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St. John’s Lodge: The Secret Garden
Quiddity – the ineffable quality of “whatness”. What you may ask is whatness? It’s everything that makes a place unique and while the word may be new to me the concept is not… more →
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Landscape History at UEA - a former student writes
wrote 1 month ago: Guest blog from Felix Mayle, former landscape history student (2009-2012) I graduated from UEA in th … more →
St. John's Lodge: The Secret Garden
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wrote 1 month ago: Quiddity – the ineffable quality of “whatness”. What you may ask is whatness? It … more →
Mount Auburn Cemetery: Inspiration for America's Public Parks
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wrote 2 months ago: According to the February issue of the global affairs magazine Monocle (www.monocle.com) Jakarta … more →
Newtonville and the Pre-History of Transit-Oriented Development
wrote 3 months ago: Every work day, I walk about a ½ mile from my home to the Newtonville MBTA Commuter Rail Sta … more →
Five Minutes with a Fellow: Andrea Kiss
wrote 3 months ago: Five Minutes with a Fellow offers a brief glimpse into what inspires researchers in the environmenta … more →
Parco Civico/Ciani + Lakeshore Promenade: Lugano
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wrote 4 months ago: “This is not a crazy pointless luxury; it is a shrewd investment by a city whose moral and eco … more →
Figure it Out!
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wrote 4 months ago: Since the pioneering work of Beresford and Hurst, which triggered modern research into desertions, t … more →
Terms of Reference
wrote 4 months ago: How do you define a deserted village and, perhaps more importantly, what is a true Deserted Medieval … more →
Wissinoming
wrote 5 months ago: Just to the north of where the Frankford El ends, there is a set of cemeteries, and a park that near … more →
Eastern Delights - the launch
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wrote 5 months ago: I am pleased to announce that Eastern Delights is now available to download for free on the iTunes i … more →
Eastern Delights - the launch
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wrote 5 months ago: I am pleased to announce that Eastern Delights is now available to download for free on the iTunes i … more →
Just Des(s)erts?
wrote 5 months ago: How to describe a deserted settlement… It should be simple really, shouldn’t it? A serie … more →
UNESCO's Jardin Japonais: Garden of Peace
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wrote 5 months ago: Last November I attended the 17th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Cou … more →
Ruins and islands in sunshine
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Prize for "A Landscape History of New England"
wrote 5 months ago: Historic New England’s Book Prize recognized as a 2012 Honor Book A Landscape History o … more →
Post Office Square: The Perfect Park
wrote 6 months ago: When does a square become a park and when does a park seem more like a garden? Do the words we use … more →
Library landscaping
wrote 6 months ago: If you walk along the 19th Street side of the main branch of the Philadelphia Free Library on the Be … more →
The saucer magnolia
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wrote 7 months ago: Two hundred years ago, here in the US, the War of 1812 had just begun, and with it came turmoil and … more →
Oakland Cemetery
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wrote 7 months ago: In between Friends Hospital and Greenwood Cemetery, just a bit off Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelph … more →
