The Lone Tenement, 1909

I didn't just go to the Building Museum when I was in D.C.. Nor did I spend all my time hunting for architectural salvage, or thumbing through the AIA guide, on the lookout for bullseye windows or some neo-classical detailing. Mine is not a singular focus. Obsessive, perhaps; but, given to a diversity of interests. I also went to a few art museums, where I took some digital stills....of my favorite cityscapes.

This painting, by George Wesley Bellows, hangs in the National Gallery of Art. My favorite details are the smoke-belching tug (on the East River) and the golden light striking the upper most story of the tenement, otherwise enshadowed by the Queensboro bridge.