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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Racine Wisconsin Legacy

August 19, 2014 Leave a Comment

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As you may remember from our 2012 Blog, A Morning in Oak Park with Frank Lloyd Wright, we are huge Frank Lloyd Wright (FLW) fans. So, when we read that not only had Wright’s legendary SC Johnson Administration Building in Racine, Wisconsin been opened for seasonal tours, but also that the newly renovated Wright­-designed Research […]

Filed Under: Art, Cities, Racine, Sightseeing, Wisconsin Tagged With: Architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, Wisconsin

Chicago Architectural Tours-2013

August 4, 2013 Leave a Comment

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We, as discussed in previous Chicago blog posts, love Chicago architecture and the incredibly informative tours that the Chicago Architectural Foundation provides to explain and provide broader sociological context around this architecture. Although we have, so far, taken fewer than 20 of the more than 90 different tours offered by CFA, we notch up one […]

Filed Under: Art, Chicago, Cities, Featured-Trips, Sightseeing Tagged With: Architecture, Chicago

DC Walking Tours

July 15, 2013 Leave a Comment

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We have done guided tours of Congress, the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress and the Pentagon. this trip, we were looking forward to a few others–Georgetown, the State Department’s Diplomatic reception rooms, and especially the White House. We had, for the first time, submitted an application for a White House tour in plenty of […]

Filed Under: Cities, Featured-City, Sightseeing, Washington, D.C. Tagged With: Architecture, history, walking tour, Washington D.C.

New York City Walks: 2013

December 11, 2021 Leave a Comment

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New York City Walks We always rack up many walking miles in New York. Joyce tracks the miles on her pedometer and mandates at least 10,000 steps a day (5 miles), but we often achieve 20,000 steps or  7-10 miles each day. Most of our walks are in the areas we know quite well: the […]

Filed Under: Cities, Featured-City, New York, New York City, Sightseeing Tagged With: Architecture, New York, walking tours

Miami Activities Update

February 28, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Every time we leave Miami, we think we have seen and done pretty much all of most of the interesting things the city and surrounding area (from Palm Beach through the Keys) has to offer. But in planning for each new trip, we discover we were wrong. In addition to the many do-agains, we continually […]

Filed Under: Art, Cities, Dining, Miami, Sightseeing Tagged With: Architecture, art, art fair, historic sites, Miami

Celebrating Miami Architecture

December 20, 2012 Leave a Comment

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While Miami is increasingly becoming known as an art center, it has long been known for its architecture: from Mediterranean Traditional, to Art Moderne to contemporary skyscrapers, and of course, for Art Deco. South Beach has one of the largest, best restored Art Deco districts in the world. And it is displayed to particularly stunning […]

Filed Under: Art, Cities, Florida, Miami Tagged With: Architecture, Miami

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