Within a city, building structure or even landscape terrain there exists calamities, secrets and unexplainable mystery. One may never fully know or comprehend what has subsequently become concealed discreetly from public view. Paranormal activity lurks within the vacuum.Consequences from evil acts, vice and scandal may become whitewashed and ignored over generations, yet never fully obliterated. This edition documents events, personalities and tragedies that have resisted contempor...

California artist Marques Vickers' second poetic edition "Zen By Default" establishes a sustained interior dialogue between the poet and his ongoing life evolution living along the American Pacific Coast. His 300+ concise works address the ongoing themes of displacement and relocation and the challenge of cultivating and sustaining relationships in the midst of upheaval.Vickers examines his spectator role with regard to his own life:i am a third partyto my own life

Within a city, building structure or even landscape terrain there exists calamities, secrets and unexplainable mystery. One may never fully know or comprehend what has subsequently become concealed discreetly from public view. Paranormal activity lurks within the vacuum.Consequences from evil acts, vice and scandal may become whitewashed and ignored over generations, yet never fully obliterated. This edition documents events, personalities and tragedies that have resisted contempor...

Seattle's history is etched on forgotten tombstones. The living often ignores the narratives from the dead. Their muted voices reveal lessons, tragedies and triumphs of past lives once lived. Death has become the great equalizer. The former living elite rest beside the humblest. Grandiose monuments rate equally with stark remembrances of stillborn infants and those never attaining adulthood.Some of Lake View's memorials honor legacies that once shaped the settlement of the...

This edition showcases the sites and structures where paranormal activity has occurred due to the often unexplainable and/or consequence of human depravity. Many of the showcased and photographed appear nondescript and ordinary, masking their significance with notoriety and infamy.These locations throughout the Mid-Atlantic sector of the United States include:ANNAPOLIS, MD:McDowell Hall, Reynolds, Middleton, Dock Street Taverns, Whitehall Creek Farm...

The remaining monolithic downtown towers reflect a valid testament and legacy crowning Pittsburgh's gilded era. Influential industrialists and financiers such as Andrew Carnegie, H. J. Heinz, Thomas and Andrew Mellon and Henry Clay Frick immortalized their wealth and industry dominance by hiring the era's premier architecture firms and architects. The results created a concentration of accomplishment and innovation highlighted by aesthetics.During the late 19th and early 20th centu...

Central Ohio features some of the most formidable reminders of historic Native American Earthworks and burial mounds. Downtown Columbus was platted and cultivated around a series of large burial mounds dating back as far as 500 B.C. A few smaller samplings remain intact or integrated into landscape terracing. The majority were leveled or demolished amongst the expansive design of the city during the late 19th century and early 20th centuries.As frontier Columbus evolved throughout ...

The initial stage of Indianapolis' architectural development occurred during the latter two decades of the 19th century. The population of the Indiana's capital city doubled during this era necessitating expanded city planning vision to accommodate the growth. The downtown Governor's Circle parcel transformed from an ecclesiastical center into a commercial vortex centered by the enormous Soldier's and Sailors' Monument. Many of the surrounding commercial developments were designed...

The development of the railroads during the 1840s enabled the importation of materials such as marble and granite for the construction of more elaborate commercial and residential structures. The steamboat building industry coupled with river commerce brought prosperity to Cincinnati establishing it by 1850 as the fastest growing city in the United States. The population exceeded over 100,000 crammed into an area of approximately seven square milesThe Italianate design style took r...

This edition showcases the sites and structures where paranormal activity has occurred due to the often unexplainable and/or consequence of human depravity, crime and murder. Many of the showcased and photographed appear nondescript and ordinary, masking their significance with notoriety and infamy.These locations throughout Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio include:Cincinnati, Ohio MetroTaft Museum of Art, Jackson Brewing Corporation, Arn...

"The Architecture of Seattle's Historic Prostitution Trade" is a photographic examination of 48 documented and probable buildings employed in Seattle's historical sex commerce. The edition illuminates the historical background, building detailing and known anecdotes behind each structure. The principal Seattle red-light neighborhoods include the Pioneer Square and the Ballard districts. The infamous LaSalle Hotel in Pike Place Market and the former Lester Apartment complex located on Beaco...

The mystique of the American West is illuminated by the architectural presence of historic barns, silos and cabins. This photographic survey captures the still standing structures in various states of wear, use and design. Many remain fully functioning and operational. Others have been abandoned to the inclement elements and/or remain in a state of collapse.These structures are testaments of a slowly diminishing rural population whose lands are being steadily consolidated into larg...