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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Neighborhood Field Trip - San Diego, Bankers Hill

I used to live a short jog from the Bankers Hill neighborhood near downtown San Diego and put together the following list of mid-century/modernist architecture places for a friend who was visiting.

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Architecture Field Trip - Glendale (mini)

This was a fun mini architecture fieldtrip in Glendale that included a house by architect A. Quincy Jones, a mid-century church and a mid-century library. It took all of an hour, including transportation!

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A Downtown Honolulu Photo Tour

This Mother’s Day I happened to be in Honolulu and I gifted myself a photo shoot jog in downtown.

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