Balboa Park

The country’s largest urban park with 1,200 acres, Balboa Park in San Diego, is home to 15 museums, performing arts venues, gardens and the world famous San Diego Zoo. Balboa Park was the location of the First World’s Fair of the 1915-1916 Panama-California Exposition (in commemoration of the opening of the Panama Canal) which created many of the stunning Spanish-Rennaissance architecture. Named for the Spanish maritime explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa, the park was also the location of the 1935-1936 California Pacific International Exposition.

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June 18, 2013April 4, 2014 Categories: Amsterdam · Architecture · Europe · Netherlands · TravelTags: Amsterdam · architecture

For people interested in architecture, Amsterdam is one of Europe’s foremost architecture and design city. The city has so much to offer ranging from classicism, gothic and renaissance, to canal house architecture, to art deco and obviously, the architecture of the Amsterdam School, up to the current modern architectural forms. It is a feast for the eyes of the archi-tourist. The Architecture of the Amsterdam School was brought about by the industrial revolution at the end of the 19th century with architects seeking new elements for decorating building facades. This is characterized by exotic rooflines, ornamental brickwork, cornices, window frames…

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June 13, 2013April 4, 2014 Categories: Amsterdam · Architecture · Art · Europe · Netherlands · TravelTags: Amsterdam · Amsterdam Museum · architecture · Museum Van Loon · Museums · Netherlands · Scheepvart Museum · Tassen Museum of Bags and Purses

There seems to be no end to the astounding line up of museums in Amsterdam. Aside from the Big Four museums (Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, Stedelijk Museum and Anne Frankhuis), there are the Canal House mansions turned museums, historical museums, and many other specialty museums. I noted a sign for a Tulip museum, one for a Cheese museum, and another for a Torture museum. Whatever your interests may be, likely there will be one that will cater. Nederlands Scheepvaart Museum (Maritime Museum) – once the arsenal of the Dutch Navy, the classical building was designed by Daniel Stalpaert in 1655…

Paris

June 1, 2013April 4, 2014 Categories: Architecture · Europe · France · Paris · TravelTags: architecture · Musee du Quai Branly · Paris

What else is there to say about Paris? I will let these photos do the talking.

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