All dolled up for the holidays

Insanely cold in these here parts for the better part of December. Feels like I haven't been out shooting in forever. Today the thermometer finally nudged up into a territory where I could stand to be outside for more than 12.4 seconds, so me and the camera headed to Rice Park in downtown St. Paul to try getting a few shots of the holiday lights. Here's the Landmark Center looking fine as evening falls.

View from a Death Star

Or maybe just a view of the Landmark Center and downtown St. Paul from the St. Paul Central Library, which I could spend days in.
Been crazy cold the past few days in this part of the country, so haven’t been out to do any shooting. This is a composite of three shots from August that I forgot about until doing a little file cleanup. Similar to an earlier shot I made that I wanted to make better. Hope you like it and hope you’re staying warm, wherever you are.

This looks like the work of Willoughby J. Edbrooke!

The Landmark Center in downtown St. Paul, MN, designed by the aforementioned Mr. Edbrooke, who served as Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury Department from 1891-92. Construction began in 1892 and was completed in 1902.

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Landmark Center and Hamm Building reflections.
Downtown St. Paul, MN.

F. Scott & Co.

People waiting for a bus, and sculpture of F. Scott Fitzgerald (not waiting for a bus). Sculptor Michael Price created the statue in 1996 for Fitzgerald’s centennial birthday.

Puddle

Landmark Center, St. Paul

Landmark Center

Downtown St. Paul

Landmark

Landmark Center, St. Paul, MN

Landmark through a window

The Landmark Center, through a window at the St. Paul Central Library.

A Landmark

Inside the Landmark Center, downtown St. Paul.

Honkin' that horn

Getting in the holiday spirit at Rice Park, St. Paul.