This blog is about the ideas that we associate with and attribute to urban environments. They may be subtle, but archetypes are all around us and they play a big role in how we respond to and feel about places. Have you ever had a really emotional connection to a place? Everyone has.Tumblr (3.0; @sightdesigner)http://sightdesigner.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu40l8Ztwe1qbekuzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sightplanner/6290513398/" title="Momentos">Momentos</a> on Flickr.</p><p>Often, it is the small, fleeting details that makes a place most memorable.</p>http://sightdesigner.tumblr.com/post/12305019117http://sightdesigner.tumblr.com/post/12305019117Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:12:44 -0400BrooklynMarketDekalbNew York City<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lturtgIVaq1qbekuzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sightplanner/6287879924/" title="Pasticcio">Pasticcio</a> on Flickr.</p><p>I have always thought that a “placeholder” market built from shipping containers would be a great idea. I had no idea, until recently, that one had actually been built. Of course it is in Brooklyn.</p>http://sightdesigner.tumblr.com/post/12095356090http://sightdesigner.tumblr.com/post/12095356090Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:24:52 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5j4f0oXud1qbekuzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Soul</p>http://sightdesigner.tumblr.com/post/809345619http://sightdesigner.tumblr.com/post/809345619Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:59:21 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5h4p50zdG1qbekuzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Heroism</p>http://sightdesigner.tumblr.com/post/804481386http://sightdesigner.tumblr.com/post/804481386Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:10:17 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5feymoBqp1qbekuzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Playfulness.</p> <p>If it takes a village to raise a child, what should that village look like?</p>http://sightdesigner.tumblr.com/post/800465823http://sightdesigner.tumblr.com/post/800465823Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:56:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l57vvmzhmA1qbekuzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mission District, San Francisco</p>http://sightdesigner.tumblr.com/post/783392916http://sightdesigner.tumblr.com/post/783392916Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:21:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2jfx5isy81qbekuzo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A diamond in the ruff.</p>http://sightdesigner.tumblr.com/post/605266613http://sightdesigner.tumblr.com/post/605266613Sun, 16 May 2010 20:26:00 -0400““Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably will themselves not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die.” -Daniel Burnham”http://sightdesigner.tumblr.com/post/592554271http://sightdesigner.tumblr.com/post/592554271Wed, 12 May 2010 10:35:12 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2b5oitwMK1qbekuzo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“All the world is a stage”</p>http://sightdesigner.tumblr.com/post/592383292http://sightdesigner.tumblr.com/post/592383292Wed, 12 May 2010 09:04:00 -0400Meat Packing DistrictNew York CityStreet SceneRestaurant