Tag Archives: USA

Declaration of Independence

Posted on July 6, 2016 by julianstodd

In something approaching, but failing to achieve, respectful silence, shuffling in subdued light through the cavernous rotunda, separated from our prey by a sheet of bulletproof glass, the group comes within sight of the Declaration of Independence. Well: a copy … Continue reading →

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DC: Performance Space and Stories

Posted on July 4, 2016 by julianstodd

This is a city geared up for performance. Architecture subdivides space: we can view buildings as a mass of wood and stone, glass and steel, the physical components of construction, or we can view them as the space that they … Continue reading →

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Boston: Salt & Granite

Posted on July 1, 2015 by julianstodd

A gift of circling the world against the direction of spin is the first morning when you awake at five AM, refreshed and itching to explore. For me it feels like nine, just in time for a late breakfast, yet … Continue reading →

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Uncommonly Global

Posted on April 15, 2015 by julianstodd

Rich is visiting me in Amsterdam today. We’ve hired him a bike, as that’s the only way to travel in the city. “Handbrake or pedal?“, they asked in the shop. Dutch bikes have brakes that are activated by pedalling backwards. … Continue reading →

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