Category: modernism
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Fayetteville NC Modernism, September 15, 2013
Fayetteville, home to Fort Bragg and several other military installations, feels like a foreign country compared to Chapel Hill. While small parts of it date to the 1700’s, most of it is miles of tract housing. It sort of feels like a smaller version of Norfolk / Virginia Beach, or Jacksonville Florida, minus the…
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Richmond VA Modernism September 7, 2013
Today, Richmond seems quite the happening place. Because of its universities, and ample stock of old industrial buildings, the place has an urban feel that sometimes feels positively hip. Sadly, that was probably not the case in about 1962, when modernism was the rage elsewhere. Richmond’s staid past is probably why there are…
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Tearing down modernism in Danville VA
I have cycled to and from Danville many times. In terms of driving time, it is the closest place to Carrboro that really feels like you are not in Kansas anymore. In its own mind, its biggest claim to fame is that it was, for forty-eight hours, the last capital of the Confederacy. It…
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Modernism on the bayou
I couldn’t resist to add this; I love these buildings. These were all in Thibodaux, LA
urban bicycle journeys 