THE WALK ‘We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.’ - Winston Churchill Our built environment results from hundreds of strictures, laws, aspirations, common practices, and complicated systems. At the deepest level, these all express a set of values, a system of beliefs made three-dimensional. Everyone deserves sunlight. Sidewalks matter. Moving through the city should […]
THE WALK ‘Spring is sprung, The grass is riz. I wonder where The birdies iz.’ - Anonymous When we grew our own food, when daylight was the only light we had, our sense of spring was sharper. Our lives depended on our awareness of the seasons, and none brought greater joy than spring. Smell of […]
THE WALK Giant metal boxes floating past. Epic rattles and thuds. Inexplicable sudden vacancies. Hulsey Yard makes for an occasionally unsettling yet nearly invisible neighbor. Longtime Reynoldstonians still call it ‘the piggyback yard,’ from the Yard’s core function: stacking up shipping containers to ride or to rest piggyback- style. But it’s also fair to say […]