New England Design... Redefined
TMS Architects‘ guest blogger, J. Dennis Robinson, in his 17th guest post, provides us with a thoughtful piece and a call to action for Portsmouth’s architects. The subject of the city’s size and new buildings is of great concern to all of us who live,work or visit Portsmouth and there are a multitude of different…Read More
Portsmouth residents and travelers through our state are getting nervous about our bridge(s) situation! We are losing our connections to Maine and beyond. Two of our three bridges are out of commission with the only route still open to Maine being the Interstate 95 High Bridge. The Memorial Bridge was dismantled completely and is being…Read More
We welcome Portsmouth historian extraordinaire J. Dennis Robinson back for his 15th(!) guest post for TMS Architects. As usual, his writings make us think about the history of the city in which we live and work and today’s piece is a sad commentary on events of the past. However, by acknowledging and understanding these events,…Read More
TMS Architects is delighted to have historian J. Dennis Robinson back with his fourteenth guest post. In this piece, he has combined a house with an infamous local murder; one made famous by Anita Shreve’s popular novel, “Weight of Water”. I am sure that we will hear more from Dennis about this subject in the…Read More
J. Dennis Robinson provides us with another historical exploration of one of Portsmouth’s most interesting neighborhoods; Atlantic Heights. We feel a particular connection to this neighborhood as TMS Architect’s most recent member, Lafe Covill, just moved from Nashua to Atlantic Heights when he joined the team. I’m lucky. I get to live in what was…Read More
In honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, J. Dennis Robinson, local historian and TMS Architects’ guest blogger, provided us with his take on the Thanksgiving story as it relates to our area: Do New England architects ever think about the very first houses built by the very first Europeans to settle this region? Probably not,…Read More
In this 10th blog post for TMS Architects by local historian, J. Dennis Robinson, he explains how Portsmouth was lucky enough to get Prescott Park as a gift; this free and accessible park stretches along the Piscataqua River with flower gardens, walkways, seating, docks and performance spaces arranged on its more than 10 acres. The…Read More
In J. Dennis Robinsons’s ninth post for TMS Architects, he surprises with a unusual choice for an historian and preservationist. Enjoy! I just came out in favor of building the parking garage on the Worth Lot in Portsmouth. And I did so in a front page article in the Portsmouth Herald. I don’t like messing…Read More
Number 8 in historian J. Dennis Robinson’s series of blog posts. This one is of particular interest to TMS Architects, as it concerns one of our historical preservation projects. The NH Division of Historical Resources is about to release its recommendations on what to do with the 493 fragments of the First State House.…Read More
