Urban Travel, Sustainability & Accessibility

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

BARRIO SANTA ANA

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA

Donde esta Vernon Ramos

Where is Vernon Ramos?

Google this.

It's not a pretty story.

It smacks of corruption and far worse

http://www.thepanamanews.com/2015/11/three-years-later-inquiries-continue-in-ramos-disappearance/

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

GENERAL LAUNDRY CLEANERS & DRYERS

NEW ORLEANS

THREATENED BY THE WRECKING BALL

READ ABOUT IT IN NOLA.COM

An ornate example of New Orleans' early 20th century architectural history could go under a jackhammer if its current owners get their way.

The dilapidated building, its cracked facade thick with ferns and vines, has moldered near the corner of St. Peter and North Rocheblave streets for decades. Its steel insides have long been deteriorating.

But terra cotta florets above the second story windows still grasp a bit of their viridescent sheen. Fluted yellow columns bracketing the two main doors appear plumb. And blue san-serif font announcing "General Laundry Cleaners & Dyers" retains its authoritativeness.

It is a work of Art Deco flourish rarely paralleled in the American South. But it is also taking space away from a functioning business that could use that extra square footage to improve or expand operations. In short, the General Laundry Building exemplifies the recurring confluence of preservation and economic development in an old city on the rise.

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/11/a_new_orleans_art_deco_relic_f.html

Monday, June 5, 2017

NOMA

The five-acre Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at NOMA is one of the most important sculpture installations in the United States, with over 60 sculptures situated on a beautifully landscaped site amongst meandering footpaths, reflecting lagoons, Spanish moss-laden 200-year-old live oaks, mature pines, magnolias, camellias, and pedestrian bridges.

New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), New Orleans’ oldest fine arts institution, opened in 1911 with only 9 works of art. Today, the museum hosts an impressive permanent collection of almost 40,000 objects.