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Category: Architecture
st. paul
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san buenaventura interior
..an interior shot of this..
san buenaventura
..went up driving from south cali to san fo stopping by missions along the way, an impromptu mission trail trip..
Mission San Buenaventura is a Spanish mission founded by the Franciscan order in present-day Ventura, California. Founded on March 31, 1782, it was the ninth Spanish mission established in California, and the last to be established by Father JunÃpero Serra. Named for Saint Bonaventure, the mission is the namesake of the city of Ventura (officially “San Buenaventura”) and Ventura County. (source)
madonna
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tiled
run down
mechanic street parking
..parking’s not a problem here, lots of free space and everything’s walking distance away..
wilshire colonnade redux
..same place as this one, seems like a good lunch spot for workers from around the area..
the minister’s home
westin peachtree
..wiki..
peachtree sculpture
..this spot’s great for street candids too..
..here’s the view of the cathedral’s ceiling..
confederate capitol
The Alabama State Capitol, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the First Confederate Capitol, is the state capitol building for Alabama. It is located on Capitol Hill, originally Goat Hill, in Montgomery. It was declared a National Historic Landmark on December 19, 1960. (source)
..trust me, this image ain’t skewed.. 🙂
1180 peachtree
1180 Peachtree, commonly known as the Symphony Tower, is a 41-story skyscraper located at 1180 Peachtree Street in the Midtown district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Rising to a height of approximately 657 feet (200 m), the building includes office and retail space in its 351,616 square meter of floor area as well as a 1,200 space parking deck. Construction was completed in 2006. (wiki)
Nâga
The Satapatha Brahmana frequently uses the important word Nâga in order to name the elephant… Lord Ganesh, perfectly surmounted by the canopy of a five-headed Nâga , is largely worshipped with devotion by many esoteric sects. (source)
hindu temple of atlanta
cloud cover
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..the silent shooting mode of the 5dmkiii couldv’e been handy while shooting this quiet place, but i guess mirror slaps pale in comparison to the ripping sound of velcro of a camera bag.. 😀
The Cathedral of Saint Paul (informally known as Saint Paul’s Cathedral) is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama. Designed by Chicago architect Adolphus Druiding, the Victorian Gothic-style brick building was completed as a parish church in 1893. It was elevated to Cathedral status with the creation of the Diocese of Birmingham in 1969. (wiki)
..back when the marilyn monroe statue was still there, shot quickly to avoid water drops showing up on the image (it was drizzling)..
fly away
..a kid lost this balloon, i may be the only one who noticed it.. or maybe not..
200 peachtree
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101 marietta
wilshire colonnade
empty chair
..an almost empty union station..
caribbean roof
..hurricane resistant roofs..
layer cake
adams and jackson
..union station multiplex at the bottom, 200 s. wacker at the top..
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promenade II
..one of the views from piedmont park in GA.. wiki
scoping
..a guy checking out the view of LA..
griffith observatory
..i can’t remember if i posted something like this before, but here’s another one..
sears
..i was planning on putting up something colorful today, but then it rained..
temple upgrade
..this sorta reminded me of playing RTS (real time strategy) games where you have to upgrade structures you built to gain new skills/vehicles/people.. 🙂
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slits
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gated
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fort
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adams & jackson
CB
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bean
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panes
kinzie bridge
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downtown bhm
..here’s the view of downtown birmingham from the vulcan park statue i posted yesterday..
..nick asked me how i shoot these.. well, i basically focus, meter, then bend backwards (i never lie down on the ground, i sometimes leave the cam on the ground) and shoot.. i usually see people looking up to see what i took a shot of and then looking at me like i’m an idiot..
When opened in 1930, the Merchandise Mart or the Merch Mart, located in the Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois, United States, was the largest building in the world with 4,000,000 square feet (372,000 m2) of floor space. Previously owned by the Marshall Field family, the Mart centralized Chicago’s wholesale goods business by consolidating vendors and trade under a single roof. (wiki)
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360 N Michigan
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americano
..the hotel americano’s facade..
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