The winding staircase pictured above suggests it leads to the heavens, but it wasn’t designed to reach the stars; actually, it is a stairway to Utopia. These spiraling...
Kyle Pierson
Mostly Modernism, Mostly Florida
Florida is the third most populous state in the nation and most of the population lives less than 25 feet above sea level. The geography attracts visionaries...
Students explore poetry on campus Nature Trail
I had two goals when I created "Poetry Spots" on the SPC Seminole campus where I teach in the heart of Pinellas County. First I wanted students to discover the little...
Zaha, flowers, and sleepwalkers on the High Line
I expected to make the 30-foot climb to reach New York City’s High Line elevated railroad-turned-garden. It wasn't the altitude that took my breath away; it was...
Exposing the Invisible Women of Architecture
Women architects have been sidelined from history for too long. Take Ida Annah Ryan, for instance. Does this name ring a bell? I didn't think it would. She was the...
Portlandia, the icon that isn’t
Update: The Portland Building was reconstructed and reopened in 2020. What would Wall Street be without its massive charging bull? Probably just another New York...
Kyle Pierson
Florida writer living in
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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.