One of the fastest-growing cities in the nation, Olathe was reportedly named for the Shawnee word for "beautiful."
Monthly Archives: July 2008
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 12, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Just 12 miles southeast of Denver, Highlands Ranch is a young unincorporated community -- only 27 years old this year. Settled by Native Americans long ago, it remained a series of farms and ranches until the 1980s brought suburban development.
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 28, Gilbert, Arizona
In the early 1900s, Gilbert was known as the Hay Capital of the World. Today it is a bustling small city and the fastest-growing town in Arizona in the last decade.
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 30, Chandler, Arizona
Feathered hats may not be the rage anymore, but Chandler's annual Ostrich Festival certainly is: It's the town's nod to the ostrich farms that used to dot the area.
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 32, Bolingbrook, Illinois
Not too many places near Chicago can go by "village" anymore, but Bolingbrook claims the title proudly.
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 33, Loveland, Colorado
In the late 1920s, Loveland's Spring Glade orchard was the largest cherry orchard west of the Mississippi River, contributing to a million-dollar cash crop.
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 39, Shawnee, Kansas
With a heritage of pioneering and fur trading, Shawnee has roots going back long before Kansas was a state. Once a small farming center, Shawnee's population has boomed, more than tripling in the last three decades.
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 44, Westminster, Colorado
Westminster's location between Denver and Boulder puts it within easy reach of regional businesses and entertainment. But there sure is a lot to do right here in town: movie theaters, recreation centers, golf courses, parks, hiking trails, and hundreds of restaurants and retail stores.
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 47, Scottsdale, Arizona
The epitome of an upscale shopping destination – the New York Times described its downtown as "a desert version of Miami's South Beach" with "plenty of late night partying and a buzzing hotel scene."
L’Antiquaire & The Connoisseur site
This is a home page I was commissioned to design for L'Antiquaire & The Connoisseur, a prominent antiques gallery on New York City's Upper East Side.