“Buy, Eat, Live local” shirts in a downtown Blacksburg store. The Blacksburg Farmers Market has an impressive looking permanent pavilion structure. The large lawn that is adjacent provides plenty of space for the public to spread out and spend some time. We walked around campus and said hello to Chrissy’s brother Mike who was attending Virginia Tech at the time.
Glass + Mirror Craft has produced four illuminated laminated towers that are located along Detroit’s historic Woodward Avenue. In this sculptural project, Glass+Metal Craft laminated two pieces of glass with a thermoplastic interlayer. During the day they have an aqua color accented by dark colored illustrations. At night they are illuminated, guiding people along the over 20 mile length of
New London was founded in 1646 by John Winthrop, the younger, who chose this shore-ringed “plantation” for its excellent harbor. This land, with its great natural assets, became one of the largest whaling ports in the country in the mid-19th century. As this industry waned, manufacturing flourished bringing an influx of foreign labor. A heritage walk of 30 bronze plaques,
While in Central Park we saw banners doubling as wayfinding helping to orient people with the park. Having visited from Oyster Bay, we took significant interest in the wayfinding panel urging people to visit the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall. Theodore Roosevelt’s father founded the American Museum of Natural History. In 1936 the Memorial Hall was named after Theodore Roosevelt. A
Roe Tavern was built in 1703. It’s where Washington spent the night on April 22, 1790. Austin Roe, the inn keeper, was one of Washington’s spies. Sadly the tavern was destroyed in 1936. The memory of it lives on the form of a historic marker. Historical figures are remembered on the raised relief sculpture on the gable end of the
Inside the Museum of Natural History is a diorama depicting lower Manhattan around 1660. Peter Stuyvesant, then Governor of New York, is attended by a solider. They are receiving a delegation of Hackensack Indians from what is now Jersey City. On the left are the walls of the northwest bastion of the old fort which guarded the harbor. This fort
MASS MoCA is the jewel of North Adams attracting people in search of contemporary art. Going around town there are ample signs of an emerging arts scene from galleries, to theater, to public art. Mills are an important part of the identity of North Adams. These posters in a door describe several of them – the Eclipse Mill, Windsor Mill,
The Ithaca-Owego Railroad is the second chartered in the state and incorporated June 28, 1828. It crossed the village park to a terminus on the side of Ahwaga Park. The Tioga County Court House was built in 1872. Tioga promotes itself as “the Coolest Small Town in America.” The only problem with a title like that, is the least cool
A wooden bridge was built nearby in 1828 to carry traffic from Detroit and Pontiac to the village of Ann Arbor. Lower Town is near where the trails of the Potawatomi and other Indian tribes crossed the Huron River. Anson Brown’s Exchange Block was built in 1832. This is the oldest surviving commercial building in Ann Arbor. New York native