Paris of the Eighties
Reading Worcester, Massachusetts through writing on Paris, France.
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This morning in Manhattan…
Alan Wiig
Mar 14
A walk on Black Friday.
A walk on Black Friday.
The late fall weather has been particularly mild the last few days. Temperatures in the high 50s today, possibly for the last time until…
Alan Wiig
Nov 27, 2015
The Arcades Project: Worcester
The Arcades Project: Worcester
The arcade is a street of lascivious commerce only; it is wholly adapted to arousing desires. (Arcades Project, p. 828)
Alan Wiig
Nov 23, 2015
Friday 13 November 2015
Friday 13 November 2015
On the local Boston National Public Radio station the morning after the attacks on Paris, reportage detailing the attacks was followed by…
Alan Wiig
Nov 15, 2015
Worcester Union and Gare du Nord: Train stations at sunset
Worcester Union and Gare du Nord: Train stations at sunset
Train travel into and out of Worcester began in 1835; the current station, pictured above, opened in 1911, served 140 trains and 10,000…
Alan Wiig
Nov 13, 2015
Rivers: The Blackstone, the Seine
Rivers: The Blackstone, the Seine
The Blackstone River, used since the days of the earliest settlers for water power for mills and later for factories, is now slowly being…
Alan Wiig
Nov 2, 2015
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