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Documenting great design, beautiful landscapes, and interesting places... as well as a few places that I designed

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Sunday at The Bay... There are some days when it all seems to somehow come together and everyone has a good time. This is one of those days. Thanks @thesandoleopry for always putting together a great show. It’s the best way to close out a weekend. #thebay #thebayrestaurant #sandoleopry

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Fun day at the 30A Wine Festival in Alys Beach #30awinefest #alysbeach

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Images from the Seaside Institute’s Transportation Summit and Expo one week ago. This is an autonomous vehicle (i.e. self-driving) from a company called Beep. These vehicles are currently in operation in the Lake Nona area of the Orlando metro area. The representative from Beep rode along and only drove when the vehicle stopped for some cones in the street that someone had moved. It was an interesting glimpse into the future! #automatedvehicles #beep #seasideinstitute

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Scenes from last week in snowy Colorado... I started the trip with a visit to the Aspen Art Museum to see the “infinity room” (first two photos). It’s a small room of mirrors and lights by artist Yayoi Kusama (officially titled Where the Lights in My Heart Go). Very cool experience... #colorado

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House Move Step 4: Roll it down the road!

The big move happened yesterday morning! We were not in town, but we collected these images from friends who watched it happen. The house traveled briefly down 30A, turned north on 395, continued on 98 westbound, turned to 283 southbound, and finally turned onto Pine Street. I estimate it was about a 10-12 mile trip.

The house is now in its new home of Grayton Beach, although there is much more work to be done: building a foundation, moving it onto the foundation, etc.

We are thrilled that we were able to save this great piece of South Walton history. We offer our heartfelt thanks to the following people: Darrell Russell for initiating the process and making this happen, Michael and Tammy (the former owners of the house) for allowing us to save the house, Mac Carpenter at Walton County Planning and Development Services for issuing the permit that allowed this to happen, the entire crew at Artisan (Peter Horn Jr, Susan Horn, Peter Horn III, et al), Ducky Johnson House Movers, and any of our friends and neighbors who were stuck in their cars waiting for the house to pass - we appreciate your patience while we saved this piece of South Walton history!

Thanks for following along on the journey!

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House Move Step 3: Big steel beams and more hydraulic jacks

The house is almost ready to move! Ducky Johnson House Movers brought the hydraulic jacks back out (the orange piece of equipment is the control panel) and placed big steel beams under the house. The final photo with the truck is from earlier today and comes courtesy of @maureenschnell.

The move is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday. Sadly, both @paigeschnell and I will miss the move. But, for those of you following along, we have arranged for photos and videos during the move, and we look forward to sharing them!

We hope some of you will get to see the house rolling down the road. And if you get caught in traffic where they close the road, we apologize! But don’t worry. If this is anything like the last time we moved a house (no, this ain’t our first rodeo), they drive exceptionally fast for someone hauling an entire house!

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House Move Step 2: Lift the house

These are shots from yesterday (the first three) and today, as Ducky Johnson Hose Movers lifted the house several feet and stacked wood below the raised house. It looks like they are playing a really dangerous game of Jenga, but let’s hope they don’t remove any of the wood!

In today’s adventure, they found and crushed a septic tank that would have collapsed and destroyed the house during the upcoming move. Just another day in the life of a house mover!

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How do you move a brick house that’s on a concrete slab foundation? (Other than “very carefully?”) Step 1: Dig it out!

I never thought we’d move another house, but here we go! It should be rolling down the road soon...

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Nice shot of Lake Colby at Cinnamon Shore, courtesy of @cinnamon_shore #cinnamonshore #portaransas #texas #thenewtexascoast #schnellurbandesign #urbandesign
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“Cinnamon Shore is our special place. This picture evokes the beauty, serenity, and transcendence of lifetime family memories.” ~ Thank you Katy F. for sharing your #CinnamonShoreStory 🌊 #TraditionStartsHere #aSimplerWayofLife

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Merry Christmas from New Orleans! #neworleans #nola #christmas #roosevelt #roosevelthotel

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Just arrived home from a whirlwind post-Thanksgiving trip. The three destinations - all in Florida - could not be more different, but all were a lot of fun: Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney World, Winter Park, and Wakulla Springs. I love traveling this time of year!

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Never. Gets. Old. #budandalleys #seaside #seasideflorida #30A

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Happy Sunday from The Bay! #thebay #thebayrestaurant #30A #sundayfunday

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It can be a challenge to work on a rainy day. A nap seems like a more productive use of my time. But then I receive a copy of a book featuring my project Cinnamon Shore on the cover (and specifically the Lake Colby Pavilion). That certainly brightens the day. Nap narrowly averted. #cinnamonshore #schnellurbandesign #urbandesign #spectacularweekendgetawaysoftexas

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It was an honor and pleasure to moderate a panel discussion five weeks ago at the Seaside Institute. I just received this photo from the last session of a symposium titled “Transforming Communities Through New Urbanism After a Natural Disaster.” Best of all, I was lucky enough to have quite an amazing panel. That’s the current city manager of Panama City, Major General (Retired) Mark McQueen, in the middle, and the former longtime mayor of Charleston, Joseph Riley, on the right. These are some seriously accomplished people, and Mayor Riley is an icon in the urbanism world. I’m not sure what I’m doing up there, but I’ll take it! #seasideinstitute #schnellurbandesign

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