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April 1, 2020
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The end of summer, the season of road trips and family vacations, cross-country moves and college drop-offs, is a fitting moment to reflect on how highways and automobiles have changed the ways in which we view and interact with landscape. An exhibit currently at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Landscapes In Passing: Photographs by Steve Fitch, Robbert Flick, and Elaine Mayes,offers varied perspectives on this question as well as evocative views of the late 20th century United States.
The landscape surrounding Carrie Furnaces, a National Historic Landmark in Rankin, Pennsylvania, has dramatically changed in the decades since the U.S. Steel Works in nearby Homestead dominated the nation’s industrial production. Thoughts on why this change is important and how it enhances interpretation of the site’s story.
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A new National Monument in Washington State’s San Juan Islands is an important step in making tidelands accessible in a state where the majority of shorelines are private property.
Does a name change for the BLM’s National Landscape Conservation System Have a meaning beyond semantics? The LLO considers the ramifications of removing landscape from the title.
The end of summer, the season of road trips and family vacations, cross-country moves and college drop-offs, is a fitting moment to reflect on how highways and automobiles have changed the ways in which we view and interact with landscape. An exhibit currently at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Landscapes In Passing: Photographs by Steve Fitch, Robbert Flick, and Elaine Mayes,offers varied perspectives on this question as well as evocative views of the late 20th century United States.
The landscape surrounding Carrie Furnaces, a National Historic Landmark in Rankin, Pennsylvania, has dramatically changed in the decades since the U.S. Steel Works in nearby Homestead dominated the nation’s industrial production. Thoughts on why this change is important and how it enhances interpretation of the site’s story.
Did you know you can access all of our archived newsletter directly from the website?
A new National Monument in Washington State’s San Juan Islands is an important step in making tidelands accessible in a state where the majority of shorelines are private property.
Does a name change for the BLM’s National Landscape Conservation System Have a meaning beyond semantics? The LLO considers the ramifications of removing landscape from the title.