The Rising PhoenixThis afternoon, I took a stroll through downtown Phoenix to photograph the architecture of the various buildings. It's a mix of old and new, classic and modern, beautiful and ugly.
I parked in front of the County Courthouse and took off on foot. It was a robust 108º and soon I was sweating like Moses Malone. By the end of my walk, I was drained like a Larry Bird 3-pointer. If Gage and DeSoto had come upon me, they would have ordered IVs of D5W and Ringers Lactate. STAT!
Anyways, enjoy the pics!
New School -
Ugly and hive-like
U.S. Airways Center - Home of the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury
Bank of America - a good looking building
Chase Field - Home of the Arizona Diamondbacks
The Phoenix Convention Center
Futuristic
The Arizona Center
Fountain at City HallOld School -
The Art Deco Luhrs Tower
Brick and stone
Classic hotel
The Westward Ho
More Art Deco
The Arab flair of the Orpheum Theater
Maricopa County Courthouse
Very SpartanChurches -
St. Mary's Basilica
Imaculado Corizón de Maria
First Presbyterian ChurchBonus Section - Gutted Gothic: I came upon this by accident. It's the historic First Baptist Church, which is now overseen by the National Park Service as an Historic Building.
The First Baptist Church lies in disrepair
Sky through the stained glass frame
The gutted interior complete with eroding balcony pillar
Offices are closed!
View from the rear
Beat up belfry and roofless
4 comments:
Brick and stone -- those apartments or offices?
I think mostly offices. There were a lot of "Office Space for Lease" signs in the windows.
Great blog DD, I feel like I live there!
you know I know the cousin of Randolph Mantooth...LOL d5w and ringers lactate STAT
SKeeter
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