landscape – The Humble Fabulist

Hopperscape

November 21, 2021November 21, 2021 The Humble FabulistLeave a comment

Edward Hopper spent every summer of his life in Cape Cod, from 1930 – the first time he visited – until his death in 1967. And while a lot will have changed from the time he produced some of his most distinctive works in Cape Cod, there is something unmistakably Hopperesque in this landscape.

Images of the Wood End Lighthouse which, seen from a sailboat, would have looked a lot like the one from ”The Long Leg”, Hopper’s painting of 1930; and Highland Lighthouse, which Hopper depicted in watercolour, again in 1930 – although the lighthouse has since been moved 450 feet away from the eroding cliff’s edge, to safer ground.

Provincetown & Truro, MA

July 7th, 2020

When in Harlem…

September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 The Humble FabulistLeave a comment

The Greater Refuge Temple, ex-movie theatre, ex-Harlem Casino, re-designed by Architect Costas Machlouzarides in 1966, when it received this extraordinary façade
No introduction necessary
Morningside Park, overlooking Harlem

December 22nd, 2019

In Tarrytown

May 29, 2021May 29, 2021 The Humble FabulistLeave a comment

So close to Manhattan, yet so far away…

Tarrytown, Tappan Zee Bridge & Sleepy Hollow Lighthouse

July 16th, 2019

Taliesin West || Frank Lloyd Wright

September 12, 2020September 12, 2020 The Humble Fabulist1 Comment

Designed as a winter retreat to escape the harsh winters of the Midwest, established in 1937, supervised by the master himself and handcrafted by his students (who were camping in the desert until they managed to build a roof over their heads), Taliesin West is not just part of the desert, ”it is the desert itself” – as Frank Lloyd Wright once said.

Taliesin West

January 31st, 2019

Savannah II Old School Charm

July 17, 2019July 16, 2019 The Humble Fabulist2 Comments

A walk to Savannah’s incredibly charming historic district; views of the Kehoe House, Davenport House Museum, Mercer Williams House, houses around Chatham Square, Monterey Square, Calhoun Square, Whitefield Square and Forsyth Park.

Savannah, GA

April 5th, 2018

The views from the Prudential

April 22, 2018April 21, 2018 The Humble FabulistLeave a comment

On a clear day, the Skywalk Observatory offers 360° views of Boston. It comes with a fee, of course, but the views are worth it. It was fun to try and spot places we’d already been to and those that we had yet to see, like the MIT on the other side of Charles River and the Harvard far beyond.

Bird’s eye view over Boston.

May 2nd 2017

Atlantic city – Gloom.Revel.Ten

November 11, 2017November 10, 2017 The Humble Fabulist6 Comments

You wouldn’t know it the way its wavy shaped windows shine in the sun. Yet, this enormous structure, built on a once-residential area at a cost of billion, remains closed since September 2014. All the 6,8 million sq.ft., 1.898 hotel rooms, 14 restaurants, spa, concert venues, nightclubs, shops and 130.000 sq.ft. gambling space of it. 2,5 years of operation, then bankruptcy. Now a still, eerie emptiness.

A lot has been said about what is, what could have been, what should be done. This city, once thriving on speculation, is now suffering from the effects of an overdose.

A few houses left standing in the vicinity, two in the shadow of the sleeping giant. We have to move on. It may be the emptiness but this area feels unsafe.