Cityshot

Cityshot(s): Merry belated Christmas

For those of you who have visited the blog lately and only seen a way-too-early New Years post and no mention of Christmas, yes we do in fact celebrate Christmas at this blog. I have just been inexcusably late at getting around to it because of getting busy with family and other stuff I do while I'm home for the holidays.

That said, what better (late) Christmas gift than downtown Christmas pics? Let's remain cognizant of what a great downtown Christmas scene we used to have, but to tell the truth, I don't think downtown has ever looked better during the holidays than now. Not even in the hey day was it as spectacular and unique as today, and that's largely in part due to the lights along Automobile Alley.











And of course, Bricktown was all decked out also:

Cityshot LXIX

Cityshot LXVIII

Cityshot LXVII

Red Prime in A-Alley.

*My apologies for the quality on this one, which I just took on my phone. I do kinda like the effect of the lights and the blurriness, etc.

Cityshot LXVI

RIP

Cityshot LXV

Took these this weekend outside the BOK Center.

Cityshot LXIV

Cityshot LXIII

New development just can't match this kind of character.

Cityshot whichever

Haven't completely abandoned the cityshot thing, it's just hard to stick with, and I have been somewhat unmotivated by photography for a while. I'll try and get better at sticking with regularly sharing some of my own original urban photography.

This is overlooking Michigan Avenue from the Intercontinental Hotel on the Magnificent Mile.

Cityshot LXI

Cityshot LX

The alley behind Automobile Alley.

Cityshot LIX

Paseo district.

Cityshot LVIII

15th and Utica in the Cherry Street area of Midtown Tulsa. Arvest Bank (left) and Stillwater National Bank (right). Bumgarner projects.

In Tulsa, they dislike these buildings. In OKC..we would probably jump for joy.

Cityshot LVII

Cityshot LVI

Since I've been on vacation this is going to go back to being a photog blog for the purpose of keeping it active. When I'm back we'll go back to agitating everyone by tackling the crippling issues of the day.

Happy Independence Day. In case you're among the one quarter of Americans who do not know what country we declared our independence from, it was Great Britain.

Cityshot LV

Light at the end of the tunnel for downtown..

Cityshot LIV

Taken in front of the RCB Bank of Nichols Hills in Automobile Alley.

Cityshot LIII

Some little bambinos hanging out on the Walnut Street bridge on a Friday night in Bricktown.

One of those pictures that are worth a thousand words, I think.

Cityshot LII