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On July 30, 2009 USGBC announced that Sheryl Crow will headline Greenbuild in Arizona this November. In a significant format change for the growing conference and expo, the opening event will be held at Chase Field on the evening of November 11th. Attendance has grown in recent years, with conference attendees ‘locked out’ of Bill [...]

We completed our time in Florence with a trip to the top of the Duomo, Brunelleschi’s dome on the Santa Maria del Fiore. This included carrying our 9 month old son up all 463 steps up to the top of the dome!
On a hot summer day, it was surprisingly cool and comfortable inside on the [...]

Continuing our visit in Florence, we crossed the Ponte Vecchio, and walked to the Pitti Palace.  The palace is a true Renaissance structure with order, symmetry, and a vival of greek and roman style arches. The facade of the palace  is currently undergoing restoration. Here, the scaffolding wrap is printed with an image of [...]

I snapped this fantastic photo of a detail on the south side of the Campanile: Giotto’s Bell Tower (1334)