Our cycle ride in search of Frank Lloyd Wright included this Minneapolis beauty on Cedar Lake.
Category: Architecture
Meijimura
Meijimura, huge building museum near Nagoya. Amazed to learn part of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel was saved.
1941 Gem
My Presidents’ Day is a play day: took a bus to the edge of Minneapolis, found this 1941 gem on my walk home.
Former Industrial Space
Walked past and through former industrial buildings.
Re-Purpose
Today, my walk started at a former Cream of Wheat HQ and factory, and ended at a former Fire Department repair shop.
Repurposed Mills
Cycled past repurposed mills.
Hita Station
I can add Hita train station, northern Kyushu, Japan, to my “delighted” list. By any standards, it’s a small station. A single train track enters town, and a single track leaves town. At Hita station, the track fans out into multiple tracks, more than enough to handle the three platforms and the boarding of an…… Continue reading Hita Station
World-Class Style
Posted World-class style in a small-town train station.
Athens Gasworks
Athens tourist, day 1 of 3. First port of call: Athens Gasworks. It operated 1857-1984, now preserved and repurposed.
Glass Houses and Buried Museums
The Farnsworth House A Glass House in Illinois Completed in 1951, the Farnsworth House, near Plano, Illinois, is widely regarded as one of the major architectural achievements of the twentieth century. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe took his belief that “less is more” almost to the limit by designing a steel-framed, glass-walled box. The box floats…… Continue reading Glass Houses and Buried Museums