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Kyle Pierson
Florida writer living in
the Pacific Northwest
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Jane Jacobs
Ferguson
experimental
Gropius
St. Petersburg
Public Library
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Russel Wright
Landmark
China
Brutalism
CCTV
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Seattle
culture
Modernism
Alexandra Lange
starchitect
Elie and Eero Saarien
John. M. Johansen
FL
Paul Rudolph
Photography
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gentrification
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Shigeru Ban
Minoru Yamasaki
NYC
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Gehry
AIA Awards
Florida
Rem Koolhaas
Sustainable architecture
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WWII
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.