The unbuilt city
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- Chrystie-Forsyth Parkway, New York
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- Edwin Roundtour Tower, London
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- High rise on Frederick Street, Berlin
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- Aeroflot building, Moscow
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Putting off what could be done tomorrow, today
Category: travel
Gallery | May 21, 2013
September 25, 2012
Open houses
Last Saturday we headed out for Open House Weekend. For those unfamiliar with the concept, every year a selection of London’s buildings are opened up to the public, to visit for free. It is opportunity to visit venues that usually charge an entrance fee, or a little more intriguingly, visit places that aren’t usually open for the public to just wander around. Read the rest of this entry »
August 31, 2012
A week in the woods and what came before it
I’m sure that every journey begins long before the actual departure. However, a camping holiday seemed to require substantially more planning and preparation than a hotel city break, say. Admittedly, my good wife did the majority of packing and planning, with themed collapsible crates full of everything we might need for a week’s camping. Such contingency planning would come into its own should we encounter the negative aspects of an English summer. I reminded myself that my usual holiday packing philosophy, of throwing whatever comes to hand in five minutes flat as you can always buy what you forget at the other end, was probably not sensible when it comes to a week in the wilderness. Read the rest of this entry »
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