Posts Tagged: Ghost Town

A Symposium for Richard Longstreth
I am great admirer of architectural historian Richard Longstreth. In late May, 2019, many of his students and colleagues gathered to give papers in his honor in Penn Design’s Meyerson Hall. “The Cultural Practice of Everyday Places.” My paper was

A Symposium for Richard Longstreth
I am great admirer of architectural historian Richard Longstreth. In late May, 2019, many of his students and colleagues gathered to give papers in his honor in Penn Design’s Meyerson Hall. “The Cultural Practice of Everyday Places.” My paper was

Keynote: Embodiments of Space
Thank you to Concordia University’s History Department for asking me to deliver the keynote for the 2018 History in the Making Graduate Student Conference. It was an opportunity for me to discuss my current book project, Ghost Town: Urban Landscapes in

Keynote: Embodiments of Space
Thank you to Concordia University’s History Department for asking me to deliver the keynote for the 2018 History in the Making Graduate Student Conference. It was an opportunity for me to discuss my current book project, Ghost Town: Urban Landscapes in

Helena, California
The most active settlements in Trinity County, California, are linked by a state highway (SR 299) and anchored by Weaverville, the county seat. Abandoned mining camps were often organized by the creeks that feed the Trinity River, sites of early

Helena, California
The most active settlements in Trinity County, California, are linked by a state highway (SR 299) and anchored by Weaverville, the county seat. Abandoned mining camps were often organized by the creeks that feed the Trinity River, sites of early