The Wayne apartments started out as three row houses sometime around 1890, but were converted to apartments in 1893. In 1911 they were raised up about 15 feet, so that brick walled commercial spaces could be constructed underneath them. They … Read More
Four years ago, the Seattle City Council changed the zoning in the University District to encourage greater density around the new Light Rail Station, which has just opened. The zoning change greatly increased the value of property in the U … Read More
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The most boring book on my photo book shelf has taken on new meaning with the current uproar about the “The Wall”. I got this book years ago because it is a great repeat photo project: the interval between the … Read More
My big project of the summer was helping Janet Matheson AIA with a historic district nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. This is for Pioneer Park in Fairbanks, Alaska. It was built as the Alaska 67 Exposition in … Read More
I recently received word that I have work in Fairbanks, Alaska, helping with the documentation of Pioneer Park for the National Register of Historic Places. I am happy to be working again for Janet Matheson, AIA. She first hired me and … Read More
In the early 1990’s, there were two water towers on Japonski Island in Sitka, Alaska. I documented the tower that was just northeast of the hospital for Dr. Colt Denfeld at the Army Corps of Engineers. The water tower was … Read More
Here’s the wonderful webcomic xkcd, created by Randall Munroe, showing why having libraries store photographic negatives is not such an outmoded idea. This is from 2017.