The Architects’ Alphabet is a 26-part series describing design elements featured in Gregory J. Scott’s upcoming book, “Urban Legend, The Life & Legacy of C. Emlen Urban,” Lancaster’s most renowned ...

It takes several thousand years for layers and layers of plant waste to compress into a rich, black coal deposit. Undisturbed, that coal will only grow stronger within the Earth. Given enough time and ...

I was worried there for a minute. Who’d kidnapped K. Michael Hays and what had they done with him? I was watching a man on my computer screen who looked a lot like Hays as he gave the introductory ...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines revival as “renewed attention or interest in something.” Classical Revival is the first of many revival styles to appear on the architectural scene in Lancaster ...

Spurred by the design of Greek temples in the 5th century B.C., this architectural revival movement took hold in the 18th and mid-19th century. Inspired by a trip to Greece in 1758, British architect ...

Choosing a favorite photo from my monthlong adventure through Spain, which I returned from in May, feels almost impossible. Most of my shots came from a birding tour that started in Madrid and swept ...