A Pot of Bitcoins on Main Street
In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, we happened to find an LED Rainbow that ended at a Pot of Bitcoins!
A Celebration Of Ecological Systems In Architecture
[THIS ARTICLE WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2006] WATER-BASED TECHNOLOGIES BEAUTIFY A NEW MEXICAN RESORT BY ETHAN TIMM EL MONTE SAGRADO RESORT IN TAOS, N.M., exemplifies a comprehensive ecological design solution for a high-desert development, combining traditional architectural techniques and hydrologically appropriate water systems. Water conservation has a long and beautiful history in the desert Southwest. In keeping with this tradition, water-based eco-technologies were employed […]
Determining Solar Access at Storefront Window
We are lucky to be proposing a storefront which is on the north side of Main Street in Cold Spring. The window has decent solar access and gets quite warm even on a cold winter day. It beckons for plants. This side of the street gets solar gain throughout the year – even when the […]
Happy Valentine’s Day
In what we hope will continue to be a monthly tradition in concert with Cold Spring’s First Friday celebration of art, commerce, and community, The Figure Ground Studio created a Valentine to Main Street window at 44 Main Street in Cold Spring for February using red twig dogwoods and birch branches to read “heart.” We hope […]
Accessory Dwelling Unit Progress
The Wakefield Accessory Dwelling Unit and Garage is well underway this winter, despite the snow. Underslab insulation in installed, slab with radiant floor is poured, structure for cantilever deck is built, and walls prepared for spray-foam insulation. This will be a small accessory dwelling unit in the heart of Wakefield, RI… walking distance to town and adjascent to South […]
Walkable Warren
The Figure Ground Studio took advantage of this snowy February slowdown to retreat to Warren, RI, (the smallest town in the smallest county in the smallest state) where we were largely snowed in in what turns out is one of the most walkable communities in Rhode Island. The commitment to walking in Warren was made […]
Cold Spring Winter Carnival
The cold, snowy days of Winter were warmed up at the 2015 Winter Carnival on Main Street in Cold Spring, NY. In addition to Peanuts and Porter at the Cold Spring General Store, Pendleton Cookies at Old Souls, the ice sculptures by Bill Bywater brought joy to onlookers and passersby, especially when he brought out the blowtorch […]
Full Plane Passive House Video
The Full Plane Passive House was completed in 2012 and is a net-zero water and energy house. This video documents the landscape that was designed and installed for the house. [youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ0bX1-DTSc rel=0 fs=1 autohide=1 modestbranding=1 nocookie=1 title=Whitridge Full Plane House: Landscape loop=1]
Historical New York Newspapers
Fulton Postcards is a quirky website that contains a searchable repository of historic newspapers published in New York State between 1795 and 2007. This collection is frequently updated and also includes a handful of U.S. newspapers outside of New York State.
Main Street Cold Spring, 1867
This map, from the atlas New York and its Vicinity 1867 published by F. W. Beers, A. D. Ellis & G. C. Soulle in 1867, is a useful resource to determine land use and building ownership from the 19th century in Cold Spring and Nelsonville. This copy is available for purchase online at Historic Mapworks. […]
