Monday, January 22, 2024

Jack Frost's Artistry


                                     Up close with frost on the window.  Random beauty. 
                                       Taken with a macro lens with 2x magnification. 





Sunday, December 24, 2023

A Very Merry West Bottoms




                                        A nicely decorated West Bottoms is ready for Christmas. 











 



Saturday, November 25, 2023

First Snow

Went all the way to my backyard to capture the first flakes.  Took three trips because, apparently, I've forgotten everything I ever knew about photography. 
 



Sunday, November 19, 2023

The View From Twenty-one Stories - The Old Traders National Bank Building


 Thanks to the generosity of my friend Terry Herron who lives in the building, I was able to view inside the old Traders National Bank Building which was renovated into The Grand KC Apartments.  This is not sponsored, I receive no compensation, it's a view of a restoration and of KC from 21 stories up.  Above, T-Mobile Center in the middle, Jackson County Courthouse (red) on the left.  

          The building was constructed in 1962 and, in 2015, was converted into apartments and retail. 


                                              Highest swimming pool in Kansas City. 
                                                            Power and Light District
Bank vault door still intact and impressive.  Two shots below, inside the bank vault .. movie room. 


                                             Above and below resident common areas. 


                                      Above, hallway.  Two shots below, 21st Story Lounge Area


                                      Main lobby.  This is where the escalators used to be .



Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Nocturnal Downtown Walkabout - Volume One

I have begun exploring the city at night.  

                                              Garment District Park, 8th and Broadway.
                                                              423 West Eighth Street

                                              Eleventh Street looking toward Walnut. 



 

Saturday, September 2, 2023

Downtown In Black And White - 2007


                      Took a photo-stroll through downtown right after completion of the Sprint Center. 











Thursday, August 17, 2023

Kessler Park Rainy Day

From deep in the files.  2009.  A rainy day in Kessler Park... a field right next to the Kansas City Museum.  At that time the Parks Department was letting part of the field grow wild...which I liked and everyone else didn't.  :)  There was a beautiful red fox too, but he/she was faster afoot than I was with the shutter.