Tag: architecture
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October 25, 2007 05:26 PM EDT --
The Point is one of the oldest sections of Newport, going right back to the 1640s. Most of the houses on the lower end of the Point are restored colonials going back into the 1700s. Farther up Shingle . . .
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November 10, 2006 09:51 AM EST --
The Islamic world is filled with magnificent cities. Samarkand, Bukhara, Damascus, Cairo, Istanbul and Mecca are all at the top of any top ten list, but Isfahan is in a class of its own. A city where the . . .
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July 19, 2008 10:46 AM EDT --
"Bob, do you remember Wellesley Park when we were little? Aunt Betty used to take us over there to play in the large oval green in the middle of the park. I think you could get some really . . .
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October 05, 2008 02:09 AM EDT --
In July, while Mom was at the Quincy Medical Center, Fran and I would go over to Dorchester and stroll around the various neighborhoods with the intent of doing photo/essays on the beautiful Victorian . . .
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November 21, 2009 12:45 PM EST --
The Traveler's trilogy, got the third and final book from the library today, had to put my name on the waiting list to get it, but it is worth the wait to have it . . .
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March 13, 2007 06:29 PM EDT --
People with more money than brains (and no taste)
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November 20, 2007 05:05 PM EST --
Finally, a little order in the kitchen - the most important part of home, right? No, maybe that would be the bed, where you crash every night after unpacking boxes and working. I'm . . .
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January 02, 2009 10:09 AM EST --
Yesterday, Papa and I with the girls were invited over to our good friends for a New Year's Day Brunch. The Fullers live in an old 18th century Federalist style house on Lakenham Green. . . .
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January 04, 2009 01:53 AM EST --
Greetings Folks. I am once again here in my lovely cottage that I call Isabel . Now, you've heard me tell of the woman who built and lived here for years and whose name I have graciously . . .
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September 27, 2009 06:16 AM EDT --
If Perth is regarded as a cosmopolitan city with tall skyscrapers and large explanades along the Swan River then I would say Fremantle is a hot, trendy city overlooking the Indian Ocean. Much of . . .
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September 27, 2009 07:02 PM EDT --
The "Swan River Colony" was established as a British colony for free settlers in 1829. Convicts did not arrive until 1850. Nevertheless, the first permanent building was a gaol. The . . .
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April 13, 2007 09:37 PM EDT --
The city of Redlands, California, located approximately half way in between Los Angeles and Palm Springs off of Interstate 10, is a lovely historical California city incorporated in 1888. It was . . .
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March 11, 2008 03:59 PM EDT --
I took a walk down to the beach and back this morning. These are some of the things that caught my eye.
Easter is so early this year that I was wondering if there would be any Spring flowers up in . . .
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March 25, 2008 07:00 PM EDT --
After a library visit this morning I went around the Spring St. and Bellevue Ave. area with the camera looking for interesting architectural details, the idea coming from the patina-ed bronze spire on . . .
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August 07, 2009 09:57 PM EDT --
On a bluff overlooking the Little Wabash river, they built 3 mansions. The middle and biggest one was built for the Dental associations CEO. The other 2 were built shortly after but . . .
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June 25, 2008 10:30 AM EDT --
There's a neat birds eye view of a place up by the nearby university.
That's student housing. I'm pretty sure that the housing was built not too too long ago. I like the . . .
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December 31, 2008 07:51 PM EST --
There is hardly a town or city in New England that doesn't have a classic white church. The religous affiliations vary from Unitarian, to Baptist, to Congregational and Epsicopal, but they guard our . . .
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March 11, 2009 07:04 PM EDT --
My daughter lives in the lovely community known as Los Gatos . It is Spanish for "the cats." We lived nearby when she was a little girl and I used to teach preschool there . . .
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August 08, 2009 11:52 AM EDT --
Bremen located in northwestern Germany is a hidden gem. The old town, a small island in the Weser River, was surrounded by fortifications, a wall. Though the old wall had been removed the city council . . .
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September 12, 2009 01:04 PM EDT --
My dear friends - unfortunately, for many reasons, I had to stay out of Gather these last weeks, but now other poetic projects are under way, and I hope to publish them in the nearest future . . .
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