Weekend Reflection

Same atrium, taken last summer. 

Happy Friday!

Angles

Looking up thru an atrium at Crown Center. 

Birds of Light

I liked how the lights played against this corrugated siding.  Crown Center.

Mayor's Christmas Tree

 I drove by the Mayor's Christmas tree at Crown Center two mornings this week, one morning the fountains were on and the next they were off.   Above I shot to avoid the street light and below I wanted more of the plaza with the toy land and all the trees.

Crown Center Square Fountain

Another fountain.  Hallmark World Headquarter office buildings are in the background.

Triple Crown

I have shot this particular sculpture many, many times and have never been  satisfied.  Last week I took several more shots from all sides and was pleased with the Liberty Memorial in the center background.  This weekend our Sunday newspaper had a small article about this Triple Crown by Kenneth Snelson, 1991.  This sculpture is the study of physics and form. Each of the three arches is composed of stainless steel tubes held together by tension.

Crown Center Walkway again

Above is the entrance to Crown Center (a unique shopping mall owned by Hallmark).  To the right you can see the walkway from yesterday's photo.  The photo at left is another view from inside the walkway toward the Hyatt Hotel (a restaurant on top slowly cirles the city).  In this photo you can see more of the walkway in the lower center by the office building.  This particular walkway cross 2 streets and connect 3 buildings.  At another point in Crown Center there is a walkway again crossing 2 streets to Union Station.  Here is a photo of Union Station from last winter that shows the walkway on the center right.

Walkway

This is a walkway between Crown Center, Union Station, Hyatt Hotel and office buildings.  I had fun taking lots of photos in this walkway.  You may see others in the future.

Shade

This is where I would be in the heat as the kids ran through the fountain.

Keeping Cool

Kids run through this fountain at Crown Center to keep cool on our hot, hot days.  Gradually the fountain shoots much higher. We have been in the high 90's and 100's for the last couple of weeks and add high humidity to that number and we have heat indexes (feels like temperatures) at 105-115.

Church Details

Church of Our Lady of Sorrow has absolutely beautiful arched details.  Many wedding photo's are taken between these arches.  The inside is just as beautiful, I will feature in upcoming posts.

Liberty Memorial

The Liberty Memorial is in Penn Valley Park and at the base of the memorial is the World War I Museum   The memorial has the best view of downtown KCMO.  The recent pictures have been taken from here.