Category Archives: Tourism

Will You Be Part of TS2AS ?

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Times Square in the heart of New York City is renowned around the world for its over-the-top public advertising. It’s an urban wonderland of kinetic billboards, enormous video screens and non-stop tickers. But one 22 year-old design student from the … Continue reading →

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Travel by Gingerbread

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Brian D. Butler
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Hottest Tourist Destination for 2011

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Planning your next vacation trip? having trouble deciding where to go? How about visiting the site of the world’s worst civilian nuclear disaster? Beginning early Spring 2011, the area surrounding the ruined Chernobyl nuclear power plant and nearby towns and … Continue reading →

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Travel Books of the Year

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

The New York Times has released its “Books of the Year” List. The Travel list is diverse and well-chosen:            

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More Metro

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Metrobits.org has assmbled a comprehensive collection of metro logos from around the world. At last check their tally was 169 individual logos. But that’s not all, Metrobits has everything you ever wanted to know about metros everywhere.

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Just Your Typical NYC Station

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

The old City Hall Station, built in 1904 and decommissioned in 1945, is unlike any other New York City subway station. Filled with beautifully tiled vaults and arches, skylights, brass fittings and stained glass, it was once the terminus of … Continue reading →

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Will Herding Tourists Really Work

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

More than ever, many major cities are relying on the financial boost that tourists bring to the local economy. But local residents are driven bonkers by window shopping, suitcase dragging, sightseeing tourists who clog sidewalks and cause sidewalk gridlock. It … Continue reading →

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The Great Wall (You Never Heard Of)

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Everyone knows all about the Great Wall of China, but who has heard of Croatia’s Great Wall of Ston ? Although it’s just 35 miles from Dubrovnik, the medieval fortress-wall complex is one of Europe’s least visited historic sites. The … Continue reading →

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La Serenissima Republica ca. 1890

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

More from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog.

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Nationalism, Not Always Distasteful

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

  Cook, chemist and very clever food blogger Jen Che from Boston is the creative force behind the always entertaining Tiny Urban Kitchen blog, which has documented her personal travel history with “pizza flags”. Note the cunning use of mashed … Continue reading →

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