Saving that Special Sense of Place-- Hey, We're Not Alone!

Worried about Portsmouth’s fragile sense of place? Well, we’re not alone in the world.

On the other side of the planet, Africa’s traditional architecture is disappearing and at least one American fancier is scrambling to document it before it’s gone.  “There’s this term genius loci,” explains Beaufort, South Carolina architect Jon Twingi, gazing with a faraway look beyond his porch and drifts of Spanish moss dangling from the trees, “It means the spirit of a place. Every place is different, and every place has its own spirit—that’s what makes it IT. Can you imagine this in Santa Fe? [Or Portsmouth?] No. ”

For story and more links, go to http://portsmouthnow.org/

 and  http://www.africanvernaculararchitecture.com

To donate a few pennies to Jon’s campaign, go to http://igg.me/at/mudhut