Hands-Down Winner: Ugliest Building in Madison



The United States Court House, behind the Overture Center.

Nothing says 'federal bureaucracy' like a megalithic purple building sporting a Doctor Evil laser beam in the forecourt and knobby, fire-engine red railings as big as elephant turds. If there's an uglier building in Madison, I haven't run across it yet.

State Street's World-Famous Triangle Market

"Tours Daily - Free Admission."

You've heard about it - well, here it is!

Lion's head lamp stands flank the entrance doors of the state capitol.

Field Trip!



School children file into the Overture Center in downtown Madison.

Downtown Madison's Triangle Buildings are too cool!



The Jackman Building on the corner of Carroll and Hamilton Streets.

The Baskerville Building is right next door.

Main entrance to the Jackman Building.

Transom window of the Jackman Building from inside the lobby.

Riding the storm out ...




The stick man sits out rush-hour flurries Friday evening on the roof in capitol square.

Home again, home again, jiggedy-jog



Halted at the intersection of Williamson and Baldwin Streets, in traffic-stopping citywide flurries.

Who are those guys?




The south wing of the state capitol on a gray day.

Overcast brings cold, gray days back to Madison.




A barren oak tree on the lawn of the capitol. Grace Episcopal in the background.

Derelect pump house and vaneless windmill, Cottage Grove, Wisconsin.

Genna's bar in the early morning hours




... still decorated for Christmas.

"He said the sun rose ... he said it sang to him."



Madison sees sunlight two days in a row.

I haven't blogged all week because the sun's been gone for almost three weeks now, giving me no fresh opportunities to look for new outdoor shots worth publishing. I piddle around with indoor shots, but this is the best I've come up with.

There's nobody to play with and nothing to eat, so Boo curls up in her nest on the quilt for an afternoon's nap.

Front entrance to the Baskerville building on Hamilton St.

(This is a hand-held shot, although I had to take about a half-dozen snaps to get it, and hold my breath each time. I've learned a new setting on my digital camera that lets me take photos at night. )

The Lamb building on the 100 block of State Street, home to Michelangelo's, the finest coffee shop in downtown Madison.

Wouldn't it be heaven to live in an apartent over a great coffee shop? Especially an apartment with leaded, stained-glass bay windows.

Maybe someday...

(The back entrance to the same building.)

A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Madison O-Folk!