Museum Staircase by bmac62
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Description
This is half of the double staircase between the first and third floors of what was the original U.S. Patent Office beginning in 1840.
Today the Smithsonian American Art Museum shares this grand old building with the National Presidential Portrait Gallery.
It is the third oldest public building in Washington, D.C. The building was built in stages between 1836 to 1868. It is Greek Revival in style, historic and massive, occupying two complete city blocks.
Comments (16)
Faemike55
Love this shot! makes me think that one should be in some fort of shape to visit this area
wysiwig
What a brilliant P.O.V.! The upper stair looks like a fan. The whole image makes me think of Escher. Nice work.
photosynthesis
Escher is what I thought of too - great POV...
bobrgallegos
Great POV!
kgb224
Superb capture Bill. God bless.
giulband
Formidable POV, great sense of image's composition !!
durleybeachbum
A superb composition and the light is perfect. What a place this must be!
jendellas
What a lovely staircase & so beautifully clean!!
T.Rex
I thought of sore legs and dizziness. How did Tara fare here? Back when this was built there was lots of land, and people had the time to build, and the money. Unlike today's glass and steel. This building has stood long. I wonder how long the glass-steel constructs will last? These spiralstair cases are so grateful objects of photography. Keep up the good work! :-)
auntietk
I love this image. I was so focused on getting to the top, I didn't look up and see the shot! Well done, you! :) :*
X-PaX
Very nice capture Bill. I like the POV very much.
Ilona-Krijgsman
wow, very impressive, love it
RodS
I love the wonderful, sweeping curves in this shot - and of course the wonderful play of light. Great shot, Bill!
sossy
perfect pov to create an amazing stair view! 😃
kenmo
Stunning...this photo really draws me in...
blondeblurr
Architectural images will do this to me - they totally engulf me, until I'm part of it and this one doesn't somehow feel real, to fit into our sometimes plain and modest, but complex little world - weird ? yeah, for sure... but it's all good just like magic ! [I hope, that this makes any sense at all ?] I wonder what Mark [anahata.c] would have to say or comment on this image ?
BTW - the beautiful soft hues of beige/brown/grey are just to die for - with reflections bouncing off the wall, that leave me speechless... top-notch work Bill and good spotting. ;)