CBS Sunday Morning turned me on to Patrick Dougherty's giant stick sculptures. Dougherty builds architecture at it's most basic, native-looking stick houses, mazes,...
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More cities see piers and parks as iconic
For the third time in 89 years, St. Petersburg, FL will choose a new city icon. Next month, a selection committee representing the diverse interests of voters will...
Women, What rules are you breaking?
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Urban Renewal, we’re still hearing voices
Lessons learned from the tragedy of urban renewal has become my unofficial theme lately. Last month I wrote a post about Tallahassee's Cascades Park and the...
Would Jane Jacobs applaud the rebirth of the city?
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...
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...
Kyle Pierson
Florida writer living in
the Pacific Northwest
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.