Category: Blog
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Readings – Killing Greektown
A month ago, or so, I missed out on participating in a work-related book club discussion session organized by one of my colleagues – as usual, I had a project deadline to meet. I hated to miss it since the subject of discussion was the book, How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the…
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Industrial Landscapes and a Smelterman’s Paradise
Of all the heritage places I have come to know through my work travels and vacation journeys, industrial landscapes have long captured my imagination the most. It is a curiosity that has not waned since the days I first visited the Pullman neighborhood in Chicago when I was a younger version of myself back in…
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Ben Halpern and I
I’ve known Ben Halpern for many years. It was not until very recently, however, that he came to know me. It was last year October, on a chilly, early autumn day that I received an unexpected phone call from him — he was reaching out to me on an architectural photography project he was working…
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Introducing the Chronicles
Historic places provide windows and visual reminders to our collective past. They provide our identity, as well as comfort and reassurance, especially in vulnerable and unfamiliar times. As is often said, historic buildings and communities offer a sense of place — perhaps an emotional connection that is difficult to describe, or a feeling of well-being…
The Places of Sense Chronicles 