IN LESS
THAN A DECADE, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 350K UNIQUE VISITORS TO THIS BLOG
We usually observe
blog milestones by recounting the disability advocacy essays and town planning articles
shared on the site.
The cumulative
amount of text on this blog would fill nearly four average-length books.
But today,
we want to celebrate the visual storytelling.
When we were
required to take a photography course in journalism school, we were almost
offended – because we always thought we would earn our daily bread via the
printed word.
Fast forward
to digital photography, then smart phones with amazing lenses.
And we are
storytelling with images as much or more than words.
When we
teach at the graduate school level and a major university, we show images of
the good, bad and ugly of Universal Design – so students can understand how to
create an inclusive built environment.
Sometimes,
we simply write about a place we’ve been, a hotel or apartment that was great
about hosting us.
These images
are from Lisbon Portugal.
We always wanted
to get there, but 40 years of adulthood slipped by with the great, hilly city rising
from Rio Tejo escaped us till this month.
Now we dream
of narrow alleys, azulejo-adorned facades, great seafood, excellent wine, kind
people, 300 days of sunshine and Mediterranean climate less hostile than Miami’s
global warming and sea level rise-imperiled climate.
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