Jane Jacobs was the definitive "grassroots" activist and one of the first to rail against Urban Renewal projects which tore down whole city blocks. In the face of Urban...
Kyle Pierson
FLW inspires Simon’s harmony
Paul Simon's song "So long Frank Lloyd Wright" might be apropos to the trend that Modernist buildings are catnip for the wrecking ball these days. He wrote the...
St. Pete Pier: Redesigned or Recycled?
In Tampa Bay, all eyes are focused on St. Petersburg's Pier asking will it stay or will it go? The big reveal is Wednesday and Thursday. Full disclosure, I live in St....
FMoPA offers all-in-one experience
The Ezra Stoller photographic exhibit on the third floor of Tampa's Florida Museum of Photographic Arts. (FMoPA) benefits from its surroundings. It's housed in one of...
Japan: Where’s the love for Hotel Okura?
Update: The original Hotel Okura was torn down and refurbished 2016. But, it was a stunning loss for Japanese architecture. Tearing down Mid-Century...
FMoPA Tampa showing Ezra Stoller Photos
The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (FMoPA), now showing an exhibit of Ezra Stoller photographs explains why he so defined Modern architecture and why architects...
Kyle Pierson
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Kyle Pierson
I never expected to leave the beach, palm trees, and glorious sunsets of Florida. Seriously! I even have a master’s degree in Florida Studies. So, my move to Washington, the Evergreen State, had to be from a powerful pull. It was; in 2020, my husband Dave and I became grandparents to twin grandsons, and their brother who was born in 2022. Grandparenting adds a new busy dimension to our lives and readers might assume my interest in Florida nature and architecture has faded. But I’m curious about those things here in the PNW too. I’m looking forward to learning like a kid again and having three little guys join me on my explorations!
You’ll find my writings about Florida, North Carolina, and Washington here, along with a new tab, poetry and maybe some drawings. So the journey continues. You’re welcome to come along.