October 01, 2006
Bright spots
I spent a good part of the day reading a book which was not very good, but which I wanted to finish. I guess I shouldn't call that a "good" part of the day, it's more like a "rather large portion" of the day, the only purpose of which was to avoid doing anything productive. Oh, and I accompanied Oz on his quest for a replacement head lamp.
Today deserved better than that.
I did run out this morning to take a few pictures while the light was good. I think I was successful. This beauty is going to be demolished to make way for a modern structure (via). Okay, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and the brick art deco structures are kind of odd looking, but in keeping with the city, all skylines aside. The parking lot to the left of the Liberty Press building was the original site of the Virginia General Assembly where the right to religious freedom was first established in this country. So the First Freedom people are knocking down the sort of historic building next door (Well, it's old. I'm sure something must have happened there.) to build their First Freedom Center. I guess they couldn't acquire the parking lot, which is probably a gold mine.