City of Arches: Memories of an Island Capital, Kingstown, St. Vincent & The Grenadines

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Title: City of Arches: Memories of an Island Capital, Kingstown, St. Vincent & The Grenadines
Author: Vivian Child Year:
Publisher: Cybercom Publishing
Country: St. Vincent & The Grenadines
157 pages

Vivian Child, a medical doctor, wrote and illustrated a newspaper column on the architectural features, and sometimes history, of houses and other buildings in Kingstown on St. Vincent. Dr. Child has a particular interest in the form of the arches that fronted many of the early arcades. Her illustrations are both from life and from historical photographs.

I enjoyed reading this collection of newspaper columns as much for the stories about who owned the buildings and the uses to which they were put as for the lesson in island architecture. If I were to travel to Kingstown, I'd bring the book along for comparison.