In 1892, an entire city arose from the swamps of Chicago to host the greatest mass of people ever assembled in the United States. On the heels of the Paris World Exposition, America wanted to display its new industrial might and cultural refinement. The Chicago World’s Fair drew a crowd of 27 million. At […]

From Bearings associate Jo Guldi, landscape academic, comes this wonderful new introduction to Landscape Studies. The curious individual may wonder whether or not an academic field exists for taking pictures of places and interpreting them. The closest thing to that would be Landscape Studies.
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Bearings readers are in for a special treat. The following is the first day in five. When I was 23 and about to quit my first job after college, I decided to leave it all behind – if just for a few weeks. The ultimate destination was Batopilas, Mexico, a small village that sits deep […]