Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The Placenotes cards are a novel idea for someone who craves great travel information, whether visiting in person or simply browsing at home. I love the way the stories behind the buildings amplify the experience of the place. -- Michael Graves, Robert Schirmer Professor of Architecture, Emeritus, Princeton University The world is made of real places. It's especially important, in a media-dominated culture, to reacquaint ourselves with that truth. Placenotes is a fresh, ingenious, and practical way to accomplish that goal. -- Robert Campbell, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture writer, Boston Globe
Places-- buildings, neighborhoods, landmarks, and cultural and commercial institutions-- help define a city's unique character, its sense of place. This is the key concept behind Placenotes, a wholly new type of travel book that features the one of a kind places that make a city distinctive. Placenotes guides you to places where you can experience the authentic culture of a city. For visitors, these are the must see places. For residents, Placenotes offers the perfect opportunity to become deeply acquainted with the places that distinguish their city from all others-an opportunity to invest in the life of the place.
Not a conventional travel book, Placenotes are sets of individual cards that describe forty-five to fifty-five unique places in a featured city. The front of each card has a color photograph that captures the spirit of a particular place. The back of the card tells the story of the place, often with commentary by a local expert. It also provides all the practical details people need to plan their visit. A city map, index of places, and key tosymbols come in each set of Placenotes. The cards are contained in a sturdy box with a lid that snaps shut with invisible magnets.
Synopsis
Not a conventional travel book, Placenotes are sets of individual cards that describe forty-five to fifty-five unique places in a featured city. The front of each card has a color photograph that captures the spirit of a particular place. The back of the card tells the story of the place, often with commentary by a local expert. It also provides all the practical details people need to plan their visit. A city map, index of places, and key to symbols come in each set of Placenotes. The cards are contained in a sturdy box with a lid that snaps shut with invisible magnets.