I'll be back in 16 days -- Re-runs in my absence

I'm off on vacation, exploring the mid-California coast, eastern California, the Alabama Hills, Bristlecone Pine, Death Valley, and as far into Nevada as I dare venture, but I'll be back October 1 hopefully with a lot of new photos from my adventure.

Sooooooooo, I have scheduled 30 "automatic" posts for the 30 days of September. Didn't want you to forget about the blog while I was gone.

Here are two more KittyBLOG editions:

San Francisco's City Hall

BLAST-FROM-THE-PAST
AphotoAday post from September 25, 2011


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photo by Donald Kinney

They don't build them like this anymore...



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San Francisco's City Hall was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake, but was rebuilt to it's former glory in 1915.



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This impressive style of architecture is Beaux-Arts, and was a monument to the City Beautiful movement that epitomized the high-minded American Renaissance of the 1880s to 1917. The structure's dome is the fifth largest in the world. [source: Wikipedia]



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When I visited Thursday evening the building was almost completely empty--normally it is a very busy place. As I slowly walked up these steps I noticed the janitor with a wet mop waiting patiently for me to get out of his way. I sort of wanted to stop and tell him about my extensive work experience with pushing a mop around, but I felt I had already slowed him down enough with my lazy stroll up his stairs. Maybe another day...



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