Down by the Water | Music and Sunset by the Hudson River

A few visual memories from last night at Henry Hudson Riverfront Park. with stunning views of the sunset, while listening to music from live performances at the Hudson.Water.Music festival.

On the Road | Urban Rivers

I am always fascinated by water in urban environments. Water is actually the main reason why cities come to existence, since ancient times, before trains, cars and airplanes any body of water —from oceans to rivers and lakes— represented a main transportation and communication means.
Rivers in special way intrigue me as their flow, in constant movement, and part of a cycle. Downtown Pittsburgh arises from the intersection of three rivers: is the confluence of three rivers: the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, which form the Ohio River.

Bridges are sculptural expressions; you can find any example of structural vocabulary in the 446 bridges spanning from Pittsburgh in a spider web fashion. As a matter of fact Pittsburgh is also been called as "the City of Bridges" as well "the Steel City" for its  and former steel manufacturing base.
Pittsburgh and more generally Pennsylvania made me think of a land where man power encounters the power of nature: landscapes of steel crosses a varied topography where the land is cut by water,

camminando | Ohiopyle: Rivers, Trains and Views from Above

The state forest of Ohiopyle of the Laurel Highlands offers great scenic beauty. The Youghiogheny River can be seen by white whatever rafting, or more quietly from above. Twenty-seven miles of abandoned train rail tracks from the Great Allegheny Passage overlook the river crossing over a forest, whose towering trees can be seen from an usual view from above.

road trip | Sun Setting on the Savannah River

Excerpts from the conceptual multimedia project

“Axes Mundi: Perceptions and Understanding of Places as Intersections of Space, Time and Culture"