As most visitors to Stamford, Connecticut might attest, this is a city and downtown in search of its center and whose history is not immediately apparent. Founded in the 17th century, very few relics from the colonial era and 18th and 19th century heritage are present. This issue is put into stark contrast by a … Read more
Outside of the Old Nassau County Courthouse is a statue of President Theodore Roosevelt. In 2005 then Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi led a groundbreaking for restoration of this building that Theodore Roosevelt laid a cornerstone for when running for Vice-President of the United States. The Roosevelt Memorial was Paul Manship’s last major work. … Read more
The 34th Street Partnership began in 1992 as a plan to clean up the district, but expanded its services to planning and design. 34th street had been filthy with piles of garbage on the street. The Next American City magazine quoted Daniel Biederman, president of the BID, on improvements made: “Literally overnight, the garbage disappeared … Read more
Knitting graffiti in Austin, Texas. Photo from author, 2012. Montague Street Business Improvement District worked with Knitta Please to install “knit grafitti” throughout their district. Installations have been done by Knitta Please as far away as the Great Wall of China and a bus in Mexico. They were asked to help organize a public event … Read more
The Baltimore Heritage Walk is a heritage trail that links together twenty historic sites and museums in Baltimore, Maryland. The trail is 3.2 miles long. The trail is marked at various places by brass markers inset in the sidewalk, and in several languages including English, Irish Gaelic, and Hebrew. These translations give the walk a … Read more
View Larger Map The United States Navy Memorial at 7th between Pennsylvania Avenue and Indiana Avenue honors those who served or are currently serving in the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and the Merchant Marine. Admiral Arleigh Burke brought a group together in 1977 to being work on a Navy Memorial. Congress authorized … Read more
Merchants Square, first conceived in 1927, is one of the earliest if not the first planned shopping district in the U.S. When the Colonial Williamsburg restoration was being envisioned, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin realized businesses in Williamsburg would need to be given their own dedicated space. Thus this new dedicated shopping … Read more
We made a quick visit to Williamsburg after Christmas. While much of the tour is hazy, we did get this picture of the three dimensional map of Colonial Williamsburg.
Easton, Maryland, is located on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake, 90 minutes by car from Washington, D.C. The Easton Main Street program in recent years appears to have been at the forefront of promoting Easton. According to their website, approximately 75,000 people are attracted to the Easton area each year through “producing and sponsoring … Read more
While not exactly the same vantage point, at least I captured some of the colors just before dusk when the last rays of the sun paint the underside of the clouds. To the left is a stained glass window by Louis Comfort Tiffany in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, while to the … Read more