Yes, I’m a museum professional, but that doesn’t mean I don’t use museum databases to see objects I enjoy when I get home. I’m...

Transit and Museums? Two of my loves rolled up into one. Visitors to New York want to see the Empire State Building, Times Square, and...

New Haven: City of Parking Garages. I was just in New Haven to attend the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections...

Group listening to Bob Diamond of BHRA in the tunnel under Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. RL Fifield, 2010. Until December 2010, at the...

Nearly fifteen years after its publication, Sarah Susanka’s The Not So Big House has turned into a movement. Visit the website here. I...

Rotterdam Harbor. RL Fifield, 2009. When you mention Rotterdam to so many Europeans, they sigh. Ms. A’s Dutch friend remarked “Well,...

Passing under the lift bridge serving the Norfolk & Southern Railroad at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. RL Fifield, 2012. There’s a...

Balconies of Gustavino tile at The Cherokee Apartments. RL Fifield, 2005. Others have blogged about the Cherokee Apartments before, and I...

Siracusa. RL Fifield, 2007. I conjure Siracusa, and bite my lip. It’s wonderful. Layers of civilization created this hauntingly beautiful...

CNJRR Train Shed and Communipaw Terminal. RL Fifield, 2011. Staring out over New York Harbor, the Central Railroad of New Jersey’s...

If there’s one thing I felt after reading the excellent New York Calling: From Blackout to Bloomberg ( eds. Marshall Berman and Brian...

If there’s one thing I felt after reading the excellent New York Calling: From Blackout to Bloomberg ( eds. Marshall Berman and Brian...

Bicing – Bicycles for rent in Barcelona. RL Fifield photo, 2008. Make sure you slip in that “th.” Bar-thelona. Crazy architecture. Eating...

Bicing – Bicycles for rent in Barcelona. RL Fifield photo, 2008. Make sure you slip in that “th.” Bar-thelona. Crazy architecture. Eating...

Preserved SRO rooms at the South Street Seaport Museum. RL Fifield photo, 2012. The South Street Seaport Museum recently reopened under...

Preserved SRO rooms at the South Street Seaport Museum. RL Fifield photo, 2012. The South Street Seaport Museum recently reopened under...

New York Penn Station, thy name is Melancholy. New York’s Pennsylvania Station. Lost, 1963. Photo credit: New York Public Library via...

Philadelphia – it’s not all founding fathers and liberty bells. City Hall, from the Ben Franklin Parkway. I went to Philly as an adult...