During our visit in December to the Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum a gigantic temporary enclosure was being erected over the iconic entry to Auschwitz II, commonly known as Birkenau, for the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation on January 28,1945 by the Ukrainian Front (part of the Red Army). Established as a Museum by the...
Last month my partner and I visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim, Poland. Named for the existing villages that were taken over by the German army to build first, a camp for Polish political prisoners, Auschwitz 1, and second, a camp for both forced labor and extermination, Auschwitz 2, or more commonly known as...
This aerial image of Long Island was built one mosaic unit at a time using the USGS Earth Explorer web page. There are 494 mosaic images required to show Long Island and the parts of New York state and Connecticut that border Long Island Sound. An aerial image of Long Island from the US Food...
This brand-new park in West Roxbury resulted from the Menino Project initiative, which “created an interface between the academic community and the people by bringing together academics with a local advisory board to work collaboratively on a plan”. Envisioning a new public use of the Gardner Street landfill was an outcome of this Project. While...
The House of Dreams, more commonly known as Highfield Hall & Gardens, features a theme-based exhibit featuring a newly commissioned 17 minute film, many new artifacts, and the Summer Salon, a recreated gilded age safe space for the female occupants of the house. It is a spectacular restoration accessible to all visitors who are engaged...