Sunday, August 23, 2009

Yerkes Update

As it turned out, I swung by Yerkes again today. Here are some better photos, as promised:

Here's the main doorway.

These are the little busts above and to each side of it. I like the details like this. Modern designs don't spend any time or effort on embellishments that make the buildings look so nice.

Here's what the columns look like.
Here's the view from the back.


A couple shots from the front:


Here's one of the smaller towers, and the lion guarding it.


Here's the tower with the large refractor.

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