My day job took me to the University of Connecticut this weekend. The weather was a mix of horrible and awful with just a hint of deluge. And then it turned to snow. This one was taken from my hotel room shortly after the snow began.
Category Archives: Urban
REI Seattle
February 18, 2011 – 12:08 pm
To enter the REI flagship store in Seattle you have to pass through a manufactured wilderness. The store and its landscape were designed by Mithun. I’m not sure what to call this little waterfall. This is no park nor garden but a manufactured wilderness. A wave pool with trucked in sand is its kindred spirit. [...]
Coming Home
February 8, 2011 – 3:12 pm
I’ve often walked by this house on my way to and from school and wanted to take a picture of it. Whoever chose the colors for it has a good eye.
Rhodes Hall
February 6, 2011 – 10:45 am
The weather was miserable Saturday. I’d planned to work in a gorge, but Ithaca was graced with that rare beast Wintry-Mix. Instead, I spent some time in the basements of Cornell. Given the precipitation, the parking deck by the athletic fields seemed like a good place to set up for a time-lapse. Being able to [...]
Microforest
January 31, 2011 – 8:01 pm
I spent most of January in Seattle. Here’s a nice example of an urban microforest by the Experience Music Project. Background contributed by Frank Gehry.