Thursday, January 29, 2009

Architectural Sojourn














Rambled through downtown KC today just on a lark.   Nice light.  A mix of architecture from the very traditional facade of Old St. Patrick's at 8th and Cherry nestled in amongst it's modern neighbors to the ultra modern skin of the Sprint Center and H & R Block Building.   I like both.  A complete renovation of Old St. Patrick's was just completed in the fall of last year.  Kudos to those whose preserve rather than level.  

10 comments:

  1. Very nice pix. Especially the one of the old church.

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  2. my work is one of the building in photo #1

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  3. Hmmm.... since you're probably not a priest... I've got a one in three shot at a good guess.

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  4. here is another hint-it's not federal court. I made it my desktop and we were discussing how you achieved 3-d -like effect

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  5. Boy, I'm not sure who occupies those buildings.... I'll be checking it out though. I used a Nikon D3 with a 14mm lens... I then corrected much of the horrendous distortion (I was just across the street) in Photoshop and then applied a filter- Lucis - to enhance the contrast particularly in the shadow areas. I love that old church... 1875.

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  6. I love Kansas City, and I'm learning to love Kansas City bloggers.

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  7. Thanks Donna.... your blog is a relaxing look at how life should be.

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