It's funny how fast time flies by each day. With everything that is going on I don't realize how much time passes without an occasional entry in this blog. Today I had to run to the post office in Beamont and snapped a few photos of the building. It's nice to see a building that is built to last and also done with classical materials. Today's drywall and dropped ceiling buildings leave little to the imagination.
I wish I had a camera that could do justice to this ceiling. This is just a small part of the first floor. The remainder of the lobby is equally beautiful, but is occupied by the Federal Courthouse. The entire building used to belong to the post office. It is a beautiful lobby and the ornamentation is fabulous.
The lighting is really poor inside this area. The fluorescent lighting doesn't help at all. That's government for you!
I love these marble details! Why don't we do this anymore!!!
Even the grates are cool!
Little details mean a lot.
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And there you have it. Beautiful layers of ornamentation stacked on top of each other, and in harmony with each other. It's a shame so many ridicule this as old or dated, and try to pass off modern architecture.....a style that has lingered for over 100 hundred years as contemporary and what our society show embrace. Sad, sad, sad!
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