station is appropriately titled Closer in Distance. The tryptic mural reads like stills in an animation, with two hand gradually getting closer to … Continue reading
Two Ways To Avoid Suffering
The inferno of the living is not something that will be; if there is one, it is what is already here, the inferno where we live every day, that we form by being together. There are two ways to escape … Continue reading
