Urban Planning + Architecture + Preservation + Design
When Art and Architecture meet.
As humans we are constantly overwhelmed and barraged by a multitude of advertisements in any graphic form. There is so much of it that when walking through a square (Times Square is probably the epitome) we are tempted to forget that the space is formed by architectures of any kind. [Read more…] about An Architectural Play – Theatrical Architecture
Today, I went to Newburyport, which is about 30 miles up the coast from where I live in Salem, or up the coast north from Boston. It is a very busy historic city for fishermen and local tourism. [Read more…] about Newburyport: City on the Sea
Things age, buildings as well as people.
This is the case with Cohasset Town Hall, which could soon be getting a facelift. [Read more…] about Cohasset Town Hall Renovation
At the end of this past summer I made a trip to Peddocks Island in the Boston Harbor. The island is one of 24 that make up the Boston Harbor Islands National Park. The Metropolitan District Commission (now DCR), a state agency, acquired Peddocks Island in 1970. It’s one of the largest in the harbor and the only one that still has cottages used by summer residents. It’s an amazing place, unlike anything else I’ve ever seen. [Read more…] about Peddocks Island: A Study of Public Art and Community
The National Park Service has published their environmental assessment report outlining options for Richard Netura’s 1961 Cyclorama Building at Gettysburg. Their recommended fate for the building: demolition. This comes after two decades of argument and a three year lawsuit between preserving the building in place and removing the building to rehabilitate the battlefield beneath it. [Read more…] about The Fate of Neutra’s Cyclorama at Gettysburg Has National Implications
Boston – The open house held at the Hayden building on Monday, June 4 signaled the beginning of a new chapter in the building’s eccentric history. Renowned architect HH Richardson designed the building in 1875. However the Hayden fell into neglect as Boston’s red light district nick named “the Combat Zone” developed around it. In 1985 a fire damaged its upper floors. In 1993 Historic Boston Incorporated in a similar state of disrepair. [Read more…] about New Life for H.H. Richardson’s Hayden Building
Boston – The battles of Lexington and Concord. These events should ring a bell or two with most people. However, when it comes to the Battle of Menotomy, notably the bloodiest battle that took place on April 19, 1775, the first day of the American Revolution, the number of questioning looks and blanks stares is sure to skyrocket. [Read more…] about Arlington Considers Return To Menotomy Roots
Boston – With their light wooden frames, flat or slightly pitched roofs and stacked porches, the three-decker residence has become a staple in the architectural make up of Boston’s urban neighborhoods. [Read more…] about Preserving Boston’s Iconic Three-Decker House
The restoration of the historic May House, a designated part of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, is currently underway and is scheduled to be completed and open to the public by the end of 2012. It is to become a town visitors’ center and museum dedicated the anti-slavery movement and the accomplishments of Rev. Samuel May. [Read more…] about US Rep. Richard E. Neal and Becker College to Dedicate May House Restoration to Underground Railroad Movement
Boston – The Charles River Speedway first opened in 1899 to entertain Bostonians with chariot races and parades. [Read more…] about Decaying Charles River Speedway Seeks a Developer