Archive for the 'architecture' Category
21
Jul
Besalu, Spain
I had the most amazing 4th of July weekend. I went from having no plans to having the most amazing plans. I’ll start by sharing about Saturday…
Most of Saturday was spent revisiting the abandoned hospital in LA that I previously posted photos of here. Again, I was there with permission, but I got to explore all six floors as opposed to just two. I met a whole bunch of photographers from LA. This made me happy because I am trying to meet some more people here. Everyone was nice and we capped off the day with yummy eats at Umami Burger, a favorite of mine!
02
Jul
Banksy in downtown LA
27
Jun
$1 car wash
When I drove across the country a few months ago, I visited my aunt and uncle who took me on a drive through ward 9 in New Orleans. Five years later and the area is still looking pretty bad. But there are crews building new houses in place of where others once stood. The experience of driving through there was jawdropping. I had never seen anything like it. The X’s were still on most of the houses, signifying the time when search crews came through looking for survivors. Some occupied houses with renovations and those just trying to get by still exhibited the X’s, which I can only imagine to be a memorial of what happened at that time.And like all forms of media, these photos don’t even come close to actually showing or describing this area.
14
Jun
hotel
30
Mar
antique warehouse
I haven’t posted anything for quite a while. I am currently in Los Angeles. I could go on and on about all of the things that I have been doing, but I really don’t feel like it today. So I will just post photos, which probably says a whole lot more anyway.I visited an huge antique warehouse here in LA a couple of weeks ago. It was very eclectic with many large items that you wouldn’t see at any normal antique store. Large bird cages that seem to come from an old zoo (that actually held live birds), large furniture, mannequins, decorations of various types, etc etc.
21
Dec
composites
21
Sep
Road Trip
I needed to get out of Philadelphia for a while so I drove to Maine yesterday (left at 5am). I’m going to be spending a while on Mt. Desert Island doing lots of photography, hiking, biking, exploring, and relaxing. I really needed it. I’m renting a house just outside of Acadia National Park in Otter Creek. There’s a huge window that overlooks a field and the backyard. I’ll write more about that later. And photos of Maine to follow soon.
For now, here’s a shot of the George Washington Bridge in NYC at sunrise yesterday morning.
11
Sep
Tiffany in Philadelphia
Today my adventures landed me at the Curtis Center here in Philadelphia. The building was historically the home of the Curtis Publishing Company, which was well known for publishing Ladies’ Home Journal and The Saturday Evening Post, among others. But little did I know that the interior of this building is so grand. The offices in the building lie on the outer edges of every floor and the huge court on the main floor has a cathedral ceiling that extends up to the skylit roof. Obviously, it’s had some remodeling, but it’s still pretty magnificent. I was overwhelmed with the interior that I forgot to take a photo of the exterior. Next time.
Little did I know that also within the Curtis Building resides a huge Tiffany mosaic piece entitled “Dream Garden.” It was designed by artist Maxfield Parrish and executed by Louis Comfort Tiffany and Tiffany Studios in 1916. it measures 15 x 49 feet. It uses over 100,000 pieces of favrile glass that were each hand-fired in each of the 260 colors. I’ve lived in Philadelphia for about 14 years and had no idea that this was even here. It is huge and amazing and I highly recommend checking it out if you live or visit Philadelphia. Read more about the piece here. The Curtis Building is on the corner of 6th & Walnut. The entrance with the Tiffany piece is on 6th Street.
