Showing posts with label county building. Show all posts
Showing posts with label county building. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

County Building Part II



While on the subject, here is a photo of the old county building during its demolition. Photo taken from the 9th floor of the then El Paso Natural Gas building.

County Building Lone Star

County Building Stained Glass

Here in El Paso, old skool luddites take great joy to decry our county building. At the same time,
County Building Murals
many others see the beauty and functionality of this, the newest iteration of El Paso County's signature structure. Built on the site of the previous building, the structure sports a blue mirror facade that captures a reflection of the Franklin Mountains. Within the mirrored surface, a semi-circular vault holds a stained glass county seal. Inside this area, El Paso County Buildingis a beautiful mural that depicts the area's multi-cultural heritage. It's too bad those resistant to change cannot see how progress can sometimes be beautiful, too.

2024 Valentine Watercolor Postcard Sampler

This year, I painted and mailed over 50 valentines, and was in advance of an April lumbar spine surgery. That was something different that I...