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Sunday, August 07, 2011
American Summer (Travels With My iPhone)
FROM THE TOP:
- The porch on the sculptor Augustus St. Gauden's house in Cornish, New Hampshire.
- The porch on St. Gauden's studio in Cornish. Just down the hill is a swimming hole in a shady glen.
- The porch on architect Charles Platt's house in Cornish.
- Platt's porch.
- Platt's porch.
- (Below) The vies from th porch is across this garden to the Connecticut Rver Valley.
Before we had air conditioning, those who could left the city in the summer. With a book to write, I thought July and August would be a good time to get out of Manhattan, and I rented a cheap room in the Berkshires. I haven't had the air conditing on since the nation-wide heat wave broke, and even then I only turned it on a few times during the afternoon. By the time the sun went down the windows were always open. Many nights here have been 20° cooler than in Manhattan.
In the morning I walk or ride up a decent-sized hill to a pond with a beach. I have yet to take a swim, but I think I'm going to start investigating swimming holes.
August 7, 2011 in Architecture, Culture, History, Personal, Travel, Urbanism | Permalink
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Very latest information in this writing along with awesome designs of styles and structures.
Posted by: 2d drawings at Aug 17, 2011 4:29:50 PM
