Rhode Island’s Newport Tower
Here’s the Newport Tower in Touro Park, Newport, Rhode Island. The remains of a windmill built of stone in the 1600s, it’s sometimes claimed to have been built by Vikings…
Topeka West Holidome
We talked about the Holidomes before. Now, the former Holiday Inn Holidome in Topeka, Kansas, will be torn down and replaced with apartments. This Holidome, located on the west side…
Driving Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
First time visiting the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey. While the refuge extends over 50 miles along the Jersey Shore, the eight-mile Wildlife Drive loops around just a…
LA Apartment Signs
Cool fonts: LA Apartment signs from the Los Angeles Times, naturally. Featured image: Willem Verbeek/The Los Angeles Times.
Modernist Houses and Historic Preservation (or not) on Long Island
Saving (or not) Modernism in the Hamptons and What Historic Preservation is Doing to American Cities Two different perspectives on houses and preservation that should have more of an overlap…
Now That’s A Rallye
Tales from a short-lived road Rallye of the 1950s: A Classic New England Rally is Revived, Minus the Mud (New York Times article). Here’s the link to the resurrected rally:…
Woolsey Park and an Abandoned Railbed
Perfect Spring day for walking the trails at Woolsey Park in Hopewell Township, New Jersey. Green up is well underway here. The total length of trails is only about two…
Brief Stop at Voorhees State Park, New Jersey
Voorhees is in the northernmost part of Hunterdon County and is one of the smaller state parks. It was a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in the 1930s.
Central Downtown Pittsburgh Historic District
Featured image: The Gothic-styled Union Trust Building, built in 1916 as the Union Arcade by Henry Clay Frick.
Topeak Rack on a Radmini
The Radpower rear rack is frequently (and currently) out of stock. It’s a bit hard to find concrete information on what other brands of racks fit on the Radmini, let…