Showing posts with label Corinthian Hall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Corinthian Hall. Show all posts

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Renewal

                                    The front lawn of the Kansas City Museum, Corinthian Hall.

Monday, March 23, 2015

Magnolias

 These blossoms are on the grounds of the Kansas City Museum on Gladstone Boulevard and in the                      
                                     yard of the 1902 Steven's House right across the street.




Friday, March 6, 2015

Saturday, December 6, 2014

The Princess Will See You Now



Princess Holly on her throne in the Kansas City Museum.  She and her sister princesses will be appearing at 3218 Gladstone Boulevard on weekends. http://www.kansascitymuseum.org/fairy.html 
 The Princess' official Fairy Escort greets the children and then sends them to the ante-chamber, below, where they wait for their audience.





 Above and below, the waving of the wand and the saying of the magic word opens the box for the children to retrieve a gift bag...






 Afterwards, while waiting for your official princess pictures, you can make special things for Christmas.



 Stop on your way out to watch the Grinch Who Stole Christmas, or, below to visit the Castle Gift Shop.... or just do both.... and don't forget your cookie !!!!


Friday, December 5, 2014

The Princess Arrives

The Kansas City Museum hosts the Fairy Princess for the next couple of weeks on weekends starting tomorrow, December 6th.  http://www.kansascitymuseum.org/fairy.html
 For the first time in many years the Throne Room will be in Corinthian Hall and it has been gloriously decorated by Museum Staff and volunteers from the neighborhood.  Children will love this and each child gets a toy.



Saturday, December 21, 2013

Friday, June 1, 2012

New Beds, Old House

 New flower beds have been added to the grounds of the Kansas City Museum..  modeled after those that existed back when it was a residence.   Two line the front walkway on the south side of the home.
 Above, a fish-eye was used to capture the beds...the Nikon 10.5mm dx lens.  I don't like to use a fish eye when buildings are involved as it always distorts... some minimal corrections done in this case in Photoshop Camera Raw.  Below, roughly the same view using the 14-24mm lens.  Less distortion and less correction.   The fish-eye is a DX lens whereas the camera is an FX.  The D800 automatically sets itself for the smaller coverage area by cropping.  It reduces the image size from 36 megapixels to 16.

 Above, the Carriage House with its new windows and doors..  a little paint removal remains to be done where the old Hall of Nature entrance was.   Below, the caretakers house where the Museum offices are today.

 Two more new beds are in back along each side of the north side walkway.  The wisteria is done for the year.




 Above the new hvac installation on the west side...
 Above, more of the north side, Below, the east side of the house.
Thanks to Christopher Leitch, House Wizard, who allowed me to skulk around the grounds.