Following on from the Red Hook Pier photos from Halloween, I am posting a few other images of New York harbor. All images are from 2019 - the first six are from late May and the last two are from early June. The air is visibly much cleaner in the first photos; the views towards... Continue Reading →
Thomas J Campanella's tome is a skip stop tour of Brooklyn's history, focusing on the built environment but full of rich sketches of the outsized personalities inhabiting and shaping the borough. A blurb from the publisher: Spanning centuries and neighborhoods, Brooklyn-born Campanella recounts the creation of places familiar and long forgotten, both built and never... Continue Reading →
Last weekend I took a walk through Prospect Park and meandered to the LeFrak Center, the ice rink completed in 2014 by TWBTA. I enjoyed a tour of the grounds guided by the project manager Andy Kim as part of Open House New York back in 2018. One of the most striking elements of the... Continue Reading →
The following is a proposal for a road trip to Beaver Run, PA on March 15th to go visit Fallingwater: The first image is from the foundations website, and the second is from an article about the story behind the gift shop built on the grounds. I will leave the general back story of the... Continue Reading →
Finally made it up to the George Nakashima Foundation and Workshop this afternoon for their open house (Saturdays 1-4:30pm). They allow photography on the grounds, but not inside the buildings. Here are some photographs of the buildings and some sketches of the buildings and furniture:
With any luck, the field trip to George Nakashima's workshop (mentioned back on January 2nd) will happen this Saturday. Here is a poor attempt at a promotional flyer: **UPDATE**- this trip will be postponed as many people at the Foundation will be out of the country for the next few weeks. February 22nd or March... Continue Reading →
On occasion I will write about locations and attractions in the Philadelphia area as I attempt to organize field trips out to places like George Nakashima's workshop up in New Hope PA. I have been recommended by many people to visit his workshop and I find both his furniture and philosophy to be compelling. I... Continue Reading →
Adam Achrati 