Views from My Block (urban geometry)

Janie and I live . . .

Oh, pardon me Dude.

Where's Girlie, Dude?  She didn't fall off the balcony, did she?

Janie, Dude, Girlie and I

live on the 15th floor on a block

in downtown, St. Paul, MN.

It may not be Manhattan.

It's downtown nonetheless.

Add to this urban arrogance the fact

that I live and work all on the same block.

I love the views both from home

and from work.

I'm adding this just to be goofy.

It's fun to tip things from time to time.

It gives you a different perspective.

Forget that it's buildings;

just check the geometry.

 But seriously,

Here's what we see looking off to the South.

Before the red building was built a couple years ago, it was missing something.

Now, I like it.

On my way to work, I pass by some of the offices facing East.  I like the way the lines of the parking ramp and old Rossmoor warehouse fade into the new urban residential buildings.

Back from work

at the end of the day

I'm sitting here at my computer.

Even the view off our balcony

down 7th Street

is nice,

if you crop it to make it look

more appealing

than it really is.

Have you ever seen one of those signs that say, "If you lived here, you'd be home now"?

It's true.