Roads Taken and NotTEN YEARS AGO, Ten years ago, urban historian GregHise and I took landscape
architect Laurie Olin to dinner in Los Angeles, amemorable
evening I look back on with fondness. more... |
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Southwest MissionThe remains of the early Spanish presence in the American Southwest are among the region’s
most striking landmarks. Their missions have come to be a defining part of the Southwest, as
expressive of its history and culture as desert and mesa are of its nature. more... |
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A look at the Legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted From the back bay to the Biltmore, from east coast to We St, The Olmsted firm left an imprint on America. more... |
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At the Weary end of a six-month trek from New Spainthe settlers stopped at a place that would later be described as
“a beautiful limpid little stream with willows on its banks.” more... |
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Design for the Common ManIt's been 10 years since noted architect Alfred Caldwell died and if you Google his name, the project that comes up most often is his Lily Pool in
Chicago’s Lincoln Park. more... |