Doors from Barri Gotic in Barcelona
“If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear as it is – infinite” – William Blake Barcelona is famous for its beautiful and varied architecture as well as […]
Category Archives: Urban
The End of Summer in Bob’s Garden
It’s the end of summer in my neighbor Bob’s sidewalk garden, which now takes up the front of four row houses in South Philadelphia. Bob takes care of the garden […]
Ten Years On
A couple of years ago my husband and I visited friends in Montclair New Jersey. On a Saturday they took us to see the September 11 Memorial at Eagle Rock […]
Art in the Open: Brian Dennis
When my friend Jeri told me that her friend Brian was participating in the second Philadelphia Art in the Open, which took place on June 9-12, 2011, I was itching […]
Litter Critters!
The City of Philadelphia invested in some solar powered trash and recycling units a couple of years ago. But I knew something was up when I was walking on South […]
Bob’s Garden, May 2011
Passers By look into the koi pond. It’s early in the season, but Bob’s garden is already underway. There are new fish in the koi pond, a big, happy turtle, […]
Ars Medendi
Ars medendi is Latin for medical arts. Is medicine an art or a science? Some say it’s both; medical knowledge is gathered through scientific study, but the application of that […]
The Fabric Workshop: A Philadelphia Treasure
I recently had the opportunity to see an exhibit at the new home of the Fabric Workshop and Museum . It’s a roomy, comfortable space that takes up several buildings […]
Summer’s End in Sara and Susan’s Garden
September O GOLDEN month! How high thy gold is heaped! The yellow birch-leaves shine like bright coins strung On wands; the chestnut’s yellow pennons tongue To every wind its harvest […]
Whales on Broad Street
Artist Shay Church enlisted the help of students from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia to complete his life-sized whale sculptures. Whale-shaped wooden forms were covered with wet […]
