Walking through the woods is relaxing, unless you run into a large spider web or across a snake. Sometimes, the lighting is just right that you can come to a pedestrian bridge such as this one and it looks like…
Sligo Creek is an urban stream returning to a natural state. At least to the extent it can surrounded by homes and offices. Even though it has paved paths, bridges, and parallel drives, it still has places that look fairly…
It’s not a big urban canyon. More like an urban arroyo. But this is an example of what happens when an area grows up rather than out. At one time, everything would have been like the buildings in the middle.…
Transportation is like the cardiovascular system of the city. It winds its way through everything, going from large arteries of controlled access highways to the small alleys and quiet neighborhood streets. Every once in a while, different transportation networks exchange…
Train stations are liminal places. They are the gap between standing still and moving at high speed. When there is a train passing through, you can reach out and touch it, even though you probably shouldn’t. Unlike airports, where planes are down a gangway…
The summer heat might be abating soon, but there’s still time for a picture of colder times! In this case, the Silver Spring Transit Center covered in snow. The transit center has been open for a few years now. It…
Sligo Creek Parkway winds along its eponymous waterway. On weekends, sections of it close to vehicle. Obviously, this isn’t one of those sections. Even though this parkway is in the middle of the city, it doesn’t look like it. Except…
It’s the middle of a summer heat wave on the east coast. So it’s time for a memory of a cooler time. When snow piled up. When we could only see the broad strokes of the world around us. In this case,…