Field Notes: Precarious Beer Hall – Williamsburg, Virginia
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The 30th Street Station in Philadelphia became a place for some excitin innovation in November 2011. This is when a drive for vehicle pick-up and drop-off was converted to a people-friendly plaza. This was achieved through the addition of food trucks, a beer garden, plantings, and plenty of space for people to spread out.
Moved to Downtown – Hanover, Pennsylvania – Isaac Kremer
This handsome building on a corner pie-shaped lot, has a graceful rounded corner and a round tower with conical roof rising above the cornice line and through the sloped roof. Round arched windows on the second floor have banding betwen the sash and the springing of the arch. This three-story brick building has an extra fourth floor beneath the mansard
We approached downtown Vineland for the first time through this alley. While a little bare, clearly effort was expended to make it more welcoming with lighting, banners, pavement, and some planting. Landis Avenue is overly wide with front in parking a service lane for parking to help vehicles reenter the street, and then traffic lanes going in either direction. The
Market Common in Clarendon has a combination of a brewpub and roastery. This gives them an opportunity to have product available throughout the day from coffee, to lunch, to hand crafted brews, and gourmet dinner. Beer barrels are creatively adapted and reused to make the benches for tables inside and the sidewalk sign. Once inside the use of wood, brick,
As we approached Greensboro for the first time in 2018, public art on this retaining wall indicated that Greensboro embraced creativity and made it part of the community identity. Lebauer Park is a focal point of the community. Linear in orientation, it provides connectivity between the downtown and the children’s museum and library slightly on the outskirts. A mature tree
This public artwork is titled “Dressmaker’s Manikin with Drapery”. It is a permanent sculpture located at Kiwanis Place (at the corner of Ottawa Street North and Edinburgh Avenue) in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The primary piece is a draping study carved onto a headless, armless form resembling a dressmaker’s mannequin. It is a direct tribute to the historic Ottawa Street Fabric