Hawaii Architecture - Along Ala Moana Blvd

On the latest visit, I spent a couple mornings in the area around Ala Moana Beach Park. My eclectic finds: a high rise by Minoru Yamasaki, art deco details at the beach park, and a new pedestrian bridge and park in Ward Village.

hawaii, landscape, architecture, yamasakiCarol ChinOctober 23, 2025hawaii, landscape architecture, architecture, minoru yamasaki, art decoComment

2 Urban Landscapes in San Francisco

For the latest Bay Area visit, I decided to visit a couple of Lawrence Halprin urban landscape designs that I could walk to from the Embarcadero BART station.

Running Around Town - Walkable Neighborhoods

met a new friend at a coffee shop a couple blocks from my condo and we discussed how great it is when the neighborhood you live in is walkable.

mid-century, architecture, everyday life, pereira, landscape, pasadenaCarol ChinMay 4, 2025pereira, architecture, mid-century, pasadenaComment

Santa Barbara Once Again

The beauty and gift of visiting a place time and again is you get to observe it across seasons. In Southern CA, it’s the tail end of the wisteria bloom.

architecture, inspiration, landscape, santa barbara, travelCarol ChinApril 30, 2023travel, Santa Barbara, inspiration, landscapeComment

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