Institute for Living

The Institute for Living (on Retreat Avenue) has in-patient and out-patient psychiatric services.  (I know this from reading it, not from personal experience!)

The campus combines older cottages and newer facilities.

A Better Christopher Columbus

I'm back.  Yesterday's statue of Christopher Columbus wasn't very good, was it?

I spent the last 11 days in Italy:  Cinque Terre, the Ligurian coast, Chianti and Florence.  Here are two photos of a much better statue of Christopher Columbus, in a park on the waterfront of Santa Margherita Ligure.

Christopher Columbus

Hartford has no particular connection with Christopher Columbus, but, like many American cities, we have a statue honoring him.

Geometry

The owners of this power plant did a pretty good job of fitting a power plant into the middle of a community.

In addition to the brick facing, I particularly like the sharp angles.

Weekend Reflections: Mirrors Again

Here are some more mirrored reflections from the antiques fair I visited recently.

I like the three different sizes of the people in the first mirror.  And, in the second photo, I like the idea of looking through an empty frame toward the sky, but then realizing that a sky shouldn't be there.

My self-portrait is in the last mirrors.  For more Weekend Reflections, click here.

(I am traveling and return home Sunday night.  Sorry if I am slow in responding to any comments.)

Ladies of the Court

The state courts and state library are housed in an attractive and stately but fairly plain building.

But, the architect DID have an eye for attractive ladies, even though he placed them up high where they are hard to spot.

Fire Escape

Multi-family apartment buildings are required to have fire escapes.

So long as you have to have one, you might as well try to make yours beautiful, right?

(I am traveling through the weekend, so I apologize if I am slow in responding to any comments.)