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Lesser building nerd, real estate photographer

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The Wife of Bath@picniccathedral.bsky.social · 2d ago

No, don't take my word for it---check out this #spooky church in #Torino for yourself: picnicatthecathedral.com/2026/10/31/t... #turin #architecture

The Continual Creepiness (and Twice-Yearly Revelation) in Turin’s Real Chiesa di San Lorenzo

I’m not sure why anyone would deliberately make a church creepy, but around 1670, architect Guarino Guarini thought that was a great idea. From the exterior, Real Chiesa di San Lorenzo is dis…

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Kate Armstrong@brainchain.ca · last wk.

The first morning I was there - I got up early and walked to the Guardian Building at 7:30am while Detroit was still in the semi-dark. The security guards thought I was amusing in kneeling down to get photos. But for me, it was a spiritual experience.

The lobby of the art deco Guardian building with its blue green red and yellow repeated arched tile ceiling and glass arched window entrance and decorated pillars The main hall of the guardian building with a southwestern motif and white and black chairs and tables and stores on the side and the first America bank . The colours are beige, brown teal and terracotta red and there is an arched ceiling with multiple arches on the side
Elizabeth Blasius@blaservations.bsky.social · 5d ago

This is the third year I've participated in Arts in the Dark as a part of the Architect's Guild, a group of folks working in architecture who create hats representing a favorite building or spatial moment in Chicago. I created my Pride Cleaners hat and scepter out of a recycled cardboard box!

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chigeek.bsky.social@chigeek.bsky.social · 6d ago

My good friend has a home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin and sometimes I feel like I live there. But after all these years I finally paid my respects to Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, who is buried next to his parents at Oak Hill Cemetery.

My photo of the Gary Gygax’s grave at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Note the 20-sided die, a signature of Dungeons and Dragons.
Bob Schaefer@bobszilla.bsky.social · 7d ago

Although I spent parts of two days in Shawnee National Forest, my best brush with nature and wildlife on my trip was tonight’s murmuration of starlings over Main Street in Louisville.

Paul Finnie@1canoe2paddles.bsky.social · last wk.

At Biidaasige Park in Toronto, the beavers are all so good in The Colony, a new sculpture by artist Kent Monkman, but my favorite has to be this drummer. This was yesterday with the low late afternoon fall sun shining on. If you are in Toronto head on over and check out the whole colony!

A single green bronze beaver, part of a larger sculpture of many beavers (not shown), beats a hand drum and bares its incisors, appearing to sing enthusiastically, as the low sun shines towards us at Biidaasige Park in Toronto. In the background is a wire fence with a bike in front and behind that are small trees and shrubs with fall colors, and further behind some highrise apartments and clear blue sky.