Hotel Forum
Impossible to miss if you're touristing in Kraków, Poland near the Vistula River: a large, concrete building dominating the landscape, no idea what though somewhat architecturally. My initial thought was an…
Over-Architected? Maybe, Maybe Not.
An oft-heard criticism of way-to-many software solutions is that it's over-architected, implying that the design, abstractions, implementation, deployment, whatever is unnecessarily complex, difficult to understand, unmaintainable, unnecessary, wrong. Criticisms often…
Highland Park Water Tower
The Highland Water Tower in St Paul, MN was completed in 1928 and is on the National Register of Historic Places (1984, Reference #84001209). The tower was designed by architect…
Allegheny County Courthouse
My wife and I made our first trip to Pittsburgh, and our hotel was just outside the Liberty area near Steel Plaza. After one of our outings, our bus didn't…
New York Public Library Main Branch
More formally known as the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, the flagship branch of the New York Public Library is above and beyond most other libraries I've visited, in particular the architecture.…
Thirty-Six Hours in Gdańsk, Poland
Another quick stop on my introductory trip to Poland. Gdańsk intrigues me due to its Prussian history - and where World War II began - and its proximity to the…