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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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Back to Ohio: Akron to Brecksville; July 2013
Since about 1997 our friends Jan and Gordon moved from Carrboro to Santa Barbara to San Jose, and then to Cleveland! Well, they settled in Brecksville, Ohio, midway between Cleveland and Akron. Tootie and I drove up for the weekend. The highlights were the excellent meals cooked by Jan, and the bike ride…
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CT: Stamford to New London in 2 1/2 days: July 27-30, 2013
“Connecticut is boring, ” so advised Bob Clark when I asked him if I should cycle across Connecticut. But Bob is from New Jersey. Since I am a Southerner, just being in Connecticut feels vaguely foreign. If I were to move there, it might indeed be boring, but such was not the case on a…
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