The word library conjures memories of stacks of books and librarians whispering, “hush.” The 18-year-old Seattle Central Library is nothing like that; today, it’s a...
Seattle
Welcome to my Commonplace Book
Little Places with Big Names
Photo by: Andy Witchger, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons On our usual commute to our daughter's house, we pass a street sign marked Ravensdale. Dave casually mentioned...
Kyle Pierson
Florida writer living in
the Pacific Northwest
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Public Library
culture
Photography
CCTV
Gehry
Brutalism
architect
WWII
Rem Koolhaas
Minoru Yamasaki
Ferguson
Sustainable architecture
Frank Lloyd Wright
Architecture
starchitect
Modernism
NYC
Poetry
Jane Jacobs
Pruitt-Igoe
AIA Awards
Gropius
Shigeru Ban
FL
Elie and Eero Saarien
art
Landmark
Florida
Paul Rudolph
St. Petersburg
Iconic
experimental
Garden
Russel Wright
China
Seattle
Parks
Alexandra Lange
John. M. Johansen
gentrification
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.