{"id":573891754,"date":"2019-11-11T21:23:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T02:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573891754"},"modified":"2019-11-11T17:47:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T22:47:33","slug":"we-eeked-perhaps-the-last-bit-of-autumn-out-of-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2019\/11\/11\/we-eeked-perhaps-the-last-bit-of-autumn-out-of-the-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"We eeked perhaps the last bit of autumn out of the weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey look, it&#8217;s the Circle Tower! You can see the name, right there on the side! Completed in 1930, it is today on the National Register of Historic Places as part of Indianapolis&#8217; Monument Circle Historic District. It features what they call smooth-dressed Indiana limestone, with the defining characteristic being the stepped back top stories.<\/p>\n<p>I was more interested in the sign on the side. Some kids were more interested in calling it a pyramid. It&#8217;s more of a ziggurat, actually, with those upper stories receding from the outer fa\u00e7ades in terraces.  <\/p>\n<p>(While pyramids were tombs, ziggurats were temples.)<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/nov19\/nov28.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The tower is one of Indianapolis&#8217; prime examples of Art Deco architecture, especially this metalwork. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/nov19\/nov29.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This is the north entrance, a one-and-a-half story arch lined with foliate banding. Circle Tower, being completed just a few years after King Tutankhamen\u2019s tomb was rediscovered. Egyptology being a big fad of the time, you got a lot of decor like this:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/nov19\/nov30.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Sculptor Joseph Willenborg, a German immigrant, filled the bronze grille with the hieroglyphic-like images. This is one of his more memorable works. He also has a lot of work in the nearby theater, the Purdue music building, several prominent hotels and a few social clubs, but the Internet runs out of information on him pretty quickly after that. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick look at some of banding that weaves its way around the door:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/nov19\/nov31.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>But we&#8217;re not here, early in the morning, wearing multiple layers in a serious chill, for architecture. We&#8217;re out in the cold, after waking up hours before dawn on an off day, for this picture:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/nov19\/nov32.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>By the time the sun woke up and burned off the morning grey, it turned into a lovely morning. Here&#8217;s the scene at the finish line:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RYBq5pNv9Zo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And if are ever doing something and they give you a medal, make sure you pose for pictures at the capitol. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/nov19\/nov33.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>By the afternoon, the day turned out quite nice indeed:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/nov19\/nov34.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Sunday was a beautiful day. Perhaps the last one for a while. We, of course, celebrated it with a bike ride:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/nov19\/nov35.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today? The bottom is falling out of the thermometer, the latest arctic blast &#8212; or whatever we&#8217;re calling this one &#8212; showed up, along with rain, which turned to snow. I watched it blow in the air in every direction. I watched it give an optical illusion of hanging in the sky. I watched parts of things get accumulation, and others just getting wet. And I watched it start to create little piles on the wooden deck and the chairs and the shrubbery. It was a good day to stay indoors. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey look, it&#8217;s the Circle Tower! You can see the name, right there on the side! Completed in 1930, it is today on the National Register of Historic Places as part of Indianapolis&#8217; Monument Circle Historic District. It features what they call smooth-dressed Indiana limestone, with the defining characteristic being the stepped back top stories. 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