Breeze Block Walk - Pasadena Playhouse District

Whenever I am out and about, I keep my eyes peeled for use of breeze blocks in the architecture. Here is a sampling in Playhouse Village, (formerly known as Playhouse District) a neighborhood in Pasadena.

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Campus Architecture - Caltech at Night

It’s nice to see someplace you’ve been many times in a new light, in this case a little less light. Here are a sampling of the buildings at Caltech photographed at night when I took a circuitous route to attend a night event on campus.

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Architecture Fieldtrip - Pasadena Mid-Century Medical Buildings

A post of some nicely maintained mid-century medical and dental buildings in the Pasadena Playhouse Village neighborhood, two by noted architects Smith and Williams.

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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.

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