We visited campus in May to prepare for a return during the fall term in 2004 and our final year of graduate school. While visiting we made stops at some of our favorite sites including Sage Chapel. Libe Slope was being cleaned up following the end of the school year concert held here. The stage … Read more
The world-renowned Omega Institute just outside of Rhinebeck, New York, occupies many of the same buildings and is situated on the site of the previous Camp Boiberik. The event which started Camp Boiberik is when Favyl Holmshtok took a group of Sholem Aleichem Folk Shul students out to the country for a few weeks in … Read more
On December 31, 2001, Dennis Archer officially marked his final day in office as the 67th Mayor of Detroit, concluding an influential eight-year tenure spanning two terms. Rather than a single standalone celebration, this date represented the structural transition of Detroit’s executive leadership. Having chosen not to seek a third term, Archer’s departure made way … Read more
The Abel Bennett Location is the among the first electric streetcar suburbs in the State of New York and the United States. New York’s first electric streetcar trial was held in Binghamton consecutively with the planning of this neighborhood. Once completed the West End Railway passed through the center of this neighborhood, providing convenient access … Read more
From the 1830s to 1880s Houston’s Main Street was the economic center of the city linking together wharves, commercial buildings, public institutions, and neighborhoods. The development of railroads had little impact on Main Street. By 1910 enterprise and prosperity began to replace stately homes along Main Street. At the same time the automobile began to … Read more
Walking through the gorge it was just far enough away from buildings and the city to feel lost in nature for a moment. Anabel Taylor Hall and the war memorial made for a somber site. The sense of playfulness, inventiveness, and creativity was expressed on this pedestrian crossing sign. Finally, we visited the Ithaca Commons. … Read more
Sibley Hall is where I would end up spending an overwhelming majority of my academic time at Cornell. Visiting with my mom, we enjoyed exploring campus together. An educational aspiration of hers was to attend the veterinary program. While she ended up going to Michigan State University, she was excited for me to have an … Read more
It was a heady time in Detroit. Compuware was building a new headquarters. Campus Martius Park had not yet arisen. I took time to sit at the foot of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument and watch all of the activity happening around me – from the construction equipment moving and the tower rising up, to … Read more
The event held on November 28, 2001, at the Detroit Institute of Arts was a special program highlighting Albion College’s core institutional vision, “Liberal Arts at Work”, which emphasized the application of academic knowledge and wisdom toward improving the human condition. A central highlight of the evening’s program included celebrating the accomplishments and philanthropic spirit … Read more
The multi-story yellow building featured prominently in the background is part of the neo-traditional townhome and condominium design that defines Cherry Hill Village’s modern “New Urbanism” master plan. The townhomes feature the signature double-decker covered front porches, gabled roofs, and dormer windows designed by architecture firm Looney Ricks Kiss. In the background, you can see … Read more