We’ve been enjoying a record number of sunny days in the Pacific Northwest and I’ve been enjoying every one of them. Changing sunlight brings visual changes to architecture, some planned (Frank Lloyd Wright was one of many architects who designed for sunlight) and some unplanned. Planned or not, I love how the light made this… Read More Friday Fonts
There has been a lot going on in the preservation world. I’ve picked out three topics that caught my eye for the reader today. Read on! 1. The Statue of Liberty. This year is the Statue of Liberty’s 130th birthday. The statue, properly named Liberty Enlightening the World, arrived in the New York harbor on… Read More Sunday Reader
The Theo Chocolate Factory in Seattle’s Freemont neighborhood is in a beautiful old brick building, constructed in 1905. Theo was founded in this building on the building’s 100th birthday. What came before? This building housed a portion of Seattle’s electric trolleys in the era of streetcar suburbs (Fremont owes much of its growth to it’s… Read More Streetcar Barn to Chocolate Factory
We are all fairly familiar with modern Scandinavian design aesthetics, thanks to the popular furniture store, IKEA. Scandinavian design combines beauty, function, and affordability. You don’t even have to look past my little dining table: the beauty is in the the design and the clean, light color of the wood; the function is in the leaves that… Read More Beyond IKEA: A Look At Scandinavian Design via Alvar Aalto’s Oregon Library
It’s not officially summer but the weather has been so gorgeous, who can say no to an ice cream cone? I recently discovered this little ice cream shop called Kapaws Iskreme in Coupeville on Whidbey Island. The building dates to 1890 and has functioned as an ice cream shop since 1968 (doubling then as a… Read More Double Scoop of History
Today, June 8, is Frank Lloyd Wright’s birthday. He was born in Wisconsin in 1867, which should remind you how far ahead of his time Wright was. I couldn’t resist to do a piece on Frank Lloyd Wright today, but I will veer away from his most famous and elaborate works. Sure, my first experience… Read More Celebrating Frank Lloyd Wright’s Birthday
The Admiralty Head Lighthouse is located at Fort Casey State Park on Whidbey Island in Washington. The first lighthouse on this point was built in 1861, just 12 years after the island’s first settlers in 1848. The point, which on a clear day enjoys views to the Olympic Peninsula to the south, Mount Rainier on… Read More Small Building, Big Job: Admiralty Head Lighthouse
Susie Trexler 