Tag: #historicpreservationplanning

  • Happenings

    Happenings

    It has certainly been a while.  Yes, too long.  Why no writing?  Why the lengthy intermission?  What’s been going on? My closest friends and colleagues know the reason and I might as well as confess – and no surprise, really – I’ve been exceptionally busy with work travels and projects these last many, many months.…

  • Ben Halpern and I

    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…

  • Introducing the Chronicles

    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…