The Salesforce Tower (formerly the Transbay Tower) looms like a 1,070-foot pickle over San Francisco’s financial district. London did it bigger and better, so eh. Still, on the top (61st) floor, you likely get a lovely view of SF’s 41 hills. That’s 6 hills for…
Transamerica Pyramid in Silhouette, San Francisco, California, September 2017. It’s no longer the tallest or most impressive building in SF’s financial district–that title probably goes to the Salesforce (Pickle) Tower that looms much larger, but it is still a unique bit of architecture.
An old warehouse in near southeast, Washington, DC, undergoing renovation, it seems, as a part of the gentrification of the surrounding Anacostia neighborhoods. All photos: “Warehouse Renovation Project,” near Southeast, Washington, DC, January 2017
The (almost) twin domes of churches, Santa Maria in Montesanto (1675, left) and Santa Maria dei Miracoli (1681, right, under renovation) as seen from the Piazza del Popolo, Roma, Italy, September 2016. The names of the churches relate both are dedicated to the Holy Mother…
Here are some (hopefully) less hackneyed views of the Flatiron Building in mid-town Manhattan. Flatiron Building, 5th Avenue, NYC, New York, October 2015
I’m going to post some of my detail shots from the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, Italy in several posts. There are quite a few things worth showing but I don’t want to be lazy and dump them all in one post. Below…
Here are two shots of the Grand Canal in Venice from the Rialto Bridge just before dusk. “Views of San Marco, San Polo, and the Grand Canal from the Rialto at Dusk,” Rialto Bridge, Venezia, Italy, September 2016
Washing is displayed on the clothesline, Burano, Venezia, Italy, September 2016. Many of the brightly colored houses in Burano displayed washing on the line during our two visits, and although some were undoubtedly due to soiled clothing, the preponderance of laundry in colors that complemented…